<p>SAT: 1820
ACT: 27
(I took the SAT Subject Tests but scored really poorly, so I didn't submit them)
GPA: approximately 3.5
Rank: 2nd decile (top 20%)</p>
<p>I don't have any APs, but I have two years of Honors English as well as a bunch of college courses (English 1A, English 1C, French II (dual-enrolled), History 17A, Music 11 (History of Jazz & Rock), Nutrition, English 18, CMST-54 (Small Group Communications), and Math 14 (Statistics).</p>
<p>I have a lot of Extracurriculars: Link Crew, Junior Class Vice President, Student Senate, College Connection, College Connection Senate, Key Club, Interact Club, Rotaract Club, Cheerleading, Ski Team, etc.</p>
<p>Also, I participated in Summer@Brown last summer, which allowed me to live and study on the Brown University campus in Rhode Island for about two weeks. It was an incredible opportunity that taught me so much. This is what I wrote one of my essays about.</p>
<p>My other essay was about the troubles I went through being diagnosed with Hypothyroidism. It was the process of being in and out of school to go to doctors appointments and the effects that it had on my social life as well as my education, etc. I know this is kind of a boring topic for admissions people to read, but it played a big part of my high school experience and it really impacted who I am.</p>
<p>Volunteer experience: I volunteered at a local hospital for about two years and earned about 200 hours of volunteer experience.</p>
<p>Also, I am from California, so I am an out-of-state applicant. Female. From a public school in a rural area where not a lot of people go to college.</p>
<p>Also applied to a bunch of UCs, Brown, Duke, UW, Boston College, and Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
What a coincidence! xD We have the same SAT score and our GPAs (mine’s a 3.7) are somewhat close to each other! 
I didn’t have hypo, but I had hyperthyroidism and I wrote my essay about that too. BUT ANYWAYS, I think you have at least a 40%-50% chance due to your below average SAT and GPA scores. Your ECs are amazing though and hopefully your ECs and your essays will help you. I agree with purplet1ger, admissions are unpredictable so don’t give up hope! If anything, my friend got in with a 3.4 UC GPA and 1790 SAT score last year (and he was undeclared) so yeah, keep your hopes up!</p>