<p>Background: Asian American, very low income, NY</p>
<p>Grades: 97% Unweighted GPA
SAT: Math 780 Reading 760 Writing 760
Sat2: 760 and 800
10 AP classes through sophomore and Junior Year( 9 fives, 1 three)
Rank is 5/300( somewhat competitive public school, best in region)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Cancer related Club(founder and president)
Cancer research at SUNY for 2 years
Science Olympiad(captain)
University Math Classes</p>
<p>Journalism and creative writing passion:
taken electives throughout all years
Editor of school newspaper, yearbook and literary magazine
Poetry recognition throughout school district</p>
<p>Varsity Tennis and Track and field(sectional competition awards)</p>
<p>Student Advisory member of local volunteer group
Student representative for all high schools in district</p>
<p>Awards:
Presidents youth volunteer award Gold
Congressional Award Gold
small regional poetry awards</p>
<p>Essays should be very good
Teacher recommendations moderate to strong</p>
<p>You definitely have a very good chance. Make sure you apply a couple less prestigious and safety schools though.</p>
<p>Really really good chance, I think. Keep up the good work!</p>
<p>Really good chance, but couple things that might make a big difference. What major you want to apply under. You do understand you’re not eligible for state aid which is a very large part. OOS tuition at UCs is nuts I think its an additional $22-26k on top of whatever the going rate is.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to be a debbie downer or anything. Just when you get accepted and see the price you’ll feel even worse after being accepted. They do have a few scholarships, but there few and far between. S applied to Drake’s that was for MechE got denied. We’re instate and with grants its about $23k a year. No idea how much OOS will be, you might want to check net price calculator.</p>
<p>Great chances for both. Your Asian anti-hook really should be too much of an obstacle especially due to your family income. Then everything else stacks up amazingly as well: very high SAT score, good UW GPA, course rigor, EC’s, leadership - the whole package. </p>
<p>Definitely high chances for you. Look into some safeties just in case, but you should be accepted to one if not both of the schools.</p>