<p>I have two D's and a W on my community college transcript. The D's and the W are because I had developed and was suffering from untreated psychosis during that semester. (I was diagnosed with schizophrenia a couple of months later.) The two D's were from classes that I didn't take the final exams for because I was in the hospital. The W was from dropping a class that I would get extremely anxious in because of my psychosis. I retook the three classes and got A's in them, the old marks remained but weren't computed into my GPA. </p>
<p>Took a few AP classes in high school, didn't take the exams for them.</p>
<p>I left high school a year early via the CHSPE and I've been at a California CC ever since. I have a GED too.</p>
<p>I am applying to Cornell CALS, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and SF State. </p>
<p>I have never taken the SAT. I'm not sure if I should take it. CALS doesn't require it.</p>
<p>My parents are Latino immigrants.</p>
<p>My EC's are a bit weak, I suspect. I guess my strength is my college GPA. However, I got it from taking only two classes a semester and sacrificing EC time for study time, ever since that semester where I failed those classes. I think I can handle a four-year college workload though because I have developed, with the help of my therapist, my skill at managing my anxiety/stress.</p>
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<li>major: Molecular Biology</li>
<li>college gpa: 4.0</li>
<li>high school gpa: 3.3 (Weighted), 3.1 (Non-weighted) </li>
<li>activities:
Science Article Discussion Group (co-founder, meets weekly)
Food bank volunteer (one morning every week)
Worked at McDonald's (only three months though)</li>
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<p>Wow, this is really amazing! Which CCC do you go to btw? I also dropped out of hs and got a GED (all the while also considering the CHSPE).</p>
<p>You shouldn’t take the SAT because, assuming you’ll study, it will take a decent amount of preparation and time. Not to mention it is utterly pointless when transferring to a UC. I can’t comment whether it’s useful for Cornell.</p>
<p>In my opinion, I think you have a pretty good chance at all the schools mentioned above. If I remember right, Cornell has a this system where borderline applicants are given a “likely letter” sort of thing stipulating that if they apply again they are “likely” to be admitted (and almost always are). That could occur as well. </p>
<p>As for UCB, I can say pretty positively say that you’re in. To give you a small warning though, MCB is notorious here. It’s widely accepted as the most challenging major and the one with the harshest curves. If you’re premed, I wouldn’t recommend the MCB major. That said, take all that with a grain of salt, because for all I know you could set the curve too.</p>
<p>Anyway, amazing job being so resilient and managing to get a perfect GPA while going through those difficulties! Write about your psychosis and schizophrenia in your personal statements too. It will help the admissions committee understand where you’re coming from.</p>
<p>I wish you the best! :)</p>
<p>I don’t know, but I think the part-time status might not work in the OP’s favor. Especially if the medical issues are brought up in the essays. UCBerkeley and I think UCDavis require their students to go fulltime…and the OP has not demonstrated that she/he has mastered this vital skill. Clearly the OP can handle the work–but so far only at a part-time status. I guess I am curious how the “fulltime only” UCs will handle this application.</p>
<p>My thought if if OP doesn’t get in to one of the UCs this cycle to have the OP take at least 1 semester of rigorous fulltime classes at a CCC to demonstrate this ability and then apply again.</p>