Chances at UC's, USC, Cornell, Stanford

<p>Female
Korean American
Born and raised in Los Angeles
Low income family
School not considered competitive.
GPA: UC-4.17
Taken 4 AP courses- AP Scholar with Honor Award
In the Magnet program
Ranking- ~14/600 (not ELC)
SAT: 2000 Math 750, CR 570, W 680
Superscore: 2060 Math750, CR630, W680
*the average SAT score at our school for the class of 07 was 1300
SAT2s: Top high scores 800(Korean), 740(Math2)</p>

<p>Took classes at local college (2 Psychology classes)</p>

<p>EC: Key Club(10-11, Rep, 11-12 VP)
Close Up(Trip to DC during junior year-funded by fundraising throughout the year)
Tennis(10th JV, 11th V, 12th V)
Volunteer at a Community Center(Mentoring elementary kids)-40 hours
Currently volunteering at a local hospital-50+ hours
Lots of volunteer hours from Key Club</p>

<p>Pretty good essays.</p>

<p>Chances at
UCB:
UCLA:
UCSD:
UCI:
USC:
Cornell:
Stanford:</p>

<p>Berkeley: slight reach (depends on your essays are strong)
UCLA: high match - match
UCSD: safe match
UCI: safety
USC: match
Cornell: slight reach (50-50) (depending on your essays)
Stanford: reach</p>

<p>Why aren't you an ELC student?</p>

<p>accepted to USC
as kyledavid80 predicted</p>

<p>We are somewhat similar, so here's a link to my chances: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/447520-free-chocolate-chance-me-cornell-usc-nyu-ucsd-babson.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/447520-free-chocolate-chance-me-cornell-usc-nyu-ucsd-babson.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Stanford, Cornell, and UCB are all reaches in my opinion.</p>

<p>you got your USC acceptance already?</p>

<p>^came in the mail yesterday I believe</p>

<p>Heh, you have almost identical stats to mine.</p>

<p>Cornell | reach
Stanford | high reach
Berkely | reach
USC | match
UCLA | match</p>

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you got your USC acceptance already?

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<p>The first wave just started.</p>

<p>accepted to UCLA, UCB, UCI, UCSD, USC
waiting for Stanford and Cornell</p>

<p>Stanford: high reach :\
Cornell: pretty good chance imo; good luck!</p>

<p>congrats on UCs~</p>