<p>Hi, I'm going into my senior year at my public school in Southern California. I was wondering what my chances into getting hopefully a full ride scholarship are as a woman with Biochemistry as a prospective major. I also am planning on living in the dorms for my first year, and eventually getting a PhD and becoming a researcher.</p>
<p>My stats:
-4.6 weighted GPA.
-Currently at 16 out of a class of 513, expected to go up after this semester's grades are posted.
-Full IB/AP course load.
-All A's except for one B+ in ASB sophomore year.
-Senior year I have a heavy load, AP Calculus, AP/IB English Lit/Comp HL, IB History of the Americas HL, IB Spanish 4, IB Biology HL, and possibly an extra class such as AP Environmental Science, IB Anthropology, or AP Bio.
-I was in sports my Freshman (JV Tennis and F/S Basketball) and Sophomore year (JV Basketball) before I quit Junior year just before season because of all the stress and anxiety I was having.
-My parents are separated and looking to divorce, but I don't know if that will qualify me for any financial aid because my parents combined make around $130k a year.
-I've been in my school's NHS/CSF since sophomore year, and I applied for a leadership position for next year but I don't know if I got in or not.
-I'm going to start volunteering at either an elderly home or an animal hospital, but up until now I've been kind of slacking in the extracurriculars
-I'm applying for jobs, and I hope to work during the summer and throughout my senior year.
-Not affiliated with any church or other organization like that.</p>
<p>So generally, I've been kind of slacking in the extracurricular department, but from what I've been told, my grades make up for it and it's not that big of a deal for the types of colleges I'm applying to anyways. I'm hoping to apply to UC's, CSU's, U of Washington at Seattle, U of Oregon at Eugene, Oregon State in Corvallis, maybe NYU, and maybe some privates like USC, Stanford, Whitman, and Reed, but I don't really know that many so I'm trying to look for more. If anybody could provide me some more info about privates in the New York area or along the West Coast (California, Oregon, Washington) that aren't necessarily religious or all-girls, or something like that, that would be great!</p>
<p>I'm not looking for anything Ivy, even though I do have strong connections at Princeton (from what I hear, my dad's best friend is pretty active on their alumni board or something like that). My mom's uncle also donates to UCLA, a school I would love to go to, and I don't know if that would help me at all because he's not my like immediate family? I just want to know where I have the best shots at getting a full or at least partial ride. Any info you have will help, because the counselors at my school are literally so horrible at their jobs.</p>
<p>Thanks for all your help!</p>