<p>UCLA is probably my top choice, but here's the entire list, in no particular order.</p>
<p>1) UCLA
2) UCSD
3) UC Berkeley
4) USC
5) Johns Hopkins
6) Univ of Chicago
7) Emory University
8) UC Davis
9) UC Irvine
10) UC Santa Barbara</p>
<p>And yes, I do live in California.</p>
<p>Which ones are safeties, matches, or reaches?</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>According to the UC system of weighting, sophomore weighted GPA was a 3.8 (UW was 3.6), but all of my 5 core classes were either Honors or APs (2 Aps, 3 Honors). This year, with 4 AP's and 1 Honors, I'm shooting for at least a 4.2 so hopefully my overall sophomore and junior year weighted cumulative GPA will be a 4.0. By senior year I will have taken about 10 AP classes, 7 Honors classes, and 1 Accelerated class throughout my high school career.</p>
<p>I have been on principal's honor roll thus far.</p>
<p>My school doesn't rank us but I'm positive im in the top 10% of my class.</p>
<p>Tests:</p>
<p>Until now I've taken the SAT once and my score was 2240. (730 critical reading, 740 math, 770 writing)
I'm planning on retaking it just once more and hopefully I will break 2300.
I'm also planning to take the ACT sometime, and I will take the SAT Subject Tests this year. </p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Sports:
I've been playing volleyball for the last 6 years, and the last three years I played for a club team, though I did not play for my school. I was setter, and though we didn't have an official captain, the setter is usually the one that is most like a captain. I was also on the cross country team at school freshman year.</p>
<p>Other Extracurriculars:
I was in the choir at school freshman year. We participated in competitions and usually received the score "Superior." </p>
<p>I've also been part of the newspaper for the past 2 years, and have participated in math league exams for the past 3.</p>
<p>I'm currently peer tutoring the subjects of Spanish and Geometry to two younger students at my school.</p>
<p>Clubs: Cultural Club, Math Club, Service Club, CSF, NHS. I do not hold leadership positions in any of these.</p>
<p>Volunteer work:
I've worked at various places, including a children's day camp, a center where I served food, a hospital, a nonprofit organization that organizes food drives and clothing drives to donate to the needy, etc.
In addition, this summer I will be going on an immersion trip for a few weeks to a foreign country, visiting orphanages, etc. with my class, after studying the history and social justice issues of that country for an entire school year.
I also won a community service award. </p>
<p>I would say that by the end of SR year, I will have completed about 300+ hours.</p>
<p>Miscellaneous:
--CA resident
--attending a college-prep private high school
--fluent in 2 languages including English, and have a basic understanding of 2 others (including Spanish)</p>
<p>That's all I can think of for now! I'm just so worried that my low GPA will affect my chances. What do you think?? Which ones are matches, and which are reaches??</p>