<p>3.91/4.00 UW, 4.08/4.00 W (If it included this year it'd be way higher), UC GPA: 4.25... No honors offered at my school.
32 ACT Composite
800 Math 2 Subject
700+ Biology (awaiting results)
APs: 4 World History, 4 US History, 5 English Language
Senior schedule: AP Computer Science A, AP Biology, Jazz band, AP English, AP Calc, and Psychology 2nd semester.</p>
<p>ECs and Awards:
3 yrs. Varsity Lacrosse
2 yrs. Varsity Cross Country
Volunteering: 200+ hours, won an award for Volunteer of the quarter.
Outstanding Achievement in music award.
3 bands outside of school doubt it matters but they were Funk/Jazz, Rock, and Indie.
Played piano, bass, guitar throughout high school (probably won't send an art supplement though).</p>
<p>That's really it... I'm applying to:
UC Berkeley
UC LA
UC Davis
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara
Cornell
Duke
MIT
Stanford</p>
<p>I know I have little to no chance at MIT or Stanford but I figured I'd apply anyways because they're my dream school and why not.</p>
<p>I’m no expert on the UC schools, but I’d say you have a fighting chance for all of them. Santa Barbara is easier to get into, I’ve heard, so I would say no worries there. Stanford and MIT, of course, are crapshoots for just about every qualified student-valedictorians and exemplary students from my school are rejected all the time (although, of course, I know two or three people from my school who go there now). And you’re right; simply putting your name into the running at these schools give you any kind of chance. Who knows? If you really sold yourself in the essays (which I know, for Stanford, since I considered applying, are numerous), you have just as much a chance as anyone else. Maybe more :)</p>
<p>Chance me? I’m not sure how to link to threads, but mine is called “My <em>FINAL</em> Chance Thread”</p>
<p>Good luck in your pursuits, and may the odds be ever in your favor. :D</p>
<p>You have a good course load this year. I’m jealous of your unweighted GPA :P. ACT is strong and so are your subject tests. The only weak point I can identify is your course rigor in the previous years. You have a good chance at the UC schools in my opinion. However, I think Duke, Stanford, and MIT are really reaches and Cornell is a reach. It really depends on whether or not you have ED at any of these reach schools and your ethniticity (yes that matters). </p>
<p>Well I wish you good luck! I hope you and I can both make it into Berkeley.</p>