<p>I'm currently a junior attending a high school in California. I'm also Asian and female if that changes things</p>
<p>• G.P.A.: 4.04 (Weighted)/3.67 (Unweighted)
• SAT: Just took it for the first time and got a 1930 (590 Critical Reading, 620 Math, 720 Writing), planning on taking it one or two more times to try to get 2000 or 2100
Planning on taking SAT subject tests (probably Literature, Biology E/M (probably ecological), and Mathematics Level 2)
• Planning on taking the ACT</p>
<p>• Honors/AP classes:
Biology 1 Honors (B/B)
English 1 Honors (A/A)
English 2 Honors (A/A)
Chemistry 1 Honors (C/C)
Spanish 2 Honors (A/A)
AP English Language and Composition (A)
AP Environmental Science (B)
AP Psychology (B)</p>
<p>• Extracurriculars:
<em>*Denotes leadership position
• NHS
- Got accepted into NHS (National Honor Society, the most prestigious club at school, as one of the four juniors who get in)
• CSF
- Active member (2nd semester 9th grade, 1st and 2nd semester 10th grade, 1st semester 11th grade currently)
*</em><em>- Historian/ICC Rep on CSF Board
• Band (Marching season and concert season)
- First chair flautist in Concert Band (9th grade)
- Won Best Freshman Musician award at Fall Awards Banquet (9th grade)
- Won Most Outstanding Musician (Concert Band Only) at Spring Banquet (9th grade)
- First chair flautist in Wind Ensemble (10th grade and 11th grade)
*</em><em>- Historian/ICC Rep on Band Council (10th grade)
*</em><em>- Historian on Band Council (11th grade)
*</em><em>- Flute Squad Leader (11th grade)
- Got asked to play flute accompaniment at Spring Choral Concert (10th grade)
- Got asked to play flute accompaniment at Winter Choral Concert (11th grade)
• ASB
- Freshman Class Council (9th grade)
*</em><em>- Sophomore Class Historian (10th grade)
*</em><em>- Junior Class Historian (11th grade)
- School Site Council (10th grade and 11th grade)
Interact
- Active member freshman year (28.5 hours first semester, 70+ hours second semester) (total 100+ hours); sophomore year: (40 hours first semester, 60+ hours second semester) (105+ hours total); junior year: 60+ hours currently
- Interact Member of the Month (October)
- Book Buddies 15 hours of service award
*</em><em>- Historian on Interact Board (10th grade)
*</em><em>- Community Service Coordinator on Interact Board (11th grade)
*</em><em>- Executive Assistant Representative on Interact District Board (11th grade)
*</em>- RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) Counselor (11th grade)
Other service: Key Club (9th grade 20 hours 1st semester), Red Cross Club (9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade)</p>
<p>Well, your thread isn’t very organized, but your ECs aren’t very impressive. Your UW GPA and test scores are too low for Stanford and UCB (and possibly UCLA, I don’t know much about admissions there), and you’re a ORM, which won’t help you. There was a lot of information you didn’t tell us, too. What kind of school do you go to? (Public, Private, etc.) What is your class rank? (Might explain your lower GPA) What is your intended major? (Might affect your chance)</p>
<p>I think that Stanford is a high reach, as it is a reach even for those with perfect GPAs and near perfect SAT scores.
UCLA and UCB, on the other hand, are attainable. However, your EC activities aren’t going to be helping that, they aren’t very impressive or focused, I’m sorry to say. With a killer essay, you have a shot, though.</p>
<p>Have you considered UCSD or UCD? Both are absolute excellent, and depending on what you want to study might even be a better fit than UCLA or UCB.</p>
<p>UCSD is an amazing research university-- their graduates have the third highest salaries in the NATION! How cool is that? </p>
<p>@bu2015jr Sorry, but I’m just wondering…how are my extracurriculars not focused? I’ve been pretty involved in band and Interact especially and with the different organizations and things that come with them…I’ve been first chair for like 3 years now, I’ve been asked to play flute accompaniment and stuff, 4 leadership positions in band within the past 2 years, best musician awards…</p>
<p>And with Rotary, 4 leadership positions within the past 2 years. 3 just this year…</p>
<p>I have 7 leadership positions just this year…I was 1 of the 4 juniors out of like the 20-ish people in the club, the rest being seniors, in NHS, the most prestigious club in the school</p>
<p>Am I not doing enough? But tell me how they aren’t focused cuz I’ve really been focused on especially band if you look at the things listed underneath each bulleted category</p>
<p>Historian isn’t a leadership position, really. That’s why I say this.
Maybe focused wasn’t the right word, but I don’t think what you consider to be major leadership actually is.</p>
<p>@bu2015jr Historian is just the title of the position, especially in ASB…tbh it’s not like I do less than the President and Vice President. We work together…we pretty much do the same stuff. Historian, VP, and Pres are the three class officers</p>
<p>Stanford - High Reach
UCLA - reach
UCB - reach</p>
<p>Your GPA isnt really good enough for those schools and you dont have good enough test scores to compensate for your GPA. If you retake the SAT and get a 2200+ your chances will certainly improve, so study hard and focus on that. Your ECs are also nice.</p>