<p>I'm a junior, and I wanted to know an estimate of my chances for:</p>
<p>UCLA (I know its a probably a super reach..)
UCI
UCSB
UCM
UCD
UCSC
NYU-CAS
Wellesley (possibly?)</p>
<p>I am interested in becoming a journalist. However, I plan to study journalism in graduate school, and so for undergrad, I am considering Political Science, Political Philosophy, Pre-Law, Policy Analysis and/or International Relations.</p>
<p>Overall GPA estimate: 3.4UW/3.5W
UC GPA: 3.5 UW/3.6 W</p>
<p>AP/honors courses taken:</p>
<p>Soph: Chemistry honors
Junior: AP Biology, American Lit/Writing Honors (at the end of the year I take the English Language AP test)
Senior: PROBABLY AP Econ, AP Gov, AP Lit.</p>
<p>I havent taken any APs yet (obviously..)</p>
<p>I havent taken my SATs yet, but I've been getting 2000+ on all of my diagnostics. Planning to take the SATs in January, and SAT II Bio and Math in June.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Octagon Community Service Club (9-12)
-Done 100+ hours of community service so far (plan to do more)
-Received an award from the club's mother organization, Optimist International, for outstanding volunteerwork (was 1 out of 2 selected to receive award...out of entire school)</p>
<p>Speech and Debate (10-12)
-Went to Victory Briefs Institute summer '06 (debate camp)
-Received degree of Merit from National Forensics League
-Assistant Captain of Lincoln-Douglas Debate (11-12)</p>
<p>Model United Nations (10-12) (Co-Founder)
-Conference Officer (11)</p>
<p>Other awards:
-Was a finalist in AVID Essay Contest (2006)</p>
<p>Also, are there any other suggestions in terms of colleges?</p>