<p>GPA: 3.2
SAT: 1700 (Math-510, CR-570, Writing-620..Essay-10)
*First time taking it...will take again in October(expect to bring it up into 2000's and above)
Rank: School doesn't rank
Schedule: Taking almost every AP I possibly can
*I go to one of the hardest high schools in the nation...Ranked 26 in Newsweeks Top High Schools and Ranked 3rd in the state.
-Essay:Excellent
-Recs: Should be excellent as well</p>
<p>Senior Year Schedule:
-AP Gov't
-AP Econ
-AP English Langauge
-AP Spanish
-Adv. Dance
-Pre-Calc
-Health Ed(Grad. req)</p>
<p>ECs
*La Raza Unida Club (4 yrs- community liason and sec.)
*Spirit Committee(Skit Leader for three years)
*Mock Trial (2 yrs)
*Red Cross Volunteer (since 9th grade, actively engaged with summer camp program-staff for 2 years, Serving on Board of Directors as Youth Representative)
* Internship summer before Senior Year at San Francisco International Airport</p>
<p>Race/Ethnicity-Hispanic
Location-California
*First to go to college, Parents are immigrants to the US and never attended college.
* Would need as much financial aid as is possible</p>
<p>Hmm.. your GPA and your SAT need major help right now. That's the one of the biggest thing they look at and both are pretty low... You need to AT LEAST up to 3.6 and your SAT AT LEAST up to 1900. Yes, it was your first time, so you still have time to work your butt off... Don't half ass it like me and the grade will still remain around the same area...</p>
<p>See if your GPAs are low because of your school's level of difficulty, then you need to show that you are still intelligent by your SAT scores...1700's way too low for USC and many other top level schools.. GPAs are harder to raise then SAT scores so i would focus on the SATs.</p>
<p>Though being a first generation college student will probably help you somehow... I also think you lack ECs... whatdo you want to major in anyhow? Good luck</p>
<p>Well I want to major in Political Science or International Relations. And yes, my school is very difficult. It's defintely the best school in the city and is a very prestigious school that prides itself on being academically superior to many other schools. Many graduates become famous(many Nobel Prize winers, Rhodes Scholars, CEOs and Founders of major corps...etc)</p>
<p>Larationalist just pointed out once again what i said before. Most people I see in your case with low GPAs because of harder schools have 2000+ SAT scores... Work hard.</p>
<p>You probably plan on doing this, but if I were you I'd study my brains out to have my first semester senior grades be as high as possible. Lower GPA's are more acceptable if you generally show a trend towards improvement. And as the others mentioned, you should really consider retaking your GPA. The rest of your stats look really good; great essays and recs won't hurt, either. Best of luck, and fight on!</p>
<p>Why don't you take the ACT test. Some find it easier than the SAT. Also, you get score choice on the ACT test results and so you could take them without any prep and see how you do. Good luck!!!!</p>
<p>My daughter found the ACT easier than the SAT. She thinks her high ACT score was one of the things that pushed her over the finish line with USC. Good luck!</p>
<p>There is no risk in trying the ACT. If you don't do well you don't need to send the scores. If you take it twice, you only need to send the scores that you want to be seen. Good luck during this stressful time.</p>