Chances UCB, UCLA, and Stanford

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Junior, 17-years old, Chinese, very competitive school in Irvine
Usually, we have about 10 ppl make it to ivy's and ~40 get into UCB.
Our school doesn't release class ranks, but i'm guessing i'm around #10/500</p>

<p>GPA: 4.14 W </p>

<p>9th summer:
Spanish 1B- A+
Creative Writing- A+</p>

<p>9th grade:
H English 1- B+/A-
H Global Perspectives- A-/A
H Coordinated Sci 1- A/A
H Alg. 2- B+/A
Spanish 2 A/A
Wind Ensemble A/A (first chair flute)</p>

<p>10th summer:
Health-A
Driver's ed-A</p>

<p>10th Grade:
APUSH- A-/A
H Chem- A/A
H Precalc- A/A-
Spanish 3- A/A
H English 2- A-/A
H Crd Sci 2- A-/A
Symphony orchestra- A/A</p>

<p>11th: (currently taking)
Ap bio
Ap Chem
Ap Calc BC
Spanish 4
H English 3
Basketball</p>

<p>AP's:
5 on APUSH</p>

<p>PSAT: 223 (68 CR, 77 M, 78 W)
SAT: 2240 in one sitting, 2280 with best subsections combined-- Oct: 680 CR, 800 M, 690 W, Dec: 750 Cr, 760 M, 730 W
SAT II: US hist- 750, Math IIC- 800</p>

<p>EC's:
President and Founder of a Chinese Performing Arts Group
Member of Mock Trial (10th)- Received an outstanding attorney medal
Ocean Science Bowl (10th, 11th)
CSF (9th, 10th, 11th)- board member in 10th
Orange County youth symphony orchestra (9th, 10th, 11th)- I received an award for dedication "beyond measure" according to the plaque
Orange County junior orchestra (9th)
Community Youth orchestra of So. Cal. (8th, 9th, 10th)
All Southern Honor Band (9th, 10th)
First chair in wind ensemble as a freshman (but i quit in 10th)
Junior Chamber Music Program (9th, 10th, 11th)
Certificate of Merit- Advanced Panel for piano (10th)
I've also won a lot of piano competitions.</p>

<p>I perform for numerous multicultural events around the community and i also played at the mayor's council meeting.</p>

<p>I will prbly be majoring in med and minoring in music.</p>

<p>Please let me know my chances! Thanks</p>

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<p>good chances, but still pretty early to tell. keep up the good work!</p>

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<p>UCLA/UCB: Match</p>

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<p>I would agree with batman</p>

<p>Stanford: reach</p>

<p>You should also have some safety schools, possibly Occidental College, also, you are good enough to try and apply to Cornell, andother ivies. Do well on your SAT's</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input.</p>

<p>Would it help if i mentioned that i am on the verge of receiving all A's this semester? I can't be sure until the semester is over, but i'm pretty solid for most of my classes.</p>

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<p>It's expected that you get A's at these schools, so your chances are the same if you get all A's this semester. You need to show passion in your EC's to get into these schools.</p>

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<p>aznxboy1228:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Match</p>

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<p>b.u.m.p.</p>

<p>Thanks for all the responses, but my only question is how I can "show passion" in my e.c.'s. I am extremely passionate about music, so would showing passion just mean writing a very thoughtful essay?</p>

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<p>Yes, and presenting your EC's and awards correctly..</p>

<p>I agree that UCB and UCLA are matches, and Stanford is a reach.</p>