Shortlisting/Final selection

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<p>I’m planning to apply to:
5 goal universities, I want to get in. i’ve already decided them.
5 match universities at my level
Around 5 safety universities for back up.</p>

<p>My GPA is ~ 3.77/4.0
My SAT score is 1990.
i might give the SAT again for MIT/Harvard in Jan. I’m confident of scoring high.
Class rank is #1</p>

<p>SAT
Nov (May)
CR: 680 (520)
Math: 660 (630)
Writing: 650 (560)</p>

<p>I’m interested in sciences (maybe engineering)</p>

<p>Goal:
MIT
Harvard
Stanford
Cornell
CalTech
University of California, at Berkeley</p>

<p>Match:
I need names. Should be either in CA, or north-east U.S.A.</p>

<p>Safety:
Need names. Should be in CA. I plan to transfer later on if I get admitted in one of my goal universities.</p>

<p>Also I’m applying to the following
UC’s:
Berkeley, LA, Santa Barbara, San Diego.</p>

<p>Should I apply to any other of the UC’s as a match or safety(not sure if any would be a safety)
I was born in CA, but am not a US resident. Been out of country for a few years, but my permanent address is of CA
So please answer these 3 questions:
· More Names of Match in CA/North-East. More names of Safety only in CA
· Are the UC’s of LA, Santa Barbara, San Diego a match.
· Should I apply to other UC’s as a match or safety. If yes, which ones.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>I’m thinking of applying to Irvine, Davis, and Santa Cruz as well.</p>

<p>But the thing is in the end, I just want to transfer to MIT.</p>

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<p>With your stats, all your reaches are very, very unlikely.</p>

<p>I’d suggest some SAT-optional schools. Despite the fact that I dislike Bard, it would be a good academic match for you.</p>

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<p>You must realize that the transfer rate for MIT is a fraction of their regular acceptance rate between 1% and 3%.</p>

<p>Find a school where you can be challenged, and do well, for the next four years, if need be.</p>

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<p>So I shouldn’t apply to the UC’s?</p>

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<p>Apply to the UCs if you are a California resident.</p>

<p>UCLA and Berkeley will be reaches. UCSB, UCD, UCI are matches and UCSC, UCR safeties.</p>

<p>Application deadline for UCs is November 30th.</p>

<p>What is your UC GPA?</p>

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<p>What is a “UC GPA”?
What about UCSD? Reach or match.
i’ve everything ready for the apps.</p>

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<p>UC GPA: <a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/scholarship_reqs.html[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/scholarship_reqs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>UCSD: slight reach/match</p>

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<p>I already applied to the UC’s. So there’s no use calucalting my UC GPA now
thanks for the help.</p>

<p>Can anyone answer the other question as well
· More Names of Match in CA/North-East. More names of Safety only in CA</p>

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<p>ok I calculated it.
it’s 3.7 something.</p>

<p>My UC score for my SAT reasoning alone is 232. I still have to add the 2 SAT subjects scores i;'m going to give day after tommrow</p>

<p>So far my applying list : (i’ve applied to the UC’s i’ve listen below)</p>

<p>goals:
MIT (they’ll see my jan sat 1 score)
Harvard (same as above jan sat 1)
Stanford (nov sat 1990)
Cornell (nov sat)
CalTech (nov sat)</p>

<p>Reach:
Berkeley (applied)
UCLA (applied)
UCSD (applied)
Anymore good universities you think i should apply to in CA or North-East USA.</p>

<p>Match:
UCSB (applied)
UCD (applied)
UCI (applied)
Need a few more names, in CA or in North-east USA</p>

<p>Safety:</p>

<p>Need Names of universities only in CA.</p>

<p>EDIT: wait i calculated my gpa wrong. i put a number (3,4) for each semester not year, then divided
by the total number of semesters. or is this right. plus are you supposed to add a one to ur grade in ur AP courses?. then i should get four 5’s instead of the four 4’s i put.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>Very very low chances at any of the goal school. </p>

<p>Try this; take their “reach”/“match” with a grain of salt.</p>

<p>[Counselor-O-Matic</a> Academics on The Princeton Review](<a href=“http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/advsearch/match.asp]Counselor-O-Matic”>College Search | Find Colleges | The Princeton Review)</p>

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<p>ok. i gave my sat 2’s on dec 1st
i think i did well on biology-m and math level 1, but terrible on level 2.</p>

<p>now please I’d really appreciate if you help me choose my match in CA/North-East
and safety universities in CA</p>

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<p>Engineering suggestions in the Northeastern states: W.P.I., Delaware, S.I.T., Clark, Clarkson.</p>

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<p>noobcake, i don’t think that counselor-o-matic is very good… i guess i see what you mean about a grain of salt…
as matches, it gave me yale, NYU, northwestern, ucla, berkeley, unc chapel hill, vanderbilt, Uchicago, and johns hopkins, but it said washU, where i am a double legacy (there is a spot on the questionairre about this, so it does know) was a reach.
it also said that william and mary and case western were safeties.</p>