Chances at UC's and Ivies

Parents Forum
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<p>Asian Male - Senior Year
First Person in whole family to go to college (son of immigrants)</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA 4.0, School doesn't do weighted
Unweighted rank 1/232 (tied with about dozen others), Weighted rank 2-3/232</p>

<p>School: Competitive
School is 3rd best Public School in state of Oregon (test scores)
Out of class of 232, 4 Merit Finalists, 7 merit commended</p>

<p>PSAT: 217
SAT: Math-760, Reading-690, Writing -740
SATII: Physics-, MathII-, Spanish-, US History-, Biology-, Cheemistry- </p>

<p>Taken All AP courses offered except AP Art Studio, and all the hardest classes possible except Freshman and Sophomore Honors English
8th Grade:
Algebra 1
Spanish 1</p>

<p>Freshman Classes:
Biology
World History
Freshman English
Geometry
Spanish 2
Freshman Boys' Choir
Lifetime Health - 1st semester
Basketball/Volleyball - 1st semester
Advanced Communications - 2nd Semester
Required PE - 2nd semester</p>

<p>Sophomore Classes:
Honors Chemistry
Physics
United States History
Sophomore English
Algebra 2
Spanish 3
Sophomore Concert Choir
Guitar 1- 1st semester
Stocks and Mutual Funds - 2nd Semester</p>

<p>Summer class at Community College:
Precalculus</p>

<p>Junior Classes:
AP Biology
AP Physics
AP US History
AP Calculus 1
AP Statistics
AP Spanish 4
Junior Honors English
Health Issues - 1st semester
Guitar 2 - 2nd Semester</p>

<p>Senior Classes:
AP Chemistry
AP US History - Issues and Research
AP European History
AP English
AP Calculus 2
AP Spanish 5
Psychology
Human Physiology and Anatomy</p>

<p>AP Tests:
AP Biology:
AP Physics:
AP United States History:
AP Calculus 1
AP Statistics:
AP SPanish 4:</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Math Club (9-12, President Sophomore and Senior, VP Junior)
Spanish Club (9-12)
Multicultural Club (10-12, VP Soph&Junior, Prez Senior)
National Honors Society (10-12)
Spanish Honors Society (10-12)
Link Crew Leader (11-12)
Peer Tutoring (10-12)
Volunteer at Library (10, 100+ hours)
Teen Library Youth Board (10-12) (20 hours)
Volunteer at Hospital (11-12, 100+ hours)
Boy's State (11)
School Choir (9-10)
Vietnamese Buddhist Youth Association (9-12)
Vietnamese Buddhist Youth Association, Lion Dance Group (9-12)
Van Lang Vietnamese School (10-12)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
House to House Advertising for a Landscaping company (9-12)-35hrs/wk summer, 7hrs/wk school year</p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Merit Semi-finalist
Scholar's Breakfast</p>

<p>Schools:
University of California - Los Angeles
University of California - Berkeley
University of Washington
Harvey Mudd
Georgetown
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Cornell
Brown
Princeton
Yale
Northwestern
Tufts
Rice</p>

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<p>Oh yeah, I forgot to fill these in</p>

<p>SATII: Physics-770, MathII-760, Spanish-760, US History-740, Biology-740, Cheemistry-760</p>

<p>AP Tests:
AP Biology: 4
AP Physics: 5
AP United States History: 4
AP Calculus 1: 5
AP Statistics: 5
AP SPanish 4: 4</p>

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<p>u got a great shot at all those schools, any one school is yours with a solid essay and good recs</p>

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<p>Every school is a reach because of the out of state angle. I do not know how much your 1st generation status will counterbalance the reachiness. Obviously your stats are very strong but unfortunately many kids with equally strong stats are turned down by the schools you are aiming for.</p>

<p>If I was you I'd make sure to include 2 safeties (is UW one, even out of state?; add another one) and 3 matches (you must be 75%+ for the SATs and the schools must take ~40-50 % of applicants.)</p>