Chance Me

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>Hello. I am a current Senior in high school and looking to attend schools such as UCLA, UCI, and UCSD as Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering, and was wondering if you guys could give me some feed back as far as my chances go.</p>

<p>Sophmore Grades:
- AP European History B+/A-
- Algebra 2 Honors A/A
- Spanish 2 A/A
- Men's Soccer A/A
- Language Arts Honors A/A
- Chemistry (Regular...) A/A</p>

<p>Sophmore GPA: 4.33/ 4.5</p>

<p>Junior Grades:
- AP Language and Composition A/A
- AP Environmental Science A/A
- AP U.S. History A/A
- Pre-Cal (Honors) A/A
- Mens Soccer (1st Semester)/ AVID Tutor (2nd Semester) A/A
- Visual Arts A/A</p>

<p>Junior GPA: 4.67/4.67</p>

<p>U.C. GPA: 4.34</p>

<p>Standardized Tests:</p>

<p>SAT 1: 1820 (First Attempt)
Math: 640
Writing: 660
CR: 520...
** Definately retaking in October. Scoring roughly 2050 to 2100 on practice tests now. Possible 2150-2200 if I push hard this last week.</p>

<p>SAT II: U.S. Histroy (650)
**Going to be taking Math II (Going for 700+)</p>

<p>AP Scores:</p>

<p>AP Euro- 4
AP US- 5
AP Environmental- 4
AP Lang- 4</p>

<p>Extracurricular: </p>

<p>-Been playing soccer now for 13 years. 4 years of competative club soccer (AKA Practice 4-6 Hours a week) and 4 years for my high school team.
- Not sure if this counts... But AVID Tutor. (Help fellow peers in areas such as Mathematics and Sciences, but in school.)
- Certified CSL Referee for 2 years. (Have yet to Referee a game though...) Probably going to get 10hrs+ before college apps.
- NHS/CSF
- Ronald McDonald House Charity (3 Hours). Planning to get about 20 hrs+ before apps are due.</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>-Scholar Athlete
-AP Scholar with Honor</p>

<p>Nothing else I can think off :(
NONETHELESS, thankyou for taking the time out of your day to read this, and any response/advice will be greatly appreciated. <3</p>

<p>** 1 Last Note: Is it harder to get into these schools as an Engineering Major than for say, a Bio major? Also, I have not taken the 3rd year of Spanish, which I guess is recommended. So.. Should I take that online? Or just let it be. Thanks again!</p>

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<p>Also… Forgot to post my Senior Schedule:

  1. AVID Tutor
  2. AP Psychology
  3. AP Calculus BC
  4. AP Government
  5. AP Biology
  6. AP Literature</p>
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<p>definitely in. if i got in with 1700s sats, no special awards/recognition, subpar below average gpa, some community service hours, and a decent personal statement, then you can too</p>

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<p>i usually dont give “chances” with the get in or stuff , but you are an exception!</p>

<p>A piece of advice though [here comes the rambling ;)] make sure you make everything else that is not academic based REALLY stand out. what i mean is your E.C’s, the awards, the essays, things like that should really be eye boggling and like “OMG he/she did this! Wow!” Umm from my own perspective and experience, i spent a huge amount of time on my essays, and then spent an enormous amount of time deciding my E.C’s [i literally just daydreamed in class about which E.C. to put [as you get only 5 slots].</p>

<p>oh and E.C. and volunteering are two DIFFERENT sections, so make sure you have a lot of volunteering hours and some back up E.C.'s because those will make you stand out.
The basic rule i “followed” was: “I don’t want to go to UCSD. I want UCSD to come to me” and i am now a freshman at UC Merced…</p>

<p>so the basic point Im trying to make is read read read, edit eddit edit, save save save, and edit edit edit, again and again. In fact go to the most hardest and evilest English teacher at your school [if your school has one] and ask them to read it for you and give it some tune ups… Honestly, these English teachers have like magical hands, be sure to use them … for writing and editing.</p>

<p>Good Luck and sry for the rambling, it’s a habit… i have a couple of more rambling advice i give to other "Chance me " people. if you want them, PM me and It will be on your way :)</p>

<p>[Oh and Im just joking. I am a Freshman at ERC]</p>

<p>My GPA was lower than yours [i took more AP classes] and my SAT was higher than yours [by about 30-+40 points] and i got in . I say you have an amazingly awesome shot, provided you follow up with E.C’s etc.</p>