Chances: UCI/UCSB/UCRiverside/Merced (Low UC's)

<p>UC GPA: 3.5 (Sophomore+ Junior years) [Counting 8-course limit]
Unweighted: 3.51
Weighted: 3.7
Ranked 40 out of 698
SAT scores: Math IIc, 710, Chem 580 (going to take Chemistry again), Math 1C (they dont look at this i know, 760)
SAT I Reasoning: 1900, can get to a 2100+ with study (730 math, 510 CR, 660 Writing) </p>

<p>AP's taken:
World History (4); Bio (2); Lang/Comp (don't know, 4-5), Chemistry (don't know, 3-4), calculus AB (prob a 5) ,</p>

<p>Honors taken: Honors English 1-2, Honors Eng 3-4, Trig/Pre-Cal, Bio/Chem</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Journalism Sports Reporter, 2-years (school newspaper) ; Current Assistant Graphics Editor for school newspaper; Green Earth member (4-years), Interact member (3-years), currently secretary of Interact; Band (2-year member), Swim team (4-years), Cross Country (1-year) , active CSF life member; (may be able to make NHS too, but not until after college apps are due. ironic huh?)</p>

<p>Volunteer Service: 100+ hours for local library, V.P. of Teen Advisory Council Board (which organizes and helps for local library events) </p>

<p>As far as awards, not many. Attending the journalism convention REA/NSPA this November . planning to win some award from there. </p>

<p>ughh...so few awards. I'm planning on writing a VERY Good essay for Irvine or SB , im a little uncertain about making those UC's. 1st time SAT is 1900, but currently studying and planning on the 2000-2100 range. does SB / irvine look at SAT 2 subject scores? a friend of mines had less extracurriculars , around the same GPA, made irvine,` and said he made it because of his essay. my GPA is hella low due to my junior year, but our class isn't too competitive, they have high GPA's but pretty low SAT's scores (8 of the top 10 ranked in my school are below 1900) but as far as extracurriculars, our school doesnt have too many. i dont know why but an unusually large amount of people from my school got accepted into UCSD last year (20ish), even tho our school is pretty low ranked on the WASC level.</p>