This school is mental murder.

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p><em>sigh</em>
I feel so hopeless.
I go to the one of the highest ranked public schools in CA.</p>

<p>I look to my right and my friend has a 2100 SAT score. To my left, another kid brags about his 4.6 GPA. A third reveals his class rank, top 5%.</p>

<p>This school is mental murder.
My Unfortunate Stats as a Junior:
SAT 1 score- 1990 (come on, why couldn’t I get a score corresponding to a year in the future?)
Weighted GPA rolling average of 10th and 11th- 3.7 something (My school’s a B$#&%)
Class Rank- Top 30%(This is fail for any Top 100 universities I believe)
SAT II’s- Pending on June
Community Service- 160 Hours (Sucks when everyone around you has 300-500)
Clubs- Involved in 2 to a moderate degree, no officer positions ;(</p>

<p>Am I officially screwed to get into UC’s or school of that same caliber?</p>

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<p>A top 30% rank is not going to murder you as long as it is not weighted, if it is unweighted you’re fine. Also, try and get high SAT II scores, and a good SAT score. Also, try and get an officer position to show leadership.</p>

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<p>i think you still have a good chance at many of the UC’s, if not the upper ones. You’re GPA is ok, UC’s know how competitive some schools are, and that SAT 1 isn’t a disaster.
Uc’s don’t look at Ec’s anyways</p>

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<p>There are UCs that claim they do holistic reviews of college applications. If that is the case, how can they be ignoring ECs?</p>

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<p>You’ll get in to the lower to middle range UCs and might have a chance at the others if you raise your SAT score.</p>

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<p>Try taking the ACT. A lot of people do better on the ACT than they do on the SAT.</p>

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<p>try starting your own club
that way you can get a somewhat easy leadership position</p>

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<p>Maybe retake the SATs or take the ACTs if you’re concerned. I think you have a fine chance at some of the UCs - LA or Berkeley would definitely be reaches, but you would probably have a good chance at Davis and definitely Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, etc.</p>

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<p>what are my chances at SD and Davis because those are my top schools right now</p>