Chances at USC, Claremont Colleges, other CA private colleges

<p>My Stats: I live in a middle-class house and suburb of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley. I am a Mexican-American male, Mexican-born housewife mother, native-born construction engineer father; I go to the best high school in the district with pretty good stats compared to other public high schools in the area. Financial aid is a moderate concern.</p>

<p>I am currently a junior.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.26 unweighted 9th grade on Current Rank: 108/478
3.10 unweighted 10th grade on (my HS doesn’t weigh GPAs for Honors and AP courses) Current Rank: 123/478</p>

<p>My Course List (P stands for college prep)
Grades: 1st sem grade/2nd sem grade</p>

<p>Summer School 2003:
Health-A</p>

<p>9th Grade-both semesters
Biology Honors-B/B
Composition & Literature I Honors-B/B
World History Honors-A/B
Geometry P-A/B
Spanish I P-A/A
PE (non-academic)</p>

<p>Summer School 2004:
Art Appreciation 1 P-A
Art Appreciation 2 P-A</p>

<p>10th Grade-1st Semester
AP World History B/C-(4 on the exam)
Chemistry Honors 1st sem, Chemistry Concepts P 2nd sem (dropped Chem H because I got a D)-D/B
Composition & Literature II Honors-B/B
Algebra II P-B/C
Spanish II P-B/B
PE (non-academic)</p>

<p>Summer School 2005:
Intro to Computer Applications-A
Computer Applications-A</p>

<p>11th Grade-Both Semesters
AP Biology-B
AP US History-A
Advanced Art P-A
Composition & Literature III P (didn’t make it into AP Lit)-A
Trigonometry & Pre-Calculus P-D
Spanish III P-A</p>

<p>My Planned 12th Grade Schedule:
AP Environmental Science
AP Macroeconomics/AP US Government
AP Spanish
Composition & Literature IV P
Statistics P
Psychology P 1st semester; Speech P 2nd semester (maybe)</p>

<p>Also, I may take a speech class at the community college over the summer.</p>

<p>Test Scores:
I am planning to take the SAT in June, but here are my PSAT scores:</p>

<p>Verbal: 61
Math: 44
Writing: 67</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
World History: 720
Future SAT IIs: I will take Biology and US History in May and possibly Spanish in the fall.</p>

<p>ECs:
Awards: None
Sports: None
Clubs: Key Club, Spanish Club, Crackdown</p>

<p>My planned majors are sociology, marketing, or business administration, and I may minor in economics or urban studies.</p>

<p>What are my chances at:
LMU
Occidental
Pitzer
Pomona
Santa Clara
Univ. of Redlands
Univ. of the Pacific
USC (my aunt is an alumni-if they care about legacies)
USD
USF
Whittier College
Woodbury University</p>

<p>Which ones are reach/match/safety and which ones give the best aid?</p>

<p>I am only familiar with Pomona, Pitzer and USC but to be honest
Pomona- high reach
Pitzer- mid reach
USC- high reach
Good luck! I’m sure I’ll be proven wrong and you’ll get into many renown universities!</p>