chances for couple colleges

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>male korean-american student from Los Angeles
school: My school is considered under-performing...around 5000 people in school and to tell you the truth, not competive. Huge dropout rate (around 30-50 percent.)
^funny story about dat...there was around 1000 in my freshman year class. During sophmore, it shrunk to 850ish...then junior year, my class was a little above the 700 student mark. and my Senior year, there is a grand total of 631 students. -_-.... that is why below, I don't know my exact</p>

<p>rank: well, they calculate end of senior year. But I am in the top 10 percent. But likely much higher. I will check up on it later. </p>

<p>Parent income: dad: 70K +
mom: unemployed
sibling: one brother
first generation student.
SATI: 2080
SAT II: Biology: 760
World History: 770</p>

<p>my freshman year really sucked because I found out my dad had a tumor and he was seriously ill. (Seriously, he couldnt work for about 6 months due to therapy and recovering.) I have straight A's throughout my high school career but freshman year was different. Then after the treatment my dad was ok, I started to focus back in school. </p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Geometry C/B
Honors World History B/B
Biology B/A
English 1 A/A
Spanish 1 A/A
unweighted:3.4
weighted:3.6</p>

<p>Sophmore:
Algebra 2 A/A
Spanish 2 A/A
Honors English 2 A/A
AP World History A/A
AP Biology A/A
unweighted: 4.0
weighted: 4.6</p>

<p>Junior Year:
Math Analysis A/A
AP Eng. A/A
AP USH A/A
AP Chem A/A
AP Environmental science A/A
Spanish 3 A/A
unweighted: 4.0
weighted: 4.667</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Lit.
AP Spanish
AP Govt./Pol.
AP Physics
AP Calc. BC
AP Mac. Econ</p>

<p>ec's:
-Mock trial 10-12
-President of Volunteer Services in a organization that helps people with disabilities.
-secretary of kiwins.
-Do book drives annually and donate the books to various organizations(goodwill, etc)
-have about 1500+ hours of community service</p>

<p>summer programs:
A mock trial camp 9th-11th grade so far. planning to go next year.</p>

<p>community college courses:
Psychology A/A
Elementary Statistics A/A
Korean Dance A/A <-- did this because I could not fit an art class in school.</p>

<p>AP Scores:
Psychology- 5
Human Geography-5
AP Bio- 5
AP World- 5
AP Env.- 3
AP Chem- 4
AP USH- 5
AP Eng. Comp- 4</p>

<p>Awards:
many volunteer awards from mayor
couple presidential volunteer award
well most of my award is from volunteering</p>

<p>i am going to guess my hook is going to be about volunteering. </p>

<p>well, I spoke with my counselor and got a new college list. (i used to want to only stay near Los Angeles, but my counselor suggested that there is plenty of financial aid everywhere so I shouldn't hesitate to apply to schools outside of CAlifornia.... so yea, new list I guess.)
chances at:
UCLA
UCSD
UCI
USC (<-- my dream school)
Stanford
Columbia</p>

<p>thank you.</p>

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<p>1337noh4k4,
UCLA-match
UCSD-saftey match
UCI-guarenteed
USC-match (in for sure)
Stanford- slight reach
Columbia- slight reach</p>

<p>in my opinion, you have solid chances at whereever you apply. If you can raise your SAT I scores by 100-150 points, you should be solid everywhere you apply. You SAT II scores are good, grades solid with a upward trend. Freshman year was bad but it is understandable. I;d be shocked if you get rejected from any UC's or USC. Stanford is always reach as well as Columbia. No one is match for these schools.</p>

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<p>you should get into all those schools. I don't know. These days, even the best applicants get rejected for no apparent reason.</p>

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<p>ooo.... anyone else...any comments? any suggestions?</p>

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<p>UCLA- Accected</p>

<p>UCSD- Accepted
UCI- Saftey full ride???
USC - Accepted/Merit?
Stanford- Rejected
Columbia- Waitlisted -> Accepted</p>

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<p>I'm pretty sure you'll make it into all the schools you apply to. Stanford, for everyone, is a stretch, and if you get lucky, you'll make it. It all depends on who reads your essay/teacher recs. Make sure you write a great essay and you'll be on your way!</p>

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<p>IHATESAT, rExRuN467, and neemi thank you for the advice and chances... is there any other thing i can do to increase my chances other than get good teacher recs and write a solid essay?
edit//
I e-mailed my counselor today, and he told me that my rank is 4 out of 631. </p>

<p>ALso, will my freshman year and my high school's bad reputation (reputation as in huge dropout rate and people don't care about school) hurt my chances?</p>

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<p>1337noh4k4,
freshman year will not be held against you because you had a illness in your family. (This illness will excuse your freshman year and besides, the colleges you are applying to do not put little, if not any weight on freshman year)</p>

<p>your high school: you come from a disadvantaged high school and will help you somewhat. You actually in my opinion, will get into Stanford because I looked over your stats again and see that you are a 1st generation student (a plus in your application), go to a disadvantaged high school (another plus), somewhat economically disadvantaged (a plus), and illness in your family ( a huge plus that will "cover" your freshman year, and awesome grades/scores/ ec's/ awards/ courseload. </p>

<p>I wouldn't worry about your college chances. Go Enjoy yourself and come back and tell us where you got accepted. =)</p>