<p>Male
GPA:
Unweighted 9-12: 3.95
Weighted 10-12: 4.6
Unweighted 10-12: 4.0</p>
<p>SAT: 1750 Reading: 560 Math: 620 Writing: 570 ---- I'm probably retaking, I know I can break at least 1800
Biology (molecular) subject test: 570
ACT: Taking it in October... Hoping to get a 29 or above</p>
<p>Grades:</p>
<p>All A's except for two B's in Spanish 1-2 in my freshman year
Took all honors, AP Bio and Psych (got a 3 in Bio and 4 in Psych)</p>
<p>Senior Year:</p>
<p>AP Econ/Gov
AP Calculus
Honors Physiology
Regular english (no honors program)</p>
<p>EC's/ Community Service:</p>
<p>Cougar Crew- 1yr
President of a youth quorum in my church- 1yr
Class council of early morning seminary- 1yr
Key Club- 1yr
Academic League- 3yrs
Eagle Scout- worked on it for 4.5 yrs
Volunteer at hospital- 1 yr (will be 1.5 by the end of Senior yr)
Misc Volunteering w/ church</p>
<p>Im thinking of writing one of the essays about my family consisting of all adopted siblings (14) and how it affected me and my outlook on life, or about my struggle with religion and extremely religious parents and how that has helped me grow and find my true self... which one would you go with?</p>
<p>This is my first thread on here so feel free to tell me if i should add anything else
Thanks a million!!</p>
<p>Welcome to CC!
But ouch, that’s a low SAT (and II) for UCB and UCLA. There’s nothing that really stands out, except probably your Eagle Scout. I’ve heard that being an Eagle Scout does wonders for colleges lol, so that’ll probably help.</p>
<p>I’ll say…
UCB & UCLA: Reach
UCSB: Match</p>
<p>[Chance</a> back? :)](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1540120-please-chance-penn-ucs-nyu-dartmouth-etc-ill-chance-back.html]Chance”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1540120-please-chance-penn-ucs-nyu-dartmouth-etc-ill-chance-back.html)</p>
<p>UCB, UCLA: Reach
UCSB: High Match</p>
<p>Your SAT R and SAT S scores are low for all the schools you mentioned. For the top UCs, aim for 2000+ or 30+ ACT. Good luck!</p>
<p>Impressive GPA, although I do agree that your SAT is lower than the average of those getting admitted to UCB and UCLA.</p>
<p>UCB, UCLA: reach
UCSB: match (if you get a 29 on ACT I’d say it’s a low match)</p>
<p>UCB: reach
UCLA: reach
UCSB: match</p>
<p>You should study for the ACT/SAT and try for a better score?</p>
<p>Got accepted to UCB!! Crazy huh? My essay/app was the thing that really astonished them I guess. The essay was compelling, the application probably helped too (lots of ECs). </p>
<p>Got accepted to UCSB, UCSC, UCSD as well. Only reject was UCLA</p>