<p>I just discovered that this forum did the "What are my chances?" thing and I wish I have asked here sooner. I know it's late but I would like someone to point out what influenced the decisions of the colleges I applied to</p>
<p>UC GPA(out of 4.0): 3.75 [rank top 9%]</p>
<h2>Rank in school: 15/188</h2>
<h2>Test Scores</h2>
<p>SAT 1: taken: 06/2011: CR: 510, Math: 490, Writing: 480, Total:1480</p>
<p>SAT subject: U.S. History: 630, Biology M: 590, English Lit (wanted to take this for fun aside form the fact that the fee waiver can be used for up to 3 subject tests): 520</p>
<p>ACT: Composite: 22, Eng: 23, Math: 21, Reading:21, Science:21, Combined English/Writing:21 (took the test again and the composite was 24)</p>
<p>AP: U.S. History: 3</p>
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<h2>Classes: (consists of 2 semesters. grades for both semester are provided)</h2>
<p>Freshman:
- Geography AB - A A
- H. English 9 AB- A A
- H. Geometry AB- B B (^^; I thought I took Algebra 1 in 8th grade I found out halfway through the school year that it was just Pre-algebra)</p>
<p>Sophmore:
- H. World History AB - A A
- H. English 10 AB - A A
- H. Algebra 2 AB - A A
- Chemistry AB -A A</p>
<p>Junior:
- Trig/Math Analysis AB - B C
- AP English Lang & Comp - C C
- AP Biology - B B
- Spanish 1 AB- A A
- AP U.S. History - C B
- AP Computer Science - A A</p>
<p>Senior (current classes):
- Spanish 2
- Digital Art
- AP Calculus
- Government ( :( couldn't take AP due to my schedule)
- AP Environmental Sci
- AP English Literature & Composition</p>
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<p>Volunteering:
- I have been an altar server since 2003: (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) 2hrs/week 52wks/year
- Parish fiesta: (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) 8hrs/wk 1wk/yr
- library volunteeer: (9th, 10th,) 3hrs/wk 48wk/year</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
- Califronia Scholarship Federation (school): 10th to 12th grade; currently Vice Pres 2hrs/wk, 14wk/year
- Yearbook: 12th grade 3hrs/wk, 52 wk/year
- Filipino club: (9th, 10th, 11th): 1hr/wk, 52 wks/year
(I forgot to put that I was in my magnet's academy and currently the historian in the officer position... <em>facepalm</em>)</p>
<p>Awards and Honors:
-I got a few student of the month awards, awards from the california scholarhip federation. (I forgot to put that last year I got 3rd place in the school's science fair)</p>
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<h2>Application</h2>
<p>Intended Major: Premed
Major I applied: depeding on the school it was Biology, Biochemistry, Premed</p>
<p>Colleges I applied to and their results:
-Cal State LA: Accepted
-UC Merced: Accepted
-UC Riverside: Accepted
-UC Berkely: rejected
-UCLA: rejected
-USC: rejected
-Standford University: rejected
(:/ didn't get the application fee waivers for the UCs)</p>
<p>USC and UCLA were my top two choices.</p>
<p>Anyways, can someone point out why the colleges made their decisions the way they did please?</p>
<p>Thank you to anyone that spends his/her time explaining this to me even though I should've asked about this earlier.</p>