common asian guy living in CA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Schoolsi live in cali btw)
UCBerkeley
UCLA
UCSD
UCI (safety i hope)
and now the super reaches...
Stanford
UPenn
Princeton
USC(safety i hope)</p>

<p>recs are fairly decent, nothing special, nothing bad just average recs. </p>

<p>ok what i have is not great.... so here goes</p>

<p>SAT I - Math 720 Verbal 630 = 1350
retake in December...will do better just do not know how much higher
SAT II - Math II C 800
SAT II - Chemistry 720
SAT II - Writing 710</p>

<p>AP Calc AB 5
AP History 4
AP Comp. Sci A 3
Will have taken 8 AP classes by end of senior year...</p>

<p>about 4000 students at my school...my class has 800 and school does not rank.
GPA 3.79 - 3.81
Weighted GPA 4.2</p>

<p>3 year member of Track
1 year member of Academic Decathlon(various awards)
Volunteer at Daycare Center...450 hours
Volunteer at Hospital ...150 hours
Some other useless awards... ec's are weak i kno...</p>

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<p>decent chances</p>

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<p>actually, good chances for irvine, SD. good chances for all UC's. yeah, your ec's are weak- take SAT again if possible. Get some top-notch essays and recs and you'll be in business.</p>

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<p>thnx guys... how about the ivies... any shot?</p>

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<p>You will probably need at least a 1450+ on SATI and u gotta show that u have learned something from ur ECs to help otherwise its just another mindless job. Personally, i dnt think anyone has a decent chance at ivys/stanford unless u got like a 1480+ on SATI and 4.45+ gpa. the AP scores need boosting so do well on them in may. eh. who knows, sometimes the cornered rabbit can hurt the wolf.</p>

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<p>aim for UCLA or Berkeley the other one's (you know which one's i'm talking about) are reaches.</p>

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<p>any others plz?</p>

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<p>UCBerkeley-slight reach
UCLA-slight reach
UCSD-match
UCI-safety
Stanford-reach
UPenn-reach
Princeton-reach
USC- match</p>

<p>connections could really help you at schools like UPenn, do you have any??</p>

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<p>LA and Berk are reaches?</p>

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<p>you can prob get into berkeley, not sure about LA</p>

<p>more Ecs could help u a loy</p>

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<p>keng:</p>

<p>UCB: Slight Reach
UCLA: Slight Reach
UCSD: Match
UCI: Safety</p>

<p>Stanford: Reach
UPenn: Reach
Princeton: Reach
USC: Slight Reach</p>

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<p>you sound like you go to arcadia high
i dunno..</p>

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<p>True, true.</p>

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<p>i think you have good chances at the UC's</p>

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<p>Might look at Duke.</p>

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<p>I don't know if you listed any of these, but consider them:</p>

<p>UMich
UVA
GTown</p>

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<p>Average SAT Score for an Asian male from California getting into Berkeley is about 1440 I believe. If you take best verbal + best math, instead of best one sitting SAT score. </p>

<p>If you are an American of Korean or Chinese descent, from LA, especially in an Asian city like Arcadia, Cerritos, Monterey Park, Fullerton, etc... 1550 on the SAT to have a 50/50 shot at Berkeley. Probably 1500-1550 at UCLA for 50/50 shot.</p>