<p>Background info:
-I live in California, more specifically the bay area
-attending a public high school
-Ethnicity: Vietnamese-American
-1st generation Asian-American (I moved to America with my mom when I was 3 but I'm an official citizen now, so does that count?)
-1st generation to attend college (prospectively)
-only child of a single mother
-planning to apply as a Sociology major
-English was actually my second language but I am not more fluent in it than I am in Vietnamese.</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.45 or 3.54 it was one of them I don't remember which, haha. (10th/11th grade only)
Weighted GPA: 3.64
SAT I: CR550/M590/W660 total: 1800
SATII: BIOE600/MATHII540
(retaking SATII's this Saturday: hoping to raise BIOE to at least 650 and Math2 to at least 620, will update after scores are in 2 weeks later >_< )</p>
<p>Classes (only including UC approved courses):</p>
<p>Freshman:
Biology - A/A
English 1 - A/A
Spanish 1 - A/A
Geometry - B/A</p>
<p>Sophomore:
Alg2Trig - C/-
Alg2 - -/C (switched out of Trig 2nd semester in an effort to raise grade but it was futile -_-")
Honors Chem - C/C
Spanish 2 - B/A
English 2 - A/A
World History - A/A</p>
<p>Junior:
English 3 - A/A
Psychology I/II - A/A
Spanish 3 - B/A
Photography - A/A
AP Biology - C/B
Precalculus - B/A</p>
<p>Senior Year (so far):
English 4 - A
Economics - A (1 semester class)
Studio Photography - A (not sure if it's a UC approved course or not? :T)
Ceramics - A
Yearbook - A
Planning to take Western Philosophy 2nd semester for open semester after Econ</p>
<p>Summer Community College Courses:
Physics - A
US History - A
US Government - B</p>
<p>Haven't received AP Bio test score yet for some reason -_-" Going to call in and ask tomorrow morning.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-Girls JV Basketball - 9th/10th (had to stop playing after spinal injuries)
-JV Badminton - 9th/10th (JV Girls Singles 1)
-V Badminton - 11th/12th (Started as V Girls Singles 2 but switched to Girls Doubles 2 half way through the season)
-VP & cofounder of DECA (an internationally acclaimed business/marketing club) at my high school (11th/12th)
-VP of a club a friend of mine who graduated '09 found that specializes in raising money for AIDS and breast cancer awareness/prevention foundations for 12th grade and member for 2 years prior.
-KEY club member - 4 years
-NHS member - 4 years
-Yearbook Photographer 1 year
-approximately 300 hours of community service & counting
-had a part time job tutoring middle school kids for a tutoring company for 5 months from Sept 2009 - Jan 2010 junior year
-will get letters of recs if needed</p>
<p>So what are my chances guys? I honestly don't think I have a chance at LA or SD but I would like to know your opinions regardless, haha. UCI is my 1st choice and UCD my 2nd.</p>