What are my chances for the UC schools or possibly the Ivies?

Chance Me / Match Me
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Hey! I’m an Indian female student living in the southwestern US. There are some blanks in here to protect my identity. I appreciate any feedback?

GPA stuff:
Graduating class of 2020
A+ Student with consistent GPA of 4.0
Current AP average of 4.75 from 4 AP’s taken (I’m taking 5 more this year ahh!!)
“Student of the Year” in 2015-16: award for consistent academic achievements and leadership qualities
Scored in top percentile for the PSAT but that didn’t count so lolllll

ECs (been doing all of these since freshman year)
Captain of Speech and Debate Team

Won several awards for regional Mandarin speech competitions

Teen Mentor at a nonprofit and used public speaking skills to foster awareness about the importance of diversity in our community

Volunteer at a nonprofit summer camp (Public speaking and Chess coach assistant)

Teen Community Outreach Chair at local political nonprofit

Involved with many political campaigns in the _____ area

Intern for ____’s campaign for _ Secretary of State

Leadership Club (basically student government) - class representative

Peer Tutor through NHS

JV and Varsity Cross Country

Design Editor for the Arts and Literary Magazine

Indian classical vocal education

Well-versed piano player

Thinking of starting a GSA next year but idk

Awards (lacking here but may get more over the years):
Regional and local debate awards
Some essay writing competition awards (nothing too too big)

I’d appreciate if anyone gave me feedback! Thanks guys!

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oh i forgot: Hooks: First gen college student, also into humanities

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UC GPA capped weighted and fully weighted? https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

SAT/ACT scores? SAT II subject scores? Intended major?

Which UC’s and are you prepared to pay $65K/year to attend since OOS students get little to no financial aid for the UC’s?

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Assuming that the student is currently a sophomore and South Asian-the ECs are a good start, but the focus should be on a few that are relevant to the future college major. It does appear that debate and politics are the primary focus.

First generation is kind of a nebulous term. If your parents had no college education, regardless of whether in the States or abroad, that would count as a first generation college student.

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Being a humanities major is not a hook.

The UC’s give n need based aid to out of state students and virtually no merit aid.