Can you help me? My head is stuck in the clouds.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm an Asian male junior from California, and I'm not amazingly involved or high achieving in comparison to most of the people on this board. I attend a decent public school in a low-income suburb.</p>

<p>Rank: 4/around 500, but the number drops every year
GPA: 4.05 weighted, 3.81 unweighted (hardest classes in the school)
Scores:
First SAT: 2070 (800 CR, 590 M, 680 W)
Second SAT: 2160 (750 CR, 680 M, 730 W)
Best combined: 2210</p>

<p>AP World History: 5
AP Calculus AB: 5
Taking AP Calculus BC, US History, and English Language this year, and US Government, English Literature, and possibly Psychology next year</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests: US History, Literature, and Math 2 on 6 May</p>

<p>*Extracurriculars<a href="in%20order%20of%20import">/b</a>:
*School Newspaper
- On staff since freshman year
- Section editor last year, News editor this year, Editor-in-Chief next year
National Honor Society
- selected this year; our club was named one of the top 10 last year; very involved
- Extremely high level of commitment to community service (combined with Key Club hours, I have done 440.5 since freshman year and increasing every week)
- Running for office
Speech and Debate
- since sophomore year
- Elected treasurer
- Award in novice-level Congress debate
Key Club
- Since freshman year
- Led blood drive twice, tutoring program all of last year
- Webmaster since freshman year (stopped this year)
*California Scholarship Federation<a href="since%20second%20semester%20of%20freshman%20year">/i</a>
*Academic Decathlon<a href="only%20freshman%20year">/i</a></p>

<p>Awards:
- Bronze-level President's Volunteer Service Award last year
- Boys State Delegate</p>

<p>I'm currently interested in Swarthmore, UChicago (EA?), Grinnell, UCSD, Whitman, Lawrence University (EA?), and UCSC, with the possible addition of Carleton and/or Cal. I'm looking for an intellectual, not-too-preppy, friendly atmosphere in a smaller school (or a big school broken up but not segregated). I assume that many of the schools on my list are reaches, and I'd appreciate additional suggestions. I am most interested in the social sciences, and possible majors include sociology, anthropology, history, and perhaps linguistics or French. Possible career plans include journalism, academia, and law, in no particular order.</p>

<p>Thank you for your time!</p>

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<p>Alright, being Asian isn't exactly gonna help you BUT: for all the schools you listed, I think your good to go.</p>

<p>9.7/10 rating aka an AMAZING shot at those schools, also I recommend UChicago-EA. I'm pretty sure that it would fit your needs in "journalism, academia, and law, in no particular order".</p>

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<p>I'm gonna have to say that you're not exactly a shoo-in for Swarthmore. It's very difficult to get into...your gpa and sat scores are good but not great, and you don't really stand out for anything. Of course it's not as hard to get into as ivy leagues, you'll still have a tough time. Do well on sat iis, get good recs and essays and all that stuff...and then you'd a have an ok shot. good luck :)</p>

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<p>oftenigmatik:</p>

<p>UCB: Slight Reach
UCSD: Match
UCSC: Safety</p>