more than just grades

Chance Me / Match Me
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The title may be deceiving. Anyway, I have a 3.5 gpa unweighted a 33 on act and a bunch of leadership positions. But what makes me really interesting is that I has created and sold a company for enough money to pay for college without any scholarships or finance aid. Moreover, I have created charities that have received multiple grants and raised more than 50K. What are my chanced at a school like Columbia or a different selective school like Upenn, Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Ucla or MIT?

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UCLA/UCB put a large emphasis on grades/GPA so you need to calculate your UC GPA (10-11th grades only).
EC’s, essays and test scores will all contribute to your chances so your entrepreneur endeavors would help your chances but does not override lower than average grades at least for these 2 schools.

UC GPA calculator: https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

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Thanks!

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Just some info for UC admit rates (2016) based on UC GPA only:

Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.40-3.79:

UCB: 2%
UCLA: 3%
UCSD: 6%
UCD: 15%
UCSB: 14%
UCI: 13%
UCSC: 59%
UCR: 78%
UCM: 92%

Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19:

UCB: 14%
UCLA: 14%
UCSD: 44%
UCSB: 54%
UCD: 58%
UCI: 65%
UCSC: 85%
UCR: 94%
UCM: 96%

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Great thanks. I am still not sure how big or any impact my entrepreneurship endeavor will have.

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And if anyone has other schools that they think may me interested in an applicant like me please feel free to share.

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Unfortunately that is always the unknown, since you do not know how it will be received by each college. All you can do is apply and hope for the best. UCB has started using LOR’s in addition to the UC application information to determine acceptances, so you might want to line up a recommender that could address your entrepreneurship endeavor in a positive light.

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Thanks again really appreciate all the help!

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Your EC would help, but your application needs to pass through the first reader. For schools that receive overwhelming numbers of applications, you have to pass certain basic requirement before getting a thorough review. Depending on schools, your GPA may be an issue.