<p>I submitted my applications for all the UCs except for Riverside and Merced since the two don't really appeal to me, along with a few safety schools. I posted a chance thread earlier but I was able to add on a bit more information concerning my essays and scores:</p>
<p>GPA Weighted: 3.8-3.9
Class Rank: Top 20% (when I submitted my apps, it said I was in the top 9% though?)
Ethnicity & Gender: Chinese Female
Income Bracket: ~$120,000
School: Public, fairly competitve, in-state
Awards: N/A
Applying for: Business (Accounting)
Hooks: N/A</p>
<p>9th - Straight As. Took Geometry A and English IA which are advanced courses.
10th - Straight As. Took English IIA, Honors Chemistry, and AP World History</p>
<p>11th:
AP US History: C/C+
AP Chemistry: C-/C
Precalculus: A-/B
Honors English: B/B
Photography: A+/A+
Spanish III: B+/B+</p>
<p>Summer courses:
Conceptual Physics: B
Accounting 1A: B</p>
<p>Current Schedule:
AP Biology: A-/S2
AP Psychology: B/S2
AP Calculus AB: C/S2
Economics/American Government: A-/S2
English IV: A-/S2
Yearbook: A+/S2</p>
<p>SAT: 1940
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Math II 650, Chem 630</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
Historian of Key Club (S2 of 10,11,12)
Historian, VP, Pres of Chinese Club (10,11,12)
Operation Smile Event Coordinator, VP (10,11,12),
Track and Field (10,11,12)
Had a job where I helped organize and keep track of receipts and transactions for my aunt's employment firm as a part timer (11,12)</p>
<p>Essays: I think they were pretty good. I found 2 errors when I was rereading them but I'm sure they can be overlooked. My teachers liked them and my friends thought it was one of the best essays they helped edit. I wrote about my passion for cinematography and how I want to pursue a minor in it so I could voice my opinions to others more efficiently. The other was deciding to stay in California after family and health issues.</p>
<p>Additional Comments: I mentioned my facial palsy, went a tad more in depth about my family situation, and why my grades were dropping junior year. I don't think it was whiny sounding but I did write about how I felt/thought during that time and added in what I was able to gain from it in the end in a sentence or two. (Finding friends who stuck by me and immersing myself in club activities to fight off my problems and get back in touch with society in general since I pretty much isolated myself from everyone for a few months..)</p>
<p>I know my GPA and SAT II/SAT I scores are on the low side for schools such as UCB, UCSD, and UCLA, but those three schools are the ones I really want to be in however. My C in calculus really scares me as well but yeah. If I get rejected, I'm planning to repeal only to Berkeley (given that another 'lower' UC/UofT takes me.)</p>
<p>Tips and advice will help a lot! I can't do anything about my calculus grade as of now since finals are in a few hours and it's the last day of the first semester, really. And chance please! (with detail!)</p>