Chance me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey guys! Im currently a senior and im planning to apply to:
Johns Hopkins
UChicago
University of Southern California
Boston College
Hamilton College
Wash U @St Louis
UCLA
UC Berkeley
And some safeties like UMiami, FSU and UF
Would really appreciate feedback!

Female
Hispanic
I was born in Ecuador but have experience living in countries such as BRA, CH and US (currently live - Florida)
UW gpa: 3.79
W gpa: 4.83
SAT: 1420 (M:740, R:680)
PSAT: 1350/1520
ACT: 32 one sitting, 33 superscored

Freshman:
Honors English 1
Honors Algebra 2
Honors Bio
Honors World History
French 1
Studio Art 1/2
Swimming 1/ Personal Fitness

Sophomore:
Honors Pre-Cal
Honors Chemistry
Honors Solar and Alternative Energy
French 2
AP Lang
AP Human Geo
Swimming 2/ Water Safety

Junior:
AP Chemistry
AP Euro
APUSH
AP Lit
Honors Calc
Honors Physics
Honors French 3
-taking an additional course online: AP Psych

Senior:
AP Stats
AP Physics
AP Calc AB
AP French
Honors Gov/Econ
DE English Comp
AS International Business*
Executive Internship
-additionally took an anatomy class over the summer at my local community college
*my school just opened a cambridge program and this is their equivalent to an AP in rigor. Not sure how it will be weighted or anything but idk I think the class sounds interesting.

Ecs:
-Varsity soccer starter since freshman year
-Competitive club soccer since I was 9 (top 20 in state, takes up a lot of time)
-Mu Alpha Theta memeber since freshman year (treasurer)
-National Science Honor Society (president)
-Science Bowl participant (team captain): top 5 in region
-French Honor Society (treasurer)
-National Honor Society Member
-300+ volunteer hours in a sailing camp for kids with dissabilities
-100+ volunteer hours at local hospital
-50+ volunteer hours at homeless shelter
-Held an internship during the summer at this company where I took part in negotiations for raw materials.
-Will be doing cancer research over the school year (internship class)
-Fluent in 4 languages ( spanish, portuguese, french and english)

Rec letters should be really good since I’ll be getting them from my fav math teacher (luckly had her for all 4 years) and my physics teacher. Would be applying for financial aid, but as far as money goes, I’m blessed enough that my parents told me not to worry about that.

Additionally, my school is a small, competitive magnet school that speciallizes in Maritime and other STEM related courses.

I dont have an intended major in mind yet but I was considering International Studies, Public Heath Studies, Biochemistry, Economics/Finance or Business

Any help is appreciated!!

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What is your UC GPA (sophomore + junior grades only) because UCs use this for their admissions decisions. Also, UCLA is not accepting any LORs starting this year.

Your W GPA is very impressive, and your 33 on the ACT is really good (better than your 1420 SAT). I would say that you have a good chance at BC, USC, UCLA (if your UC GPA is good), UCB. FSU is a safety.

Good luck.

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@mgarcia17 Your weighted GPA is very good. However, what is your 10-12 only weighted? This is what Berkeley and LA will look at. I think you have good chances at both Berkeley and LA, as well as USC, but the fact that you’re OOS will make it significantly harder. UChicago, WUSTL, and JHU will also be slight reaches since they are competitive privates. Good luck.

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That would be $55-58K per year at the UC’s for all four years… Can your parents afford $210K for your college expenses?

Additionally, unless the UC admissions rules have changed, the UC’s use 10th and 11th grade stats for admission requirements:
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/q-and-a/calculating-gpa/

Your UW GPA is too low for UCLA and Berkeley, but you are full pay, so it’s anyone’s guess.

FYI: By law, California public schools cannot use affirmative action, URM, or anything that distinguishes ethnicity to admit students.