Chances please/ how can I improve my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everyone. I'm a junior who attends a highschool in AZ. by the way.</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian Indian</p>

<p>Rank : 67/700 (My highschool is extremely competitive)
or roughly top 10 %</p>

<p>GPA - 3.677 (unweighted) </p>

<p>SAT I (I've only taken it once so far) : Writing - 710 Critical Reading - 650
Math - 600 Combined score - 1960</p>

<p>I'm planning to take the literature and biology Subject II tests.</p>

<p>EC's (they're kinda weak) :</p>

<p>Friends of the Library Club
Red Cross Club
Key Club
NHS
French Club
GSA
National Art Honors Society</p>

<p>I also volunteer quite a bit at my local library. In addition, I'm going to take a journalism course this year for UCSD Academic Connections.</p>

<p>Awards - I won two piano competitions and have consistently been on the honor roll. I have also attended some leadership programs such as ToastMasters and Red Cross Youth in Action. </p>

<p>9th -
Honors Geometry
Honors Freshman English
Honors Chem/Phys
Honors Geography
Spanish 3-4
Piano</p>

<p>10th grade -
Honors Algebra 3-4
Honors Soph. English
Honors Spanish 5-6
Honors World History
Honors Biology
Art and Design</p>

<p>11th Grade-</p>

<p>AP Language/Composition
AP Human Geography
AP U.S. History
Honors Chemistry
Honors Computer Programming
Honors Pre- Calculus</p>

<p>12th Grade-</p>

<p>AP English Literature
AP Biology
AP U.S. Economy/Government
AP Calculus
Honors Art 1-2
Honors Humanities/Composition</p>

<p>Possible Majors:</p>

<p>Bioiology
English
Literature
Music</p>

<p>Colleges I want to apply to : </p>

<p>UCLA
UC Davis
UCSB
UC Santa Cruz
UC Irvine
ASU (in-state)
U of A (in-state)
Penn State
Pepperdine University
University of Washington</p>

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<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Do you have a weighted GPA?</p>

<p>3.7 is good for the majority of those schools, if not all. The hardest is going to be UCLA, seeing as it's pretty difficult to get into -and you're out of state. Same for the rank, top 10% is good enough to get them to not throw you out instantly. It isn't bad at all.</p>

<p>See if you can retake the SAT? But, even if I sound like I'm just repeating myself, that's higher than a lot of applicants at many of those schools as well (except for UCLA, and the other UC schools)</p>

<p>Make sure you send the music samples. Although a lot of other applicants have won competitions, too, particularly given how many apply to the UC schools (or any public school, the U of A isn't bad either), it can't hurt. Try to get critiques if you can.</p>

<p>Your courseload is definitely good enough, period. Lots of honors and APs.</p>

<p>You'll get into ASU, no problem. Penn State, most likely. GPA and test scores are the primary criteria at most of these public schools, penn state in particular. You're upper range in SAT, and about 40% are top 10% in their class there. You're fine.</p>

<p>I'm not entirely sure on others? See if you can expand ECs and everything, especially in your interests for your major, if you can, even if you're aiming for public schools.</p>

<p>Except for Pepperdine. Religious affiliation is a big factor there. You should be fine on standardized tests, and courseload, but the essay, recs, ECs, and personal qualities are considered just as important there. My neighbor used to be involved with admissions there.</p>

<p>The ECs wouldn't set you apart, but I don't know who you are, how you can write or anything. I'm just letting you know what it takes to get in there.</p>

<p>I don't know about UCs. You're generally a match, although UCLA's a reach. UCSB is big on essays. Santa Cruz is generally easier, but from what I hear, in-state is even bigger there. You should be in at Santa Cruz anyway.</p>

<p>Actually, not just UCSB, make sure you do well on the essay for all the UCs. Other than that, it's mostly academics, but don't forget the writing.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much for your input. I'll definitely try to make more room for EC's senior year when I will hopefully have more time. By the way, my school is lame and does not give us weighted GPAs.</p>

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