Chance me please

Applying to College
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<p>Hi,
I'm a high school junior and would like to know my chances and ways I can improve my application. I will be applying to:
Duke, Johns Hopkins, Colombia, USF (as backup), ASU (as backup), CSUN (as backup), Yale Princeton, UCSF, UC Riverside, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCSD, and UCLA (last four are top choices).
I have a 4.1 weighted GPA, 3.97 Unweighted. I'm taking 5 AP classes next year (senior) and on pace to reach requirements for at least salutatorian. I am projected to have a 4.2 Weighted GPA by the end of 1st semester senior year. Overall, 7-9 to AP Classes. I will be getting at least 3 Letters of Recommendation.</p>

<p>-Relay For Life (Fundraising for cancer research)
-Math Honors Society (tutoring students from 10-12)
-Science Honors Society (tutoring students from 11-12)
-Language Honors Society (tutoring students in 11)
-Basketball leagues (Throughout childhood, continues till high school)
-Vice president of club to fundraise money for ARVD)
-honored as Junior during Graduation Ceremony
-Tennis (Junior Year JV)
-Bookends service (packaging books which were donated to libraries of local schools)
-CSF (through middle school and high school)
-50+ hours at local hospital</p>

<p>I plan to take the ACT, and the SAT one more time. I'm also taking subject tests in Biology, US history, and Math level 2.
SAT-2100 (projected)- 2010 as of now</p>

<p>Just extra info, I'll probably be applying as biological sciences major and I'm in the state of California. This post is just and edit from a previous thread that was closed.
Please provide me with my chances and ways to improve my college application.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>You don’t need 3 letters of recommendation. Typically, you only need 1-2. UC’s don’t even look at letters of recommendation.
How many AP classes did you take this year? Did you take all that you could take?</p>

<p>Doing Relay for Life as a participant is not an extra curricular activity. It is a single day. (I would know; I was my community’s RFL planning committee president and event chair)</p>

<p>Your GPA is pretty good, granted you are taking as many AP’s as you could (meaning, if there’s an AP Language class you didn’t take regular english. I don’t mean not taking Calc-- you may not be @ that level yet).</p>

<p>Your SAT is pretty low for most of the schools on your list. </p>

<p>For Duke, JHU, ColUmbia (not Colombia- that’s a country), Yale, Princeton, Stanford, UCB, UCLA you’ll probably want AT LEAST a 32 on the ACT (preferably a 33 or 34) or 2150ish on the SAT.
UCSF is not an undergraduate school.
For UCSD, you’ll want to get your SAT up slightly too.</p>

<p>You should get into USF, ASU, CSUN, UCR. Possibly UCSD</p>

<p>For Subject tests, aim high. MANY students applying to Ivy league schools have 800 on Math II with 740+ on 1-2 more subject tests. I’d suggest that.</p>

<p>I definitely would not count on getting into the remainder without raising your ACT/SAT and doing well on subject tests. While your GPA is good, your scores aren’t cutting it. Your EC’s aren’t bad, but they aren’t super impressive.</p>

<p>I’m sorry if I sound mean, but I’m just sharing my opinion.</p>

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<p>Your SATs are too low</p>

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<p>Thanks for the in depth reply Noel597, I appreciate the comments. This year, I I took APUSH and AP chem, nut I didn’t take AP English. Next year, I’m taking AP Stat and AP Calc BC. Thanks for the info on relay for life. I’m confident to say that I think I can get a good sat score next time I take it, and same thing for subject tests.
Can you tell me anything about my chances for UCLA? I’m really interested to go there.</p>

<p>P.S. Sorry for the spelling mistake and no, you are not being mean.</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>