Chance me for UCB, UCSB, UCD, UCR, CSUMB, SSU, Pepperdine, Stanford, CSUCI
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1530 (520 CR, 510 M, 500 W (12))
ACT (breakdown):21
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 44 / 179
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: APLC, Econ/Govt., AP Environmental Science
College load senior year:
Intermediate algebra
Communications
Ethnic studies
Calculus
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
-Film Club ( President / Founder)
-MESA Club
-REAL Club ( top fundraiser)
-AVID Write-Off Finalist (2011, Stanford)
MathCon
Summer Activities:
-Junior: Spent at hospital working at neonatal unit, rehab unit and main desk
Winter Activity:
Spent 8 days @ college to skip trig and precalc at a math academy
Essays: (7/10) Common App about optimism and siblings
UC app- stereotypes about mexican females from ghetto
Teacher Recommendations: (9/10) highlighted all I’ve done with math
Counselor Rec: (5/10) my counselor can’t write to save his life
Additional Rec: (8/10) boss at hospital covered all well
Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
Projected Major: Mathematics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): -
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 60k
First generation
Eldest of 5
Single parent
Take an hour bus ride to get to community college
Forgot to add in ecs that I train acolytes for church, am a Eucharistic minister, on the leadership team (youngest ever) and am a delegate of church diocese
Most of the UC’s are off of the table.
Your scores are too low for Stanford/ UC’s and even Pepperdine.
Your resume looks like you spent time on your EC’s at the expense of your grades and stats.
You may want to go to the Community colleges to save money and to increase your grades.
UCSB and UCB are off of the list, low scores. A 1530 SAT and 21 ACT to be frank, wouldn’t even be considered. Pepperdine and Stanford are too highly ranked - low scores. ECs are fine.
As of for me, I think UCR would be a match for you. And UCD a high match.
You need to really consider the following question, are you currently ready – academically, intellectually, emotionally, and in terms of maturity – for a four-year college or university? Perhaps, you should begin at a local CC, transferring to a UC/CSU after four semesters? Your GPA and standardized tests results certainly indicate that may be the wise approach.
Overall your GPA and test scores are too low to be competitive at most of the schools except for CSUMB and CSUCI. For the UC’s, you might have a chance to UCM and UCR only. I would look into Whittier College and Azusa Pacific for privates and add possibly San Marcos, Dominguez Hills and your local in-service area Cal State for good matches and safeties. You need to get the GPA and test scores up immensely to have a real chance at any of the upper tier UC’s and privates. Good Luck and also think about a CC and use TAG to transfer to one of the UC’s.
Well, I have taken community college classes and got an A in Calculus, Communications, and Intermediate Algebra and then a B in ethnic studies. All the volunteer work at summer time. I know my GPA is not the highest. I had trouble my sophomore year when my brother died. But that is no excuse. I have applied to APU and I have been accepted along with CSUCI. I was just hoping I had a goof chance at a really good education. I just can’t stand staying at home any longer. Thanks for your input though!