Chance me, please? (Low GPA, High SAT)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>SAT: Writing 710, Math 730, Reading 680 Total 2120
SAT II: World History 740
(will take Math2, Physics, and Lit. soon)
GPA: Unweighted 3.3 Weighted: 3.7</p>

<p>APs/UC-approved weighted Honor Classes:
Freshman year: Human Geo (self study) 2
Soph: World History 5, Chemistry Hon
Junior: US History 4, Psychology 4, Chemistry 2, Physics Hon, Chinese Hon</p>

<p>Current Schedule for Senior yr:
AP Chinese
AP Physics C
AP Calculus AB
AP Economics
+2 a-g req. classes</p>

<p>EC:
2 sports (county level achievements in both)
a few clubs (lang/cultural and volunteering) freshman, junior, and senior year</p>

<p>My current high school is selective.
Middle class, single parent, 1st generation college, Asian, bay area.
Potential Majors/Fields: Pre-med or Business/Economics or Engineering or Neuroscience (still undecided?) </p>

<p>Schools I'm interested in:
UCs - Berkeley, LA, Irvine, SD, Davis
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Reed College
Boston University
Brandeis
Claremont Mckenna
Dartmouth
Lewis & Clark
Northeastern
Northwesteern
Stanford
UChicago
USC
Wash University in St. Louis
Willamette
SCU
Stanford</p>

<p>also considering Washington & Lee, Harvey Mudd, and Whitman (haven't gotten much info on these schools yet)</p>

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<p>You know which ones are reaches for the vast majority of applicants?</p>

<p>That being said, UC Irvine or Willamette are not.</p>

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<p>Stanford and the ivies are unrealistic with your GPA. Your chances at top LACs are not really any better. I don’t know enough about the others (sorry).</p>

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<p>bump. Thanks for the feedback so far. Should I be rethinking my college list? (it would really suck if I get rejected from all of them…)</p>

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<p>Yes, I would rethink my list if I where you. You need both a strong GPA and test scores for those schools, you only have one of those. Apply to one or two you really love that is a high reach, other then that apply to more realistic schools.</p>