<p>Hello, I would like opinions based upon my chances towards Santa Barbara, Irvine, San Diego, Davis, Los Angeles and possibly Stanford.</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Armenian
Income: Below 30k
Weighted GPA: 4.09
Non-weighted: 3.90
Most recent SAT: 1400 (will be retaking)
ACT: N/A (Will be taking)
Class Rank: Within top 5%</p>
<p>I have taken two ap classes all together in sophomore and junior year, and in total, only 3 or 4 possible AP classes were available for both years together. A's in both classes.</p>
<p>I am in a Regional Occupation Program (ROP) of Medical Careers/Nursing. Volunteered for a year (in school time) at a specific Veterans Administration hospital. Now helping clinical facilities a few times a day, within the program. Volunteering to help for my local church in saturday school. Volunteered to perform (guitar) for annual Armenian Festival.</p>
<p>ASB Vice-President
Have helped in a Coronary Heart Program for a Church.
Full Time Active CSF (California Scholarship Federation) member
Member of HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America)</p>
<p>I am interested in majoring in medicine towards the path of Neurosurgery.</p>
<p>I have taken 1 AP Class every year till this senior year. I take now 3 AP classes (largest amount possible). For senior year, I am taking AP Calc, AP Literature, and AP Environemtnal Science.</p>
<p>Freshmen year: AP Human Geography
Sophomore: AP European History
Junior: AP English</p>
<p>I am first generation in my family.</p>
<p>Please let me know your thoughts, I know my background isn't fantastic. Thanks.</p>
<p>You should be pretty good for all of them except UCLA and Stanford. UCLA will be a little tough, and Stanford is still going to be really, really hard. I’m guessing you’re a california resident so you can actually pay to go to those schools lol. </p>
<p>No this is 1400 out of 2400, and I haven’t taken any subject tests unfortunately, but not sure of which to really take and if these universities do recommend any?</p>
<p>Thanks for your feedback Yana, I do hope I get accepted.</p>
<p>SAT:
Writing: 530
Math: 480
Reading: 390</p>
<p>EDIT: I am a California resident, but im hoping to live off of scholarships/grants lol.</p>
<p>The SAT is very very low. You really need to work on it to get into UCLA, UCSB, UCI. Stanford is beyond reach at this point. You need it higher if you want a good chance at any of these schools</p>
<p>Well the percentile for the top 5% is based upon GPA. But thank you for the opinions, I will be retaking the SAT in november and the ACT this October.</p>
<p>EDIT: And the reason why I am even in the top 5% with my low gpa, is because our school is about a population of 1000, and a limited number of AP classes are available in total. I believe around 7.</p>
<p>An AP English student with a 530 W and 390 CR who’s in the top 5% would send off a red flag in admissions. Get those SAT scores up as soon as possible.</p>
<p>Realistically, all of those colleges are reaches for you, and Stanford, probably even UCLA, are impossible. Unless you increase your sat score by 600ish points for Stanford… and that would just give you about a 4% chance.</p>
<p>UCSD mid reach
UCLA high reach
UCI mid reach
Stanford high reach</p>
<p>I don’t know about the others. Your SAT is going to hold you back from almost all if not all of these schools. You really need a 2200+ to be competitive for schools like UCLA and Stanford, especially with your low-level courseload. However, if you can get your SAT up A TON or ace the ACT, and write a spectacular essay, you may have a shot. In any event, apply where you dream of going (I would stay away from ED; you need some time to up those scores) and get yourself some safety/test-optional schools.</p>
<p>Interesting…thank you for the responses. I do plan to apply to my local state school, and if all comes to worst, attend a community college than transfer later on.</p>
<p>Your stats are pretty good, actually. Like others said, get that SAT up to at least 1800. It’s really not that difficult once you learn all the vocabulary and writing conventions. Math get a good calculator and read the questions carefully.</p>
<p>Right now I think you’re in UCR and UCSC. Get your SAT up a few hundred points and UCI and UCSB open up, and you have a fair shot at the others too.</p>
<p>Stanford, on the other hand, is really hard, and really unpredictable. First thing they do is see if you meet the academic requirements, and again, SAT (GPA is good, considering your school doesn’t offer that many APs).</p>
