<p>Hello, I would like to know what my chances would be for a South Carolina resident applying to UCLA, UCSD, UCB, and UCI</p>
<p>Major: Biology (not premed)</p>
<p>Objective:
• ACT: 31 (I did not study for this and could probably achieve a 32 or 33 composite when i retake. My science sub-score is a 34; hopefully that will help since I plan on majoring in Biology)</p>
<p>• Unweighted GPA: 3.1 (<em>sigh</em>) although, I don't think my school will report my unweighted GPA</p>
<p>•Weighted GPA: 3.8ish (I don't know what it is on the California scale)</p>
<p>• Rank: Top 20% I think</p>
<p>• AP: US History (4), European History (4), AP Stat (not taken yet), AP Literature (not taken yet)</p>
<p>• Honors: Almost all my other classes were honors</p>
<p>• IB: IB Biology 1 & 2 (Have not taken yet)</p>
<p>• Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, Honors US Gov, Honors Economics, IB Biology 1, IB Biology 2, AP Statistics,</p>
<p>• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>
<p>• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-3 Years of Marching Band on Drumline ( this consumed all my free time and I was very passionate for it)
- (My senior year I will be the center snare/ section leader)
- Auditioned and landed a spot in the regional band as a percussionist 3 years straight</p>
<p>Non School Related Extracurriculars:
- Played guitar in a band</p>
<p>• Job/Work Experience:
-Fixing computers every once in a while for cash</p>
<p>• Volunteer/Community service:
-Volunteered for Relay for Life event by performing music at the event</p>
<p>• Essays: Will be pretty good, I hope.
• Teacher Recommendation: Fairly strong from junior year Physics teacher
• Counselor Rec: Average. (My school is fairly large and the counselors do not know most of us)
• Additional Rec: N/a</p>
<p>• State: SC
• School Type: urban, very large public high school
• Ethnicity: Irish/Asian
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: 60k - 70k
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college, drumline is kind of uncommon</p>