a variety of schools, what are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm going to be a senior next year at a high school in California. I'm considering many schools and just wondering how out of reach they are for me. I'll be having to apply soon, so what are my chances at:</p>

<p>UCB
UCLA
UCSD
NYU</p>

<p>I intend on studying a social science, probably international relations or political science.</p>

<p>Asian
First generation in family to go to college</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.8
W GPA: 4.2
SAT: 670M/590V/570W (I plan on retaking it in October)
SAT II's: Math IIC-690, US History-700
APs: Calculus BC-4, US History-4 (taking Gov/Econ AP and English AP this year)</p>

<p>We have semester schedule
10th grade:
World History:A/A
Chemistry Honors: A/B
Art: A/A
Pre-Calc Honors:B/B
Spanish 3: B/B
World Literature: A/A</p>

<p>11th grade:
AP Calculus AB:A/A
AP Calculus BC:A/A
Physics Honors:A/A
American Lit Honors:A/A
US History AP: A/A
PE: A/A</p>

<p>EC's (I know they suck compared to yours, haha):
Basketball-2 years(10 hours/week)
After school tutor-2 years(6 hours/week)
Algebra tutor-1 year(6 hours/week)
AVID tutor- 1 year(4 hours/week)
member of California Scholarship Federation
employee at retail giant- so far, half a year(18 hours/week)
Key Club
volunteer hours= a little less than 50 hours</p>

<p>I always have the comforting thought that there are still community schools for me to fall back on. any feedback would be greatly appreciated :)</p>

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<p>omg i LOVE the x-files.</p>

<p>lol! anyway, i don't know much about the UC's cuz i'm a jersey kid :), but i think NYU is a reach. Just work on getting those SAT scores up!</p>

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<p>it's so cool how you love the x-files cuz I don't know ANYBODY who ever even watched that show. anyhoo, thanks for you reply! I just wanted to see what my chances are the competitive schools I'm considering. I'm about 90% sure that my parents won't let me go anywhere far because of my health history(I live in the bay area).</p>

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<p>All are reaches, with UCSD being the least reachy. Can you name some other schools?</p>

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<p>I sorta thought so. I'm also considering Santa Clara University and San Jose State, mainly because of their distance rather than their academic offerings. Community college is certainly an option I am considering. I'm really into the thought of majoring in political science but many of the schools that have good programs for it seem to be extremely out of reach for me. Have any recs?</p>

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<p>danascully312:</p>

<p>UCB: Reach
UCLA: Reach
UCSD: Slight Reach</p>

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<p>it's been awhile since I've posted this thread and my SAT score went up barely from the 1830 to now a 1980. does this change my chances at all? my volunteer hours also now have surpassed 100 hours. how pathetic...</p>