Are these good ecs? Chance/Respond back.

Applying to College
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<p>Heyaaaa! I'm trying to figure out what my chances are at getting into certain colleges.
-Sophomore
-GPA=3.3 unweighted but will be up to at least 3.6-8
-Just got my MYP certificate for IB
-Planning on being a full IB Student (international baccalaureate)
-(PDP is Pre-diploma program and is similar to AP)
-Classes: Geometry, APUSH, Honors American Lit, PDP Physics, IB Spanish 3, PDP Econ, PDP Govt, Theater Tech (taken PDP theater 1 &2), Business Essentials
-I will be in full IB classes next year some SL and some HL </p>

<p>HERE ARE THE ECS:
-Service trip to Thailand (Working with Elephants, school children, built bridges) and funded on my own (for my ticket and such)
- President/Started a Newcomer's club at my school
-Tutor at local synagogue in math/science
-President of a local organization that some of my friends and I started called the Liberal Line. It's a program for younger democrats in the south, and we fund for trips to inaugurations and parades, and we organize peaceful protests (). We've done workshops and are trying to be featured on the news. Our plan is to try to open up another Liberal Line in the SW.
-Contestant in Miss Teen GA (Second Round )
-Interned at the senator's office
-International Thespian Society
-Philosophy Club
-and adding</p>

<p>I like colleges like Oberlin, Bryn Mawr, Barnard, New School, Sarah Lawrence, Bard, College of W&M, and Wellesley.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Your GPA is going to hurt you at any highly competitive college. This doesn’t mean you won’t get in “anywhere” unless you define anywhere to be the world of very competitive colleges. Out in CA, for example, in-state students with roughly a 3.2 weighted are guaranteed admission at one of the UC campuses. A 3.3 will give you plenty of schools to choose from; they just might not be the ones kids drool over on the CC forums. </p>

<p>The question about impressive ECs comes up regularly on the forum. There is a thread with several posts by Northstarmom, a Ivy alum interviewer, about what constitutes impressive ECs from the point of view of the most selective colleges. The post is at <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/210497-those-ecs-weak-so-what-s-good.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/210497-those-ecs-weak-so-what-s-good.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>As you will see from that link, at the most selective colleges they are looking for depth more than just participation. Stanford, for example, says

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<p>A GPA of 3.3 shows you are a bright kid and more than capable of succeeding. It’s just that there’s lots of kids out there who are doing better and only so many places at the most selective colleges; supply and demand. What I suggest to you is focusing on tuning your academic skills, which are the most important part of schooling anyway. The unfortunate thing is that for all the thousands of hours you’ve spent in school, its likely nobody ever took the time to talk about how to study various kinds of material. The good news is that you can find lots of material on the web on how to study more effectively, and there are good books out there too. One I highly recommend is called “What Smart Students Know” and is written by a co-founder of the Princeton Review prep service.</p>

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<p>Thank you so much! My goal is around a 3.8 unweighted. Of course I want a 4.0, but I just don’t think I can do it, haha.
Not that this is an excuse, but I have moved a lot (I mean like 5 times in the past three school years). Do you think that maybe that could show that I am trying to adapt, or something?</p>