<p>As senior year and stressful days of college applications draws near, I am starting to panic and feel as though I have wasted all of my years in high school, unable to build a stellar resume for my dream schools. Thus, I would greatly appreciate thoughtful, honest replies and chances. It would really mean a lot to me... :)</p>
<p>Standardized Tests:
SAT I: 2190 (Math 690 :( , Writing 730, CR 780)
2230 Superscore
SAT II: Korean w/ Listening (800)
Took Chem and U.S. History but will definitely retake one in Oct, possibly also take French w/ Listening</p>
<p>AP's: 11, including ones I will take senior year
AP World History (3) D:
Chem (5)
Eng. Lang (5)
French (4)
Psych (5)
U.S. History (5)
Eng. Lit (N/A)
Art History (N/A)
Gov/ Econ (N/A)
Bio (N/A)
Extracurriculars:
- won President's Award for Comm. Service
- worked as T/A at one of CA-accredited Korean Schools
- Key Club (officer all 4 years); VP current position
- worked at local Boys and Girls Club for 3 years
- directed and co-started fundraising project that raised $1,000+ for national charity
- Taekwondo Black Belt (Level 2)
- California Scholarship Foundation (VP of Community Service Drives); also participated all 4 years
- French Honor Soc (3 years)
- hopefully Editor of School Newspaper (Senior Year)</p>
<p>Intended Major:
International Studies/ English/ Law/ Clinical Psych (Haven't really chosen yet, but will definitely NOT go into Science/ Math)</p>
<p>Chance me for: ( I am a CA resident)</p>
<p>Reach
-UPenn
- Stanford
- Columbia
- Cornell
- Northwestern</p>
<p>Match
- UC Berkeley
- UCLA
- USC
- UCSD</p>
<p>Safeties (but I would really prefer not to go to these schools)
- UCI
- UC Davis</p>
<p>Anyways, you should move your “Match” school to “Reach” status and your “safety” schools to “Match”. Your “Reach” schools should be placed in “Lottery” status since they only accept about 5-10% of applicants. Even if you had perfect scores and GPA, your chance of admittance to these schools would be less than 25%.</p>
<p>UC GPA is capped at 4.5 according to the calculation criteria on the website. You have competitive Stats but I do agree with above poster that UCI and UCD would be matches not safeties, your matches would be High Matches along with UPenn and Northwestern and the rest would definitely reaches for anyone. Good Luck</p>
<p>Because you took korean with listening I will assume you are Korean yourself because honestly who else would take that test. In that case, I’d say you have a really slim chance like any other Asian person for your reach schools even though you have a great gpa. My suggestion is to bring up your sat I score though aka your math section. Good luck! </p>
<p>You seem to have a strong academic record… And your extracurriculars are “OK”. To be honest, though, your"reach" schools will not view them as anything outstanding. You’ve got to stand out. </p>
<p>Extra curriculars are the major problem. Try to beef them up and attain at least one strong leadership position. Other than that, I think you have good chances at Cornell and all your match and safeties (except Berkeley can be unpredictable). Your reach schools are reach schools for everyone. But your extra curriculars right now will probably not make you competitive with other Ivy and Ivy-like applicants. </p>
<p>Thank you all for your responses! Yes, I am Korean and I’ve always known that my extracurriculars aren’t outstanding so I was hoping that my GPA would help… I think I have a better understanding of schools I should/shouldn’t apply to and I’ve definitely narrowed down my choices. </p>
