Finalizing/narrowing down colleges I'm applying to...

<p>Here they are....
UC Berkeley
UC LA
UC SAN DIEGO
UC DAVIS
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO</p>

<p>I'm also considering Fordham, Wesleyan, Santa Clara, San Diego State. On another thread, someone asked why go from a UC reach to a CSU safety, when there are liberal arts colleges, so I'm trying to finalize my list. I just want to be sure this is a good list, but I think I should add a real safety; what do you guys think? I would greatly appreciate all help.</p>

<p>I am 16, a female, Mexican, my parents didn’t go to school, so I’m first generation going to a university. I am positive I want to study business administration or maybe marketing, but most likely business administration; I'm aware Columbia and Stanford don't offer this major so I am applying to study economis...</p>

<p>I'm applying to:
University of Pennsylvania
University of California Davis
University of California Berkeley
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
New York University
University of California San Diego
University of California Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Stanford University
Columbia University </p>

<p>And possibly... San Diego State (due to recommendations from posts and school college advisor). I need others though; Isn't UC Merced good for science but not much else..yet</p>

<p>SOME HOBBIES/COMMUNITY SERVICE
-seller on ebay: sell clothing, vintage clothing, cellphones, brothers game systems
-have started a fashion type blog but have not made serious money
-was DECA secretary during sophomore and junior year; have been DECA club member since freshman year
-competed last year at DECA northern and state competition and got 4th place at state competition; at state competition, I place fourth; I basically made a business plan and presented it to "potential investors"
- was in band for 3 first high school years (I stopped because decided I was not committed/was busy with other things)
-have played tennis on school team since sophomore year; play first doubles on varsity this year
-volunteer at local hospital
volunteer in school library (about 50 hours)
-volunteer for DECA Club
-have started to help SNEHA (older sister is in charge; is a small nonprofit sponsor-a-poor-child program)
-tutor fellow students after school (started this 2nd quarter of 1st semester); one hour after school</p>

<p>I am a senior. I have taken the ACT, SAT Reasoning test, and SAT Subject Tests. Here are my scores:
ACT: 29 (retaking it one last time in dec)
SAT Reasoning (TOTAL = 1930)
Math: 630
Critical reading: 680
Writing: 620
SAT Subject Tests (WILL TAKE OVER IN DECEMBER: ENGLISH LITERATURE, MATH II, AND U.S. HISTORY)
Spanish: 770
Math: 540
US History: 590</p>

<p>Here are my classes over the past four years and my grades as well as AP scores
FRESHMAN
1ST SEMESTER 2ND SEMESTER
Band 1 A A
Geography A A+
Geometry CPM A- A
Biology A B+
English 1 Adv B+ B+
Spanish Speak 2 A- B
BAND/PE B+ A</p>

<p>SOPHOMORE
1ST SEMESTER 2ND SEMESTER
World History Adv. A A
ALG II/TRIG A- A-
Chemistry A- B+
English 2 Adv B+ B+
SPANISH LANGUAGE AP A A+
ATHLETICS A- (HAD NO CLASS)
BAND/PE A A-</p>

<p>JUNIOR
1ST SEMESTER 2ND SEMESTER
BAND 3 A- A-
US HISTORY AP B A
PRECALCULURS A A+
PHYSICS B B+
ENGLISH LANG/COMP AP A A
SPANISH LIT AP A- A
AHLETICS A (HAD AVID)
AVID (HAD TENNIS) A </p>

<p>SENIOR (classes taking)
AP BIOLOGY
AP ENGLISH LITERATURE
AP CALCULUS
AP GOVERNMENT
AP STATISTICS
ATHLETICS-TENNIS</p>

<p>Passed AP TESTS
US History 5
Spanish literature 3
Spanish language 5
Englush langugage and composition 3</p>

<p>*I attend a public school.
CLASS SIZE: 502
CLASS RANK: 26
10-12 RANK: 16</p>

<p>weighted non weighted
academic gpa (9-12) 3.9429 3.7143
academic gpa (10-12) 4.0870 3.7391
total gpa (9-12) 3.9269 3.7317</p>

<p>I think most of the schools on your list are reaches. You might want to get a few more safeties/matches.</p>

<p>Your ECs a a bit week (don't mention that you weren't commited, that your sister runs the program, etc) and your SAT scores are a bit low, but hopefully the fact that you're an URM and that your gpa is high will help you.</p>