Chance a domestic student for USC and a couple others (fall 2013)

<p>Dying to get in, fell in love with Annenberg. Will have a dreadful cumulative GPA because of certain circumstances, moved countries after 7th grade. Between middle school and high school, have been in 3 different schools. Dad stayed in country previously in, so separated from him for 4 years with a few visits here and there. Won't go too much into detail but basically having to adapt to that countries' schooling system for 3 years in 2 different schools before transferring to the international school in the city because there were no places for my grade available, and the fact that I moved houses twice, the second of which was 2 hours away from the second school I attended for two years, depressed me to a very large extent. I probably sound like a brat, but I don't know how else to put it. Also since for freshman + sophomore year my school was so far away from my house, the rents didn't let me do any EC's, too much driving if I was to be committed etc.. </p>

<p>Second school: doesn't offer AP classes, these are all pre-IB classes except PE obviously
Freshman year: 78/100
Physics
Biology
Chemistry
English
Math
Arabic
Spanish
History
PE
Art</p>

<p>Sophomore year: 81/100
Biology
Spanish
English
Math
History
Economics
PE
Art</p>

<p>Current School:
Junior year: UW GPA 3.8
IB Biology HL
IB History HL
IB English HL
IB Theatre Arts HL
Arabic Ab initio
Math studies (lol i know)
TOK</p>

<p>So yeah, upward trend. But those are overrated and are just mentioned to make people feel good about how much they messed up and cleaned up their act, right?
- Taking the SAT's in May..already getting tutored for it.
Current rank: Top 15%</p>

<p>EC's: (I am not cramming activities to look good on my college app, I entered a new school with a different, more positive outlook on things and I am genuinely interested in everything I am currently pursuing, since I didn't get the chance to before)
Varsity Volleyball, MVP
Co-founder of a club that raises money to pay the electricity bill of senior citizens that can't afford to + visit them in their own homes if they aren't physically capable of leaving their houses (which are actually run down-shack-like houses)
MUN, most articulate delegate
Internship at student-run magazine printed on behalf of a national magazine
Representative of a campaign that promotes an end to derogatory words/racial slurs
NHS
On the committee for recycling club at school</p>

<p>My summer: interning at dad's company + phillips exeter academy summer school
Ethnicity: white/middle-eastern (US citizen living abroad)
Not applying for fin aid</p>

<p>Also applying to syracuse, and BU. and a few others. I know those are probably reaches, any suggestions on safeties? for comm/journalism major, w/ economics/business minor</p>

<p>I also have a diploma in A1 spanish from the spanish teaching institute and institute as well as an art award from my second school (won in sophomore yr)</p>

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<p>comeeee onnn yooo</p>