California Dreamin'

<p>Help me out:
Schools applying to: UCLA, UCB, Stanford, Cornell, Georgetown, UCSD</p>

<p>Ethnicity: White/ Born in Germany (helps???)
School: Top 1000 US Public HS</p>

<p>SATs
CR 650 M 720 WR 650
SAT IIs
Math II 790 Spanish 760</p>

<p>GPA :
9: 4.0 W
10: 4.1667
11: 4.6667 (Sem.1)/ 4.5 (Sem.2)
12: 4.571 (projected)</p>

<p>ECs/Honors
Mexico Mission 2007 (Build houses in Mex. w/church)
Biology Departmental Award
Competitive Soccer (8-10 hrs. week, 6 years)
Recreational Basketball (4 years) (2 hours/week)
Track and Field (2 years JV (captain) + 2 years varsity)
National Honor Society (NHS) (50 hrs.)
California Scholarship Federation (20 hrs)
National Spanish Honor Society - Publicity Chair
Red Cross Club (20 hrs.)
Science Buddies (.5 hours/week = approx 40 hrs.)</p>

<p>Recommendations
Probably best part -- Good from Span. 3/4 teacher + US History (Cal graduate)
Recommendation from Vice Chancellor @ Cal during Summer</p>

<p>Other
Took Philosophy @ Cal/ American Religious Thought @ Stanford
Might work with Mom's friend's Yachting Company in Germany this summer
Fluent 3 languages (Eng., Span., German)
Father's childhood friend is Professor @ German Department in Stanford</p>

<p>What are my chances?</p>

<p>Everything's great except for your SATs (1 not 2). If you can bump those up maybe all into the 700s, you'd have a better shot.</p>

<p>are you in state? if you are it's an excellent chance, i had way lower SAT's than that.</p>