<p>GPA: 3.68 unweighted, 4.05 weighted by the UC system
SAT: 2260
SAT2s:
Bio-750, Lit - 650 (retaking), Math 2c - 740 (retaking, aiming for high 700s if not 800)
Took some classes at nearby community college during summers
APs taken: Calc AB, Stats, Bio, Lit, Econ/Gov</p>
<p>ECs:
High School Swim team all four years, varsity for last two
Piano CM Level 9 (about 7 years of lessons)
Internship in Taiwan summer of 2010 at a biomedical engineering dept of a national university (didn't actually do much, mostly editing theses and master papers because English was the students' second language)
Work 10-12 hours a week at a swim school
Not a very active member of Key Club and CSF. </p>
<p>Right now I'm shooting for the upper UCs, namely berkeley, la, sd, but right now with my subpar gpa...I have a feeling it might not cut it. I also have applied to non-ivy privates like Duke, Tufts, Carnegie Mellon, UChicago, Rice, NYU, and USC... </p>
<p>Any ideas? Is my gpa bringing me down? Are my ECs strong enough to make up for this? Thanks (:</p>