Chance me please, I'll chance back (Part 2)!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>(Af-Am, lower-middle-class)</p>

<p>Schools:
Harvard, Stanford, Mills College, UC Davis, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, St. John's University, University of Maryland - Baltimore County</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 3.7
Unweighted GPA: 3.4
Class Rank: top 30%
SAT: Score 1 - 1740
-CR - 610
-M - 510
-W - 620
Score 2 - 1790
-CR - 570
-M - 580
-W - 640
SAT Subject Tests: Literature - 480
Math 2 - 570
U.S. History - 490</p>

<p>Grades:
7th Grade: all A's (with one B)
8th Grade: all A's (with one B)</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Honors English I - B / B
French I - A+ / A
Creative Foods I (1) - A
Beginning Theatre - A / A
Biology - B+ / B+
Honors Geometry - B- / B
Diversity Studies (2) - B+
World Studies (summer school) - A / A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Honors English II - B+ / A-
French II - A / A
Chemistry - B / B
Interior Design - A / A
Business/Tech - B+ / A
Honors Algebra II - B / B
American History (summer school) - A- / A-</p>

<p>Junior Year:
Academic Decathlon (1) - B+
AP Government (1) - B
Driver's Ed (1) - A
AP English III - B / C+
Honors Pre-Calculus - B / C-
PE - A / A
Child Development (2) - B
Entrepreneurship (Economics) (2) - A
Creative Foods II (2) - B</p>

<p>Senior Year (first semester):
AP English - B
AP Calculus - B-
Physics - C+
Personal Finance - A
Marketing - A
Psychology - B</p>

<p>Awards:
Golden Scholar (9th)
National Achievement Scholarship Commended Student (12th)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Future Business Leaders of America (10th-11th)
-Historian/Reporter (11th)
-Three 1st Place Awards and one 5th Place
Academic Decathlon (11th (1st sem))
-Student Council Representative
Speech & Debate (10th, 12th)
DECA (10th, 12th)
-One 3rd Place Award
Model UN
Invisible Children
National Honor Society member</p>

<p>Community Service:
Relay For Life (10th-???)
-American Cancer Society's annual overnight event in towns/cities across the country that raises money for cancer. Organization, fundraising, and recruitment.
Arizona State University (Dec. 1-3, 2010)
-Volunteered at the Office of Equity and Inclusion.</p>

<p>Still no jobs or internships...</p>

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<p>Your GPA is too low for Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UCLA. Your EC’s are not outstanding you need some leadership positions. Your SAT, and SAT II scores are way too low as well. What you do have going for you is that your an African American candidate so that means your a URM which helps your chances.</p>

<p>Colleges don’t care about your 7th and 8th grade grades. Also your course rigor is not up to par either for the ivy league schools.</p>

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<p>Doesn’t Chapter Officer (FBLA His/Rep) count as a leadership position?</p>

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<p>Harvard, Stanford - very high reach
Mills College - match/safety
UC Davis - match
UCLA- reach
UC Berkeley - very high reach
UC Santa Cruz - match/safety
-> For UCs, it depends on your location, but you never know~
St. John’s University - match/safety
University of Maryland - Baltimore County - safety</p>

<p>Good luck! :slight_smile:
Will you chance me too? Thanks!
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1086958-please-chance-me-18-schools-3-jk.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1086958-please-chance-me-18-schools-3-jk.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Harvard/Stanford - high reach due to GPA
Mills - low match
UC Davis - match
UCLA - high match
UC Berkely - reach due to GPA
UC Santa Cruz - Safety
St Johns - low match
U Maryland - Safety</p>

<p>Thank you!
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1087072-chances-competitive-schools-cornell-hopkins.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1087072-chances-competitive-schools-cornell-hopkins.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Unfortunately, I have to say that Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, and UC Berkeley would be pretty high reaches with your GPA. The average GPA (weighted) for UCLA and UC Berkeley are 4.15 and 4.18 (although I’ve heard very different scores, like 4.38 and 4.39( respectively, and Harvard and Stanford both have a median unweighted GPA of nearly 4.0. Even your status as a minority student will probably be ineffective especially at Harvard and Stanford; it will probably give brownie points at the UCs.
Mills, Santa Cruz, U Maryland, and St. Johns are very good bets, and you shouldn’t have much issue getting into either of them.
Lastly, UC Davis is a reach, with an average GPA of 3.94.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>