<p>Hey!</p>
<p>Well, I was very much undecided on where to go to college last year (accepted to UCSD/UCI) so I took a gap year in order to work for money and to apply to colleges that I was too stupid not to apply to last year (this includes UCSC). </p>
<p>UCSC and Berkeley are my two top choices for UC's for me to get into. I was rejected from Berkeley last year, but I think it was because my essay sucked (It really did). So I also took the time this year to make a better essay that expressed my views. </p>
<p>Do you think I have a chance at UCSC even though I took a gap year to just work?</p>
<p>I want to double major in Global Economics and Studio Art. </p>
<p>Stats:
Female/1st Generation/ Took a gap year to work for college funds</p>
<p>SAT: 1810
SAT2: 574, 540
UC GPA: 4.0
REG GPA: 4.24</p>
<p>Class Rank: 7/414 </p>
<p>AP:
Art 2D: 4
Art 3D: 3
Art Drawing: 3
Eng Lit: 3
Eng Lang: 3
World His: 3</p>
<p>EC's:
Japanese Club President [9th grade]
Chinese Club [10-12]
Art Club [10-12]
Principal's Round Table- helped principal w/ plans for school [11-12]
Animal Shelter Volunteer [10-12, not so many hours though]
California State Summer School for the Arts- pre-college program for arts [11th]</p>
<p>Honors:</p>
<p>Governor's Medallion- highest art award for students in california
NHS, NJHS, CSF, AP Scholar
Random Chinese language award</p>
<p>Work:</p>
<p>Candy Store Sales Associate [~32 hours per week; year round] <--current job.</p>
<p>Like I said before, I re-did my essays because last year I was really dumb and made one of them humorous and now that I look back on it, it was not the effect that I wanted it to be. </p>
<p>Think I stand a chance?</p>