Chance Me Please! New on this forum, please don't criticize my posting too much ;O

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<p>Chance Me Please: USC, UCLA, CAL, UCSB, UCSD, UCD, Stanford, Cornell, UPenn, Dartmouth, NYU</p>

<p>Chinese Male</p>

<p>Not meant to be a sob story but this information might be useful? My father passed away from cancer when I was in the 7th grade. -----> First Generation College Student
Also my brother goes to Stanford U (Junior) he's a T.A.</p>

<p>I go to a high-school that is well known for being ghetto, but has a good advanced program (which i'm in).</p>

<p>GPA: 9th Grade: 4.0 UW/4.0 W
10th Grade: 3.9 UW/4.25 W
11th Grade: 3.9 UW/4.5 W
Top 1% of Class </p>

<p>ACT: 29 Composite (1st)
SAT: 1840 Total (1st) 700 M - 580 CR - 560 W
SAT II: Math 2: 620 - Physics: 580</p>

<p>10 AP Classes: AP Chem, AP World, AP US, AP Physics, AP Chinese, AP English 11, AP Lit, AP Gov/Econ, AP Bio, AP Calc AB</p>

<p>Community Service: Head Youth Volunteer at Local Relief Foundation - Since I was 12 so I've logged over 400 hours.
Also Volunteered as 1st-5th grade boys and girls basketball coach - 4 years - about 100 hours</p>

<p>Internship/Work: Summer 2013/Summer 2014 worked at Sushi Restaurant as a Waiter : 20 hrs/week - 8 weeks/year
Summer 2014 interned at Kaiser Permanente Hospital as a Youth Intern in the Pharmacy: 40 hrs/week - 8 weeks/year</p>

<p>Sports: Played Adult League at a local basketball gym since I was a freshman so 4 summers in a row now.
Varsity Golf Team - 4 years (Captain - 2 years) -> Won All-League Player, Won 3 League Championships, and Won Most Improved Player</p>

<p>Leadership: California Scholarship Federation: Junior Year = Publicist, Senior Year = President
Chinese National Honor Society: Junior Year = Vice President, Senior Year = President
Model United Nations: Junior Year = Co Founder and Vice President, Senior Year = Vice President
Local Youth Buddhist Group: Freshman Year = Treasurer, Sophomore Year = Secretary, Junior Year = Vice President, Senior Year = President
Chess Club: Senior Year = President
Also in NHS, Mesa</p>

<p>Awards: All League Golf Player in my Region (1 of 6) in 2014
2x winner of a Korean Engineering and Math Association - 2nd place as a sophomore, 3rd place as a junior
Most Outstanding Student Nomination - 4 years in a row
2x winner of a Regional Essay Contest - 1st place as a freshman, 2nd place as a sophomore
Picked as 1 of 8 participants in a Vietnam War Seminar with a California Senator ( Gold Seal on Transcript )</p>

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<p>You do not have good chances for the selective schools on your list. Your SATs are just too low. Your ECs look pretty good to me and I think you do have a chance at UCLA and Cal, along with the less selective schools.</p>

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<p>@ooohcollege‌ Thanks for the feedback. Cheers. I plan on retaking it though, hopefully get it higher.</p>

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<p>I got a 29 too on my first time taking the ACT. If your gonna retake, try doing practice tests with 10 minutes less in each section. If you finish sections quickly and accurately, Im sure you can improve your school 3 or more points.</p>

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<p>@ooohcollege‌ more concerned with my sat score, but I hope that if I can get my sat score up, maybe there’s a slim chance I can get in to Stanford since my brother is staff there? But I’m not sure. You mind chatting with me sometime? You seem like you know what you’re talking about.</p>

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<p>Until you bring those SAT scores up, they’re all a reach. </p>

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<p>At the moment your ACT is better than SAT. You should probably take both again.</p>

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<p>Do you live in California?</p>

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<p>Yes I do @yikesyikesyikes‌ </p>

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<p>That helps a lot for those UCs. I would say they are matches (maybe even Cal and UCLA). The others are probbly reaches, but hard to say. Good stats and ECs though :). Best of luck !</p>