UC System Chances (preferably UCB UCLA UCSD)

Chance Me / Match Me
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I understand that these aren’t entirely accurate and there are many things that go into admissions decisions, but to me this is just something that can either give me reassurance or reason for improvement as an incoming senior.

CA resident
Ethnicity: Cambodian
Female
Unweighted GPA 3.9
Weighted UC GPA 4.5 (soph both semesters 4.17 with a B in honors precalculus, junior 4.83 all A’s)
Last time I checked I was 10th in a class of 700+
SAT 2080 (I’ve only taken it one time, unsure if I want to pay for another one)
AP Classes/Test Scores: AP Human Geo (5), AP Euro (5), AP Calculus AB (4) AP US History (5), AP English Language (4)

During my senior year I’m taking 4 AP classes and a 2 hour block of screen printing that counts as an internship credit for college.

ECs
Treasurer of my class for 2 years
Secretary then President of PWS (a club that feeds the hungry at my school who can’t afford lunch, overall club involvement for 4 years if you include senior year)
Junior VP of NHS last year (total club involvement 3 years if you count senior year)
Volunteered at a kindergarten classroom for 3 years with around 300+ hours
Freelance graphic designer for my school (I’ve designed sports, clubs, and class apparel and am moving up to become a designer in the school webstore).
Varsity Tennis 3 years
Varsity Track 3 years

I really need some sort of feedback from a 3rd party who doesn’t know me at all. All replies are appreciated!

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What college are you applying to/What major are you pursuing?
Maybe take the ACT or SAT again? 2080 is a bit low for those schools.

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Hi @rdeng2614, I’m going to be applying to UCB UCLA UCSD UCI UC Davis, SDSU, Northwestern, Stanford (hahaha :/), NYU, USC, etc. I’m still not sure on all of them. As far as my major, I honestly have no idea; right now I’m between civil/bioengineering, biochem, business, or an undergrad track that could lead me to law. As you can tell I’m indecisive at the moment so I might apply undeclared

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You’ll have a better shot at the College of Letters and Sciences than the College of Engineering (Enginering is just more competitive), so if bio engineering/civil engineering aren’t a top priority, then don’t apply to the College of Engineering.
Law schools mainly look at GPA and LSAT, they don’t really look at your that often, I think as long as you have the prereqs, then major shouldn’t really matter either.

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Your chances should be good. GPA is most important for UCs.

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Realizing now that the for some schools the UC gpa is limited/capped with honors courses and not the average of your 10th and 11th grade gpa’s, so I think I’d have a 4.25-4.36 gpa by those standards (have to recalculate). If uncapped then it would be a 4.5

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I never pay attention to cap and uncapped GPA. It’s the unweighted GPA and the number of approved honors and AP courses. You want to maximize those.