chance for UCs and others and I'll chance back too (: !

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi! Well, these are my (not so impressive..) stats (Thanks for looking!):</p>

<p>SO. The schools I'm applying for:
- UCI (european studies)
- CSU SLO (commercial/ad art or foods/nutritional studies or psychology)
- NYU (design/ visual communications)
- UW (design/ visual communications)
- UCSB (studio art)
- BU (design/ visual communications)
- UCSC (marine bio)
- UCR (psychology)
Yeah my range in majors are really weird.. but it all depends on the school...</p>

<p>General:
- Asian
- Female
- Californian resident
- I go to quite a competitive high school!! (Ranked #1 in the world for its AP Calc classes!)</p>

<p>Academics:
- Top half of class ):
- 3.3 uw gpa, 3.5 w gpa ): <em>sigh..</em> (as of what i saw from the beginning of the school year)
- AP & Honors courses I've taken from 10th- 12th grade: English II & III Honors, AP Lit (didnt take test yet), APUSH (didnt even take the test! D:), AP Bio (didnt even take the test.. too scared..), AP Econ/Gov (didnt take test yet) <em>sob not that many.. T__T</em></p>

<p>SATS & ACT:
- will be taking the ACT soon...
- 1890 on SAT 1 (retaking October 10th!)
- SAT IIs: bio 590 O<em>__O, ush: 620 o</em>_o, will take English or Chinese in November... </p>

<p>ECs:
- volunteered at the hospital for 1 year
- link crew 1 year
- class committee 4 years
- LEO club 4 years
- Operation Smile 1 year
- FBLA 1 year
- CNKR 2 years
- class officer 2 years
- CNKR officer 2 years
- in orchestra for 4 years
- played piano for 5 years (if that helps..)
- person in charge of the organization, decoration and planning of prom (: !! (if that helps too..)</p>

<p>Other things that may help...
- super dedicated to my clubs (over 275 hours in volunteer service so far O__O)
- even though ive never EVER taken an art class (i dont know how bad thats going to hurt my chances in trying to get into an art major..) but im pretty good at it and im the one who designs our school's rally posters and planned out the decorations for prom...
- i think my letters of recs are going to be pretty good (:
- my UC essays are pretty okay so far (still revising!)...
- made Dean's List in history in my sophomore year..
- principal's honor roll for 4 semesters (not much but it's something..)
- my family is financially comfortable (100k+ yearly)</p>

<p>Thanks so much!! (: I'll chance back ASAP!</p>

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<p>Ill chance you for the UC’s since i know about them better than the others you listed.
UCR= safety
UCSC= in
As for UCSB and UCI, your SAT’s and EC’s look good, but your gpa is very low compared to students accepted to either of the schools (I think the average gpa for both is around 3.95-4.0) However, this average is the UC gpa, so your grades may be higher than you think they are when this is calculated. </p>

<p>The only option you have now to make yourself have a better chance is to really raise up that SAT score. I dont know what score would save you, but I do know that the mid-tier UC’s look past lower-than-average grades if you have a higher-than-average SAT score.</p>

<p>Hope i helped!</p>

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<p>thanks very much!! (:
anyone else ehehe</p>

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<p>I am in the same exact situation as you, except that my gpa is a bit higher, and speaking of that–is the 3.5 a weighted UC gpa? (10th-11th)
Well, ok let me just tell you that I am not a professional chancer like some of the other guys here, but from the chances and advice I have received, we’re not going anywhere besides the bottom 2 UC’s. I know it sounds heart-breaking, believe me, but only by god’s good graces will we be able to get into mid-tiers. I would suggest raising your SAT score, and writing pretty awesome essays (though only CAL and UCLA will read them)</p>

<p>Good Luck,
hopefully we will get into our desired school</p>

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<p>Thanks for your honest opinion! Yeah… my school advisor said the middle tiers for me are gonna be quite the stretch D:
Good luck to you too!
Anyone else please? Thank you very much!</p>