<p>Gender: Male
Residence: Hawaii
Ethnicity: Mexican
Grade: 12</p>
<p>SAT Scores: 1680 (590 M 580 CR 510 M)
SAT II Scores: None yet (taking Lit and US History in October, aiming for 570+ on both)
AP: Literature (2)</p>
<p>Varsity Basketball (10,11,12) (Most Inispirational Award)
Maui Sports Academy(Top 50 players in the state, member of 5 on 5 championship team)
Prevent Child Abuse Foundation(20-30 hours)
Read Aloud Program(20 hours)</p>
<p>More Info: First generation college student. </p>
<p>My school is really bad....lol. Our valedictorian of 2009 class got a 1300 SAT. And she was considered the smartest person of her class. I dont think we have ever sent anyone to the ivies, im pretty sure we havent. My school only offers 4 AP Classes, and I will have taken 3 of them. </p>
<p>Schools average SAT: 1140</p>
<p>My senior schedule is as tough as possible with how our schedule is setup.</p>
<p>Pre-Calculus
AP Calculus AB
AP Language and Composition
Physics
Economics/Finance
Spanish 1/2</p>
<p>Recs: Should be excellent
Essay: Should be good/excellent</p>
<p>Schools:</p>
<p>UC-Davis
UC-Irvine
UC-Los Angeles
USC
San Diego State University
University of San Francisco
University of San Diego
San Francisco State University
Pepperdine University</p>
<p>You live in Hawaii? that cool stuff sir, but on a serious note I suggest you take your SAT’s again and try to hit 1800 or up. I believe you have till December to have those done for the UCs and I have seen seniors make huge leaps in their score.</p>
<p>For your schooling I recommend writing about your educational experience and the educational background your coming from it will help explain the lack of AP classes.</p>
<p>Your EC’s look fine, simply play up something you had a special talent or passion for</p>
<p>UC-Davis-match/low reach
UC-Irvine-low reach
UC-Los Angeles-reach
USC-low reach
San Diego State University-in
University of San Francisco-high match
University of San Diego-low reach
San Francisco State University-in
Pepperdine University-low reach/match</p>
<p>UCLA/USC would be pretty high reaches, they are extremely competitive schools and you should probably get an 1800+ before considering them realistic. All of the others you could have a chance at though, to my knowledge. Good luck</p>
<p>okay first off the bad news… You have zero chance at ucla. Thousands of kids much more qualified than you get rejected from there every year. I also think you have no chance at USC or pepperdine. Davis and irvine are reaches as well. You are out of state for these so you need to be over qualified and you are underqualified. I think you are in at sfsu. You could be in at San diego state if you get your sat up. Its a lot harder to get into nowadays than everyone thinks. If you can raise your sat score to 1900, you can significantly raise your chances at Davis and irvine. Sorry if i sound harsh… Just trying to be honest. Best of luck.</p>
<p>I think you should be working from this list. </p>
<p>San Diego State University
University of San Francisco
University of San Diego
San Francisco State University</p>
<p>Try to find other schools of the same level that you can work with. All things considered, I don’t think you have much of a chance at the rest of those schools to be honest.
UCLA, USC and Pepperdine= Virtually no chance.</p>
<p>“okay first off the bad news… You have zero chance at ucla. Thousands of kids much more qualified than you get rejected from there every year. I also think you have no chance at USC or pepperdine. Davis and irvine are reaches as well. You are out of state for these so you need to be over qualified and you are underqualified. I think you are in at sfsu. You could be in at San diego state if you get your sat up. Its a lot harder to get into nowadays than everyone thinks. If you can raise your sat score to 1900, you can significantly raise your chances at Davis and irvine. Sorry if i sound harsh… Just trying to be honest. Best of luck.”</p>
<p>So wheres the good news? LOL</p>
<p>I dont think Pepperdine is that hard to get into especially since their average stats are pretty much the same as mine. 1700 SAT, 3.7 GPA. And I am a URM from Hawaii, so I think in no way I have no chance at getting in. </p>
<p>But thanks for your reply, I greatly appreciate it.</p>
<p>UC-Davis- reach
UC-Irvine- reach
UC-Los Angeles- high reach
USC- high reach
San Diego State University- match
University of San Francisco- match
University of San Diego- low reach
San Francisco State University- match
Pepperdine University- low reach</p>
<p>UC Los Angeles: High Reach
USC: Reach
UC San Diego: Reach
Pepperdine: High Match
San Diego State University: Match
University of San Francisco: Match
San Francisco State University: Match</p>
<p>Raise your SATs, Mike! Take classes/mug hard! Whatever! The reaches aren’t totally impossible! Good luck! :)</p>
<p>the good news was where I said you had a chance at other schools on your list. Apply wherever you want, just don’t be surprised if you get rejected from schools like pepperdine.</p>
<p>"I think you should be working from this list.</p>
<p>San Diego State University
University of San Francisco
University of San Diego
San Francisco State University"</p>
<p>I agree. You imply your URM status might help you overcome your high school preparation at the UCs, but there are so many URMs applying from CA that your URM status doesn’t help the UCs with diversity.</p>