Which UC's do you think I can get into?

I'm really nervous about applying. I will be a senior in the fall, and I want to know which UC's I have a chance at.





Here are my stats:





Male





3.75 Culm. GPA (weighted)





Scores:


SAT- 1700


Subject: French-600, Biology (ecological)- 600





E.C's:


Junior Varsity Tennis 2 years


Varsity Tennis 2 years (1 year team manager)





Involved in 5 clubs (president of one club, and publicity of another. Two of the five clubs are volunteering clubs.)





Leader (basically help out freshmen)- 1 year





Journalism: 3 years, section editor 2 years





Volunteer hours: 120+





*Parent's education: my mother went to a 4-year University, and my father didn't go to college.


*low income family

Which UC's do you think I can get into?
You won't know whether you can get in until you apply. I would like to see you raise your test scores a bit more; try the ACT and see if you do any better.





You can see the profiles of admitted students to every UC campus in Fall 2007 (GPA, SAT, ACT, SAT II, and other statistics) at: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/ed... starting on page 37.





Generally, to prepare for UC schools, you should complete the a-g requirements (ask your counselor for the approved courses at your high school or check online at http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/ ), study and do well in your high school courses and standardized tests (SAT and/or ACT, and SAT II), take as many honors and/or AP courses as you can handle (or take community college courses in the a-g subject areas that are UC-transferable), participate in educational preparation programs available at your high school (see a list on my blog), and commit to one or two extracurricular activities in which you develop leadership skills (more is not better, quality is better than quantity).





UCs will weigh the following components of your application (in the order of importance): 1) your essay (the UC System publishes a guideline on how to write your personal statement at: https://uccp.collegepath.org/index.cfm?f... ) about your academic achievement, talent or extracurricular activities that highlight your motivation, dedication, and/or initiative to achieve, your potential to contribute to the university, and any special circumstances like hardship; 2) your grades and any grade trends (improvements are better than just maintaining a high GPA); 3) your test scores, including SAT and/or ACT, SAT II; and 4) number of AP courses completed compared to the number of AP courses offered at your high school. Other factors are taken into consideration, but to a lesser extent.
Reply:No one can say. Apply to the ones you that interest you and give it your best shot.





The only sure thing is that you will never go to a university that you do not apply to.
Reply:you'll be fine. It's impressive, and yeah like ms sun say raise the SAT score little higher. Depends where you apply, you'll be fine.
Reply:Dont worry!! You are doing a great job. I took as many honor and ap classes available, had the same gpa while I was applying to ucs, good SAT scores, I was involved in two organizations, mom went to college, father didnt, and I come from a low income family. I got accepted to the first school of my choice. UC Davis, so I am pretty sure that you will get accepted to a UC of your choice, as long as you keep up the good work your chances are great. Also, look into the schools of your choice to see what the requirements are.


Good LUck
Reply:ur doing great! i will be a senior in the fall too :)
Reply:You have a decent shot at UC Irvine, but take the SAT again and as many more AP courses as possible to have a chance at getting into the others. Good luck...
Reply:Well this also factors into what you want to do. The easiest place to get into is at UC Merced. This is a new school so they have limited majors but even those on the low end of the spectrum still gets admission(for now). Aside from those stats, remember that there are the personal statements as well. That is another important element that the admissions look at. You might want to note that the UC's choose students from their area first, but you are still able to get in even if you are far away from them. This is just a pattern that I want to mention if you do not know yet. Apply to those UC's you want to get into and the ones that does have your major of interest. Keep up with your GPA senior year as senioritous does hit everyone(eventually). Double check whether you are on the A through G as well.





Good Luck to you!





- Fellow C/O '08 student