CIT/MIT, Stanford, UCB, UCLA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>These are the schools I plan on applying to. My application to both UC schools have already been submitted and the other three, I'm working at.</p>

<p>Freshman Courses:
Geometry -AA
English I(H)- AA
P.E.- AA
World History(H)-AA
Spanish I-AA
Biology-AA</p>

<p>Sophomore Courses:
Algebra II- AA
P.E.- AA
AP Euro- AA
Chemistry-AA
English II(H)-AA
Spanish II- AA</p>

<p>Junior Courses:
AP U.S.-AA
AP Physics B-AA
AP Bio-AA
AP English Language/Comp. - AA
Spanish III- AA
Math Analysis-AA</p>

<p>Senior courses (Yet to receive grades):
AP Government
AP Spanish IV
AP Macroeconomics
AP English Literature/Comp
AP Calculus
AP Chemistry
Vocal Ensemble</p>

<p>-Unweighted GPA: 4.00</p>

<p>-Weighted GPA (5-point scale): 4.54 (Assuming I get A's this year)</p>

<p>-UC GPA: 4.41</p>

<p>-# of AP/IB/honors courses: 14 (13 if AP Gov and AP Macroeconomics are combined)</p>

<p>-class rank: 2/422</p>

<p>-SAT Reasoning:
1880, (November score yet to be received but most likely higher since I studied this time.)
Math: 760
Critical Reading: 600
Writing: 520</p>

<p>-ACT: (Taking in December)</p>

<p>-AP scores, past and planned exams:
Euro: 3
Chemistry: 3 (Self-studied Soph year)
Chemistry: (Retake Senior)
Physics B: 3
Biology: 3
English Lang: 3
English Lit:
Calculus BC: (Self studied Senior)
Music Theory: (Self studied Senior)</p>

<p>-ECs:
Cross Country: Have ran all four years on our varsity team and competed at CIF all four years. In fact I have a race this next week for CIF Prelims.</p>

<p>Track & Field: Varsity athlete for the triple jump. State ranked (California) top 50 and nationally ranked top 300 (Junior year).</p>

<p>Pianist/Vocalist</p>

<p>Snowboard Club</p>

<p>-Honors/Awards:
Student Athlete award for maintaining a 4.00 grade average or above during the entire athletic season (6 times and counting)</p>

<p>CIF patches and certificates</p>

<p>AP Scholar Award</p>

<p>Talent Show Runner-Up
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Not sure what else to include.</p>

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<p>Stanford/MIT/CalTech are all very high stretches. Not a lot of unique intensive ECs to distinguish from the crowd and your test scores are not spectacular.</p>

<p>Berkeley and UCLA are both reaches, but might be probable. Again, test scores and lack of ECs hurt you. UCLA probably most likely</p>

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<p>CIT/MIT: High Reach
Stanford: High Reach
UCB: Low Reach
UCLA: High Match-Low Reach</p>

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<p>So is there anything I could do to improve my chances with the non-UC schools?</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, Stanford, CIT, and MIT all have the luxury of choosing the students that have amazing academics like yours, and also have the best extra curriculars. You do have really good extra curriculars (I’d say better than mine), but thousands of kids that apply to those three universities have academics as great as yours, but have done something that seperates them from other students with amazing grades. Its normally that they have done something significant that changes a large group of people. The other day I read an article about a girl who had decent grades, but had come up with a health curriculum that 10 states adopted. She was accepted into MIT, Stanford, Columbia and Johns Hopkins. </p>

<p>Now for how to increase your chances. Although I did say that those colleges want people who did something significant, academics still say alot. Try to become 1/422 aside from 2/422. And combine that with doing something big, such as becoming a finalist or something in a large statewide science fair, and you have a good shot.</p>

<p>MIT:High reach
CIT: High reach
Stanford: High reach
UCB: Because youre a cal resident, match/ high match
UCLA: Because youre a Cal resident, match</p>

<p>Please chance back!
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<p>good luck at CIF prelims though! Which section are you from and which division will you be competing in? :D</p>

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<p>Thank you! I’m in Southern Section - Division II.</p>

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<p>I would say to improve your chances really try to get as high as standardized scores as possible, not much else. Good luck!!</p>

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<p>highly unlikely, 1800 sat score and those ap’s score are just too low, google silverturle’s sat guide. Buy the blue book and try to raise ur sat score by at least 300. On the bright side your running stats might help u.</p>