Chances at: UCSD, UCD, USC, WPI, Bost. U, & NU

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Okay so I'm Heather, and my dad is in the Air Force and we're living over in Germany (I won't be an international student) on an airbase right now. So I did my first 2 yrs of high school in California and my last 2 are over here. And I'm planning on incorporating the whole experience overseas in some of my essays. We'll see where that gets me.</p>

<p>But now onto the stats:
Intended Major-- Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering
GPA-- W:3.80, UW: 3.63
SAT I-- Math: 740, Reading: 600, Writing: 560 :-/ (I'm taking it again in October)
ACT-- Comp: 30, English: 27, Math: 29, Reading: 34, Science: 28 (Forgot my calculator the 1st time around. Retaking in October)
SAT II-- Taking either MathIC or IIC, Chemistry, and Literature in November...
APs-- US Hist (3), English Lang (4)</p>

<p>ECs--
Drama (freshman and jr. years, my CA school dropped the drama dept my freshman year. Plan on continuing as a Sr.)
NHS
Student Gov- Class Secretary-Treasurer (10th), Associated Student Body rep (10th), Active Junior Class Club member (11th), Prom Committee (11th)
Guys' Varsity soccer manager (11th and continuing)
German Club (11th and continuing)</p>

<p>Schedule for this year:
AP Physics C, US Gov(1 sem)/Psych(1 sem), AP Calc AB, AP Stats, German 2, AP English Lit, Career Practicum (probably at the hospital)</p>

<p>What I'm probably lacking the most is ECs, mainly because my school in CA was in a very small town and offered absolutely nothing besides sports (and drama for 1 year). However, I've been consistent with what I've had and added a couple things on this year when I moved over here.</p>

<p>I also know that I will be bringing my SAT score up at least a bit. I now know what to expect for the writing section and I've been studying over the summer. So I'm hoping to possibly hit 2000. And I'll definitely be getting higher on the ACT, seeing as how I'd forgotten my calculator the last time I took it.</p>

<p>So...what does it appear my chances would be at UC San Diego, UC Davis, USC, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Boston University, and Northeastern University?</p>

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<p>How do the treat Air Force families? Will you be considered in state in CA? If not the UCs, especially BME at UCSD will be very hard with less than top scores. USC is a reach, NEU sounds safe, BU a match.</p>

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<p>OhNoItsHeather:</p>

<p>UCSD: Reach (Bioengineering, out of state)
UCD: Slight Reach (out of state)</p>

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<p>Hey flopsy, you might be able to answer my question...</p>

<p>What does it take to be considered a CA resident? My dad switched his residency over to Alaska when we were living over there, but my mom pays California state taxes, her driver's license is from CA. Would it be possible that I could just choose to be CA, or am I automatically Alaska simply because I'm a military dependent of my dad?</p>

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<p>.....Bump?</p>