<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I am a current Junior in high school. I come from a high achieving area and I am currently finishing up my high school years at a community college program.
Extra curriculars:
- club soccer for 8 years - team ranked 8th in state at one point
- varsity high school soccer for two years
- work (on and off)
- various summer jobs
- 300 volunteer hours and many unique ways of achieving them. i.e. working with disabled kids
- voice lessons</p>
<p>I have two amazing recommendation letters coming in from my teachers.</p>
<p>I had a unique high school expeience because I took my junior and senior year classes at a community college through a special program. I will end with a full year of college credit.</p>
<p>My GPA is shown below -</p>
<p>Acad. GPA (9-12) 3.52 UW, 3.65 W
Total GPA (9-12) 3.58 UW, 3.75 W
Acad. GPA (10-12) 3.65 UW, 3.9 W</p>
<p>ACT: 27</p>
<p>The colleges that I am interested are:</p>
<p>University of Oregon
Seattle University
CU Boulder
NYU
UC Irvine
University of Puget Sound
UC Davis
UC Santa Barbara
Occidental
Emory
Cal Poly SLO
UCLA
UC Berkeley</p>
<p>I know most of these schools are stretches, but I did this on purpose. As long as I can get into 3-4+ schools, I will be happy.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your time!!</p>
<p>Bring up your ACT. You have the whole summer to study. I highly recommend ACT 36 in just 7 Steps by Maria Filsinger. I read the English section four days before the June ACT, took two English Practice tests, and my score went from a 26 to a 30 in that section. It also has a little study plan you can follow, and its small! No more 500 page prep books!</p>
<p>Anyway, a lot of these on your list are reaches. Where are your courseloads? Are you taking AP classes to challenge yourself? Having more ECs would probably also help</p>
<p>Are you in state for the UCs? If so that may increase your admission chances slightly. If not, I reccomend droppng a couple of them, because from an OOS perspective they can be quite expensive. I concur with the idea of developing a more balanced list and raising your ACT if possible. The downside of applying to a reach heavy list, is that it may only leave you with a few options at the end. Would you be happy attending your state or safety school? If that answer is no, or unsure, branch out some more and find some good “fits” for you. There are 3000+ colleges out there, there are bound to be some good ones that you can apply to and thrive in</p>
<p>@shawnspencer @doctordebbi I have a new post with updated stats… got a 29 on the june act. I am in state for the UCs. Thank you!</p>