<p>Okay, chance me please for a few California schools? Some of the schools I'm applying to are:
Berkeley
UCSD
UCLA
Pomona
Scripps
Stanford</p>
<p>Female, mixed-race (1/2 white, 1/2 Mexican)
California public high school (New school - I'm in the second graduating class. Only 10% of last year's class was accepted into a four-year college - none went to top schools. I'm hoping class of 2008 fares a little better :])</p>
<p>GPA: 4.53W/4.0 UW
Rank: 1/746
Classes: Tough courseload - this year I'm taking AP Stats, AP Government, AP Biology, and AP English Literature.
AP Scores: 5's on English Language and Psychology, 4 on U.S. History, 3's on World History and Calculus AB</p>
<p>SAT: 2160 (650M/760CR/700W)
SAT IIs: 710 US history, 780 Literature
ACT: 32</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-Four years of varsity cross country & track (three varsity letters in each)
-A few random community service opportunities
-Assorted school clubs (AP club, College Club, Key Club)
-Photography (REALLY a big hobby of mine. I bought my own camera and I even set up my own little developing lab. I wanted to take AP Photo this year but I had to drop it because of scheduling issues...so this is the next best thing.)</p>
<p>Awards:
-National Merit Commended
-AP Scholar With Distinction
-A few cute sports awards (Most Improved, etc)
-Three-year varsity letterman in cross country and track
-Academic letterman </p>
<p>Recommendations:
The teacher recs, I'm guessing, are fairly strong. The counselor one is probably pretty generic though...</p>
<p>Essays:
For my Commonapp essay I'm writing about record collecting, another hobby of mine. It's not the most academic topic but it's been really easy/fun for me to write, so I think that's a good thing? What do you guys think?</p>
<p>Obviously I'll dress up the ECs/Awards a little more in the applications, but what do you think? </p>
<p>Thanks! :] (And sorry for the long post)</p>