<p>Female, in state from a very prestigious high school in Northern California
Class of '09
SAT II:
US History: 730
Math II: 710
Biology : 710
Act: 31
SAT: 2060 (trying to pull it up to above 2100)
UC GPA: 3.77 (upward trend)
Extracurricular:
-8 years piano
-3 years Guitar
-2 years tennis on school team, but i've been playing at a club level since I was 5 and I'll be doing track my senior year of HS.
-Volunteered at Temple for several years
- Youth Coordinator at temple
- Research at a medical lab
- Book Club Vice President
- Had some of my writing published in a literary magazine
- Publicist for Enviornmental Club
-CSF
-NHS
- Key Club
- STAND! (A club helping those affected by the genocide occuring in Darfur)
-Volunteered at a local hopsice and for the American Red Cross & Cancer Society
-Cultural dance for 6 years
- Science Alliance for 3 years (I helped 5th graders from local schools on their science fair project)
- I've also tutored underpriviledged elementary/middle school children with their homework through a library program.</p>
<p>I've also taken a rigorous course load. Junior year I took 4 weighted classes, (2 AP's and 2 honors), Soph I took 1 honors class, and senior year I'm taking 2. </p>
<p>i got in with a 2030 SAT, 32 ACT, a 3.4~ GPA, and only a year of middling EC club activities. and like 200 community service hours. and 3 + 4 AP classes my junior and senior year, respectively. and i applied as gen bio when everyone else also did.</p>
<p>that pretty much sums it up. my essay was good though, if i say so myself.</p>
<p>edit: what i forgot to say was: >_> i dont know why youre even worrying. id be worried bout getting accepted into like UCLA or Berkeley with those scores not UCSD.</p>
<p>^ That's something I've noticed talking to a bunch of people and reading on here:</p>
<p>I got in Winter with a 2130 SAT, 4.0 GPA, 200 hours, a bit of EC meddling as well, and 4 + 5 AP classes my senior year.</p>
<p>I'm still baffled as to why I was offered Winter admission. Previously I thought it was because my stats were borderline but recently I've become less sure of that.. I hope I get on the winter housing waitlist on November 3rd, because IMO I deserve it :(</p>
<p>BTW I'm at Warren Orientation right now. WARREN ROCKS!</p>
<p>^ oh wow, how did that happen? Your stats are pretty above average. I'm a winter admit too (haven't really started looking for housing >.>) and had a 3.72 UC GPA / 2290 SAT I.</p>
<p>Man I don't mean to be rude or anything, but I simply do not understand. All that work, all that effort, all that stress, why not just go to junior college first and transfer in? Transfering in has a minimum requirement of 3.0 GPA, with that you can get a transfer guarantee! You also save TONS of money! </p>
<p>most community colleges have a bad rep as that youll somehow fail a bit if you go there. truth is you save like 15k+ and get the same 2 years of GEs and then the acceptance rate at 3rd year transfer is like 2x higher than freshman admissions T<em>T ></em>> <_< .</p>
<p>but you do lose out on the college life thing if you stay at home.</p>
<p>AND you also have less of a time to build relationships in your school. w/ profs or friends.</p>
<p>It seems that the whole negative impression of community colleges is based on the bad rep, not the fact that you'll be losing out on college life and college relationships. </p>
<p>I mean I just don't think theres any reason to stress out about getting into universities, teens have enough to worry about these days. Then again, teens seek purpose, perhaps they like stressing out about school deep down inside. >_></p>