Columbia, Cornell, Brown, UCLA, and UCB!!!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm not sure if I already blew my chance for any ivies. Here are my grades:</p>

<p>9th grade first semester: 3.57 uw (3 B's, 4 A's)
9th grade second semester: 3.75 uw (2 B's, 5 A's)
10th grade first semester: 3.33 =( uw (4 B's, 2 A's)
10th grade second semester: 4.00 uw (6 A's)
11th grade first semester: 3.67 uw (4 A's, 2 B's)
11th grade second semester 3.83 uw (5 A's, 1 B's)</p>

<p>Total Unweighted GPA: 3.71 =(
Total Weighted GPA: 4.2- 4.3 depending on college. (4.21 for UC GPA)
Class rank: 30 out of 550 (top 7%). My school bases rank on GPA only, not on difficulty of courses. Our school is top 200 public schools in the US based by US News rankings. </p>

<p>I took 4 AP's and one Honors class my Junior year, and 3 Honors classes by Sophmore year. I got 5's on APush and pyschology. 3 on AP eng, and 2 on AP chem. Senior year, I'm going to take 5 AP's. AP Calc AB, lit, Gov, Comp. Gov, and Bio. My 6th class is CP Spanish 4. Spanish is pretty difficult in CP for me. </p>

<p>Im hoping to get a 2200 on SATs (I got 2110 before); 770 on US history; hoping for a 800 on Math IIC; hoping for a 730 on SAT lit.</p>

<p>My EC's:</p>

<p>a.) Tzu-Chi Buddhist Relief Organization (1998-present); Vice-President for two years. and Director of Activities for one year before. Basically we do charity work such as recycling.
b.) Model United Nations (2002-present); Gavels at 2003 and 2004 UCI conference. Many 8 Outstanding Awards. I recieved a Premio de Oro from my MUN teacher (Top 5 out of 160 students she has).
c.) Cerritos Swim Team (2002-present); Varsity and coaches award in 2003.
d.) Nation Honor Society (2004-present); only starting 11th grade can one join. I was voted Rep of the Club this year.
e.) Children's Hospital of Orange County CHOC (2004-present); I just read to little children and watch over them. The minimun age requirement to volunteer was 16.
f.) Fa-Kwang Temple Youth (since a little kid-present).
g.) I'm hoping to get an internship with our Congresswoman Linda Sanchez this fall to get some political experience.
h.) McDonald House in Pasadena (2000-present); I entertain little children with cancer.
I.) Twin Palmes Convalescent Home in Cerritos, California (2001-present); I entertain and socialize with the ederley every month; play bingo, etc.
J.) Builder's Society Club (2004-present). </p>

<p>I have over 1,000 volunteer hours because I have been volunteering since Elementary school believe or not. </p>

<p>Please tell me my chances at COLUMBIA, CORNELL, BROWN, UCLA, and UCB.</p>

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<p>wow. your stats are so similar to mine it's scary. i want to see what people say but for me personally, i think you've got a good chance at UCB and UCLA. columbia, cornell, and brown are reaches.</p>

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<p>i think ur GPA is too low also ur ECs don't look that good as well as ur class rank. Idk about UCB and UCLA and their in state policies and how easy/hard it is but Columbia, Cornell, Brown seem like a far reach to me. Also when raising ur SAT raise the M+V sections because they count a lot more than writing.</p>

<p>U have a lot of hopings so not sure if i can judge the whole thing but without it it seems tough. With it idk it's still a reach but less of a reach.</p>

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<p>aszx552:</p>

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

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<p>My consulour told me that UC's add some points to their equation to see if a person is qualified for their schools. Because my family makes less than $40,000k a year with 4 dependents in the family and 2 older siblings in college, my consulour told me that they add like 30 points to their equation or something, and I have a better chance at UCLA and UCB. I was wondering if this is the case for Brown, Columbia, and Cornell. Or do you have to write it in your essay for them to know?</p>

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<p>I've also heard (based on US News Selectivity Rankings) that UC Berkeley is more selective than Cornell, and Brown is more selective and Columbia, which means it is easier to get into Cornell than UCB, and it easier to get into Columbia than Brown. I'm not sure if stats of in-state or out-of-state admission are factored here.</p>

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<p>since you are instate, Cal and UCLA are easier to get into than all of the other schools....btw that USnews selectivity ranking is messed up.</p>

<p>and when you are comparing those schools, their difference in selectivity is neglible...its a crapshoot.</p>

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<p>the ucs are lenient to in state-ers. i saw senior stats for a lot of cali seniors and many had worse gpas but still got into berk, etc. i do agree brown, columbia, and cornell are major reaches.</p>

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<p>Volunteer hours only count IN HIGH SCHOOL</p>

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<p>If the hours only count in high school, does that mean colleges dont care what you did before high school?</p>

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<p>^^ Not really. I think the only exceptions are if you did the John Hopkins Youth Talent thing and took the SAT then...</p>