<p>ECs:
Art- club president, magazine editor
Basketball-NJB assistant coach, 2 years varsity
Volunteering-relay for life team captain, club president
Piano: USOMC 2nd place, CMTANC advance level with distinction, CMTANC finalist
Debate- SCU LD semifinalist, lab leader</p>
<p>Job Experience: private tutoring</p>
<p>Also, I will have a kickass art portfolio</p>
<p>Questions:
Should I retake the SAT and aim for 2300+? Would it help a lot?
Am I strong in awards? ECs?
What else can I improve on?
Should I leave exploravision off?
Do I need more job experience?</p>
<p>You should easily get into all UCs with a regents below Cal and LA. Penn maybe. I don't see H or S. Asian female, CA, with CR & M SATI under average and no unusual ECs.</p>
<p>Suze is very pessimistic. you have a chance at HSP even with your "average" test scores, just not a very good one.</p>
<p>You can try and retake the SAT but it really depends on how you're planning to try again. If you're just going to take it without preparing for it, I wouldn't bother. Buy some test prep books but a 50 point increase isn't the biggest deal in the world.</p>
<p>I have no idea what any of those awards mean besides the NMSF and AIME. They're not necessarily useless but they're not very meaningful either.</p>
<p>Any strong passions in your activities? It seems like you've just given us a list but haven't told us what you really like.</p>
<p>A job job would be nice, i.e. working at a restaurant or something, just to show that you can get an actual job where you get a federally taxed paycheck.</p>
<p>I agree with suze. Your SAT is good enough; your ECs can't really be changed significantly, so don't bother; awards-wise, you might want to apply to some scholarships.</p>
<p>I'd recommend taking all that you have and trying to weave a passion out of it, like art or something.</p>
<p>I think your SAT's are fine. Sure, lots of applicants have 2300+, but I seriously don't think that SAT scores matter that much once you are in 2250+ range.</p>
<p>But I somewhat agree with suze that being an Asian female, your EC's aren't nearly amazing enough to have a decent shot at Harvard and Stanford. I think your chances are very average for those schools, nothing more.</p>
<p>IMHO, you should try as much as possible (not just through your portfolio but also through your essays etc.) to emphasize art in your life. That would help you firmly establish art as your main passion, which the top universities would like to see.</p>
<p>You need to showcase some unique passions or interests. Art and Bio could do that for you. I agree, right now you don't have enough that stands out. Academically, you're definitely on track for H and S but activities/awards/outside interests are very important.</p>
<p>I think you have a great chance depending upon your course load:</p>
<p>With GPA: 4 Rank: top !% SAT1: 2250+ (with all 3 > 700) SATII > 730
EC: AIME, NMS, US Olympiad Semi</p>
<p>Course Load: Rigorous : Great Chance at all Ivies
Couse Load: Balanced : Low chances (HYPMSC)
Good Chances (Other IVies)
Couse Load: Weak : Low Chances (all Ivies)</p>
<p>As far as my knowledge goes, You have everything right going for you and if you took the most rigorous courses available to you at the school I'll put your chances as > 70% at all Ivies.</p>
<p>you'll be in at the ucs
and a reach for penn, if you really want penn, try to get a focus, something specific that you are really passionate about, penn LOVES that</p>
<p>i wouldn't worry about the SATs too much, try again if you want, it won't do any harm</p>