Chances for UCs, CMU, Cornell, and out of state Public Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Asian Male in a competitive public school in Silicon Valley (California)
Entered United States in 7th grade (Yeah, a lot of difficulties with English)
My school does not rank, currently a Junior
Weighted GPA: 4.5
Unweighted: 3.85
UC GPA: 4.2 (because it only gives extra points for four honors/AP's)
SAT I: 1900ish (This sucks, I'm going to spend the whole summer preparing and try to retake)
SAT II: Math II: 790 , Taking Chemistry in May (Maybe above 750 since I'm doing AP Chemistry)
I only took a few honors course in sophomore year and my school does not offer honors and AP's to freshmen
AP's:
Junior Year:9 AP's
AP English Language (class)
AP US History (class)
AP Chemistry (class)
AP Calculus AB (class)
AP Chinese Language and Culture (class)
AP Physics B (community college course during first semester)
AP Physics C Mechanics (community college course during second semester)
AP Macroeconomics (self study)
AP Microeconomics (self study)
Haven't taken the AP Exams yet, but getting one or two B's in the classes, the rest are all A's, most likely to get the National AP Scholar Award.</p>

<p>Senior Year: 11 AP's
AP US Government (class)
AP Biology (class)
AP Statistics (class)
AP Calculus BC (community college course first semester)
AP Physics C Electricity and Magnetism (community course first semester)
AP Environmental Science (self study)
AP Psychology (self study)
AP Human Geography (self study)
AP Comparative Government (self study)
AP World History (self study)
AP European History (self study)
Also going to take Physics 4C:Light and Heat, Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra at community college during second semester.</p>

<p>EC: Not that strong
FBLA Community Service Group Project (hosted seminars that are informative)
FBLA American Enterprise Group Project (Owned an online advertising business in the community)
FBLA Bay Section Competition (a few small awards)
300+ hours of community service
Officer in an environmentalist club
Astronomy Club
Junior Engineering and Technical Society (can't win any competitions)
Music (piano, band, yeah, typical stuff)</p>

<p>So, what are my chances for all those UC's, Urbana Champaign, Michigan (Ann Arbor), Georgia Tech, CMU, and Cornell
Intended Major: Civil Engineering
If you guys think I should apply some other private schools, where should I apply?</p>

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<p>What's the breakdown on the SAT score? That will make a difference.</p>

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<p>dangg that's a lot of APs. try to get on officer status in some more ECs, e.g. astronomy club. also your SAT retake will be ESSENTIAL, you should aim for 2200+</p>

<p>once your SAT score is 2200+, Cornell would be a low reach</p>

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<p>Why are you self-studying all those AP's? It just looks like you're trying to pad your resume for colleges. If you are really interested in history and economics and physics, then I guess you could go forth and self-study those...</p>

<p>But it really is stupid to have to worry about all those AP courses. Most kids who get into top colleges (i.e. Ivy League or Ivy League-caliber), will have only taken 6 (on average) by the end of their senior year.</p>

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<p>What about Berkeley? Berkeley is my #1 Choice, so what should I do to get in to Berkeley, or what are my chances?
By the way, I'm not aiming for those Ivies, UC's offer more value for the money, plus I can also use all of those credits. So, chance me for the UC's then.</p>

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<p>I think you have great chances at Berkeley if you can improve your SAT score. What was your breakdown on it?</p>

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<p>AP-coholic</p>

<p>you're in, darn, are that many kids like you?</p>

<p>I hope not, my school barely had 7Aps!</p>

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<p>Reading: 600ish Writing: 600ish Math: 700ish
How much do you guys think I should improve my scores, particularly for Berkeley?</p>

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<p>Berkeley.. just try to bring your SATs and you'll be good
i moved from China to U.S. in 5th grade.
im really nervous to take the SATs for CR and W lol</p>

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<p>are you insane?????!!!!! Thats mass suicide! why take ALL those aps?? And how you manage your time is truly remarable! I don't think you should have any problem. my friend, she got into Cornell and she only took six (got fives on all six) and had 4.0 gpa, and she only played tennis as her extracurricular....
So in comparison to YOU, she basically did nothing. so YOU'll most likely get in..</p>