<p>Hey guys, this is my first post/thread on CC.</p>
<p>I'm a current junior at a pretty competitive CA school. Freshman year I wasn't very serious but I did really well sophomore year. Unfortunately first semester junior year I think I overloaded myself with APs and hard classes and didn't do well at all; but I plan to get much better this second semester. I have pretty good SAT scores and okayish ECs.</p>
<p>Freshman year:
Honors Bio, Honors Geometry, Honors English, Spanish 3, PE, Health/Geography
First semester GPA: 3.5
Second semester GPA: 3.3</p>
<p>Sophomore year:
Honors Chem, Honors Alg 2/Trig, Honors English, Art, PE, World History
First semester GPA: 3.8
Second semester GPA: 4.0</p>
<p>Jr year:
Honors English, Honors Precalc, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, CPUSH
First semester GPA: 3.3...(got a C in AP Chem... :/ really worried about this!)
Second semester GPA: Aiming for a 3.8 or a 4.0; seems within reach</p>
<p>Sr year sched:
AP Physics B, AP English, AP Human Geography, Finite/Discrete (college course offered at our school), AP Calculus BC, Gov/Econ</p>
<p>SAT score: 2280 (first try, 790 W, 750 M, 740 CR)
Taking ACT in April (aiming for 33+)
Got a 238 on PSAT; expecting to be National Merit Finalist</p>
<p>ECs:
Co-founded student-run Microfinance institution; lending around $15,000 to 3 entrepeneurs locally - made website for this.
Track & Field (2 years JV, 2 years varsity)
Officer of school's TV channel (will be either secretary or president next year)
Committee member of school's club which provides money for the school by converting cooking oil to biofuel and sells it. Will be officer next year. - made website for this club
Interned at Bay Area startup company; programmed for this company (unpaid internship). Will intern again this summer.
Taking C++ online class this year (Stanford's EPGY)</p>
<p>I plan to major in comp science. I'm looking at UCLA, UCBerk, UCSD, USC (hoping National Merit Finalist helps for this!). </p>
<p>SO: At the end of junior year, my GPA will be around a 3.6 (3.65 Max). This is unweighted. My weighted GPA (only Junior + Senior year we have weighted classes) would be around a 3.9 GPA. If you only take 10th + 11th GPA, then I have around a 3.725 UW, and a 4.15 W GPA. Keep in mind that I do want to go to USC, however, which I think doesn't weight, and also takes into consideration freshman year?</p>
<p>I'd appreciate anyone's advice on my chances. Thanks!</p>