<p>A Chinese girl who came to U.S. 2.5 years ago and now lives in CA
Not a permanent resident yet, but our family has filed the petition. Mom works in UCSF, so I should be considered as a CA resident for UC admissions. </p>
<p>Here are my stats:</p>
<p>GPA: 4.00 (unweighted)
Class rank: 4/200
My high school is not that competitive, and it only offers a limited range of classes. No AP Sciences Class, Only AP Cal AB, AP Stats, AP US, AP Eng Lit, AP Spanish </p>
<p>SAT I: 1940 570V/760M/610W (will retake in Dec, hope to break 2050)
SAT IIs: E-Biology 710
Math IIC 760 (will retake in Nov)
US History 780
Chinese w/ Listening 800
Chemistry 800 </p>
<p>AP US History 5
AP Statistics 5
(The only one in my senior class who gets both a 5 on those two and id among the few who passed the tests at our school last year)</p>
<p>Senior year schedule: AP Eng Lit
AP Cal AB
American Democracy Honors
Physics
Spanish 1 (not necessarily need it, just to learn a 3rd language)
Self-study for AP Biology and AP Chemistry or AP Physics</p>
<p>ECs:
Science Workshop (10, 11)
Chinese Club (10, 11, 12, president of the club this year)
Badminton team (11)
Mock Trial (12)
Outdoor Club (11, 12)
Med-link (10)
Dental Mentorship Program (11)
California Young Writers' Project (11): produced a play myself
Volunteer at church almost every Saturday morning (10, 11, 12)
Volunteer at library monthly for booksales (10, 11, 12)
Conservation work with an organization (11, 12)
Summer intern at a pharmacy the past summer
In a conservation crew in Michigan the past summer</p>
<p>I will probably major in Biology or Psycology. I am going to apply UCB, UCLA, UCD, UCI (I am ELC eligible), Stanford, Washington University, Cornell. What are my chances for those schools? By the way, one family friend advises me to apply to Harvard, Yale and Princeton (I know this is completely out of my reach) because they practice need-blind even for international student. Should I try?</p>
<p>My counselor asked me to put more safety schools on my list, but I don't know which ones should I add on. Any suggestion?
Thanks in advance.</p>