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Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>ok, reposting this after finishing all my apps-thanks for reading</p>

<p>declared chemical engineering at UCLA, Cal, UCSD, UCI, USC, Stanford, JHU, Univ. of Rochester, and CSULB (President's Scholars)</p>

<p>unweighted GPA: 3.95 (A-'s brought it down)
UC GPA: 4.55
8 honors, 9 APs by graduation</p>

<p>SAT I (UCs): 1530 (780 M, 750 V)
SAT I (USC & Stanford): 1580 (780 M, 800 V)
SAT IIs: 800 W, 740 2C, 740 Chem (i took more, but only reported these)
APs: 5 Chem, 4 Euro and USH, 3 Eng Lang
PSAT: 223 in Calif. (Nat'l Merit Semifinalist, hopefully Finalist)</p>

<p>ASB Treasurer
Class Secretary
Class Treasurer
Science Club Treasurer
Varsity Basketball 3 years
JV Swimming 1 year
NHS 2 years
Science Olympiad 3 years
CJSF/CSF 4 years
service at a hospital, a library, and my elementary school
also do service for NHS and Student Council
AP Scholar w/ Honor
Univ. of Rochester Humanities/Social Sciences Award
other small awards (Perfect Attendance, etc.)</p>

<p>recs should be good/great, essays i thought were okay/good</p>

<p>first choice is USC-can i get a half or full scholarship??
legacy-parents and uncle went there, also had an interview</p>

<p>i know Stanford and Hopkins are reaches for me</p>

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<p>47 page views and no comments?! haha, jk, but i need some feedback-thanks</p>

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<p>I really think that you have a great shot at all those schools. Your grades and scores are impeccable. Your EC's show a lot of leadership. Make sure your essays are good and I really think you have a shot at all those schools. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>By the way, CB send ALL your SAT scores. You can't specify which tests to send.</p>

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<p>yeah, but colleges only look at the top 3</p>

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<p>syawn:</p>

<p>How can you have a 4.55 UC GPA?
I thought the UC GPA was capped at a maximum of 4.50.</p>

<p>UCLA: Match
UCB: Match
UCSD: Safe Match
UCI: Safety</p>

<p>USC: Match
Stanford: Slight Reach
Johns Hopkins: Match
Rochester: ?
CSULB: Safety</p>

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<p>well 4.55 was what was on my official transcript</p>

<p>thanks for all your comments! best of luck to all of u too</p>

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<p>is anyone applying for the president's scholars program at csulb??</p>

<p>also, i know stanford and hopkins are reaches, but do i even have a good chance or not??</p>

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<p>come on peeps</p>