<p>H Eng B/A
AP Bio A/A
Ap World A/A
Math Analysis A/A
PE A/A
Spanish 3 A/A</p>
<p>Junior year: </p>
<p>AP Eng Lang A/B
AP Calc AB A/A
AP Chem C/C
AP US Hist A/B
Design A/A
College classes:
Computer Science 101 A
Child Development 1 A</p>
<p>ap scores so far: bio 4, ap world 3, chem 3, elang 3, ush 2, calc3</p>
<p>sat score: 1950..retaking</p>
<p>Subject test: bio m: 580
us hist: 620
i will take math 2c and retake bio in oct</p>
<p>I go to an ultra competitive uc feeder public high school in california. approx 15 ppl out of 200 got into ucla and same with berkley</p>
<p>ec's :
- 200 + hours at Los angeles Chldren hospital and Cedars Sinai volunteering
- co founder/ vice president of non profitable organization that provides tutors for struggling youth whos parents cant afford it
- Russian club at school: co funder, vp
- Jewish club at school: histroian
- Varsity tennis- 3 years
- Gene Black Summer Medical Career Program ( pretty prestigious internship that i get paid for ....a girl who did this from my school got into a bs/ md program at an ivy)
- USC Leadership Connference 2006</p>
<p>next year courses:
AP Eng Lit
Choir
AP Enviro
H Econ/ AP Gov
and at college: Psychology and Philosophy 101 first semester
Statistics and Speech 2nd semester</p>
<p>So i would love to know my chances at:
UCLA
USC
UCB
UCSD
UCSB
Johns Hopkins
Brown
Yale</p>
<p>any recommendations to improve my chances?</p>
<p>oh white middle class caucasian if it makes a difference</p>
<p>Your SATs are weak, even for UCs, but are not even close to being in the ballpark for Brown or Yale. Your SATIIs and APs speak to grade inflation at your HS. The UCs are used to this, but it won't be missed at top colleges. With a 200 point plus increase on the SATI you have a chance at USC.</p>
<p>In all honesty, this is one of the most misguided college lists I've seen on CC, and there are many off track ones. But you go to an "ultra competitive" school in a sophisticated city, they should have scatter grams or a counselor that tells you a 620 SATII won't fly at an ivy. Sorry to be so straight, but better now than in April.</p>
<p>15 ppl out of 200 - that is not a uc feeder. </p>
<p>My school. 400 students in a grade. Around 120 or so are accepted to UCLA and UC Berkeley each. </p>
<p>Don't want to shatter your dreams, but I would not apply to yale. The reach is too much, and you have some crazy grade inflation. 580 and gets an A in AP Bio? My school most A students have 800s in AP Bio. A 2 for APUSH and A in the class. That is funny. A 2 is equivalent to D at most colleges.</p>
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Your SATs are weak, even for UCs, but are not even close to being in the ballpark for Brown or Yale. Your SATIIs and APs speak to grade inflation at your HS. The UCs are used to this, but it won't be missed at top colleges. With a 200 point plus increase on the SATI you have a chance at USC.</p>
<p>In all honesty, this is one of the most misguided college lists I've seen on CC, and there are many off track ones. But you go to an "ultra competitive" school in a sophisticated city, they should have scatter grams or a counselor that tells you a 620 SATII won't fly at an ivy. Sorry to be so straight, but better now than in April.
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<p>Agree with most of this.</p>
<p>It would help if you actually calculate your GPA. It looks like you have around a 3.8.</p>
<p>Improve? Well, first of all, improve your test scores, especially SAT IIs. But then again, usually students don't increase dramatically on a second retake.</p>
<p>Work a lot on your essays I guess. Honestly there's not much one CAN do to improve his chances greatly. Just apply and see what happens. I would say don't bother with Yale or Brown though. Sorry.</p>
<p>Well I had fun playing in traffic and I didn't get hit by a car. In NYC the odds of that are millions to one, maybe hundreds of millions to one, actually about the same as your chances at Harvard, Brown and the top UC!</p>