<p>what are my chances at uc berkeley, washington university at st louis, rice, usc, ucla, Johns hopkins, cornell, Duke, ucsd, and uc davis</p>
<p>intended major- biology/biochemistry, something along those lines</p>
<p>the ultimate question is that can my act score which is 3 point above average, great extracurriculars, and good heart felt personal statements make up for my gpa being .3pts. below?</p>
<p>My Application</p>
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<li><p>GPA- 3.7 uc, 3.55 unweighted, 4.00 weighted (dont leave weakest part of my app) i have taken 12 honors/ap classes freshman to junior year. Senior year im taking AP Biology and AP Calculus AB/BC(depending on enrollment)
-also my school dosent have anymore honors/ap to offer</p></li>
<li><p>Test Scores </p></li>
<li><p>33 act </p></li>
<li><p>700 Math 2</p></li>
<li><p>700 u.s. history</p></li>
<li><p>3 AP Chemistry</p></li>
<li><p>3 AP English Language</p></li>
<li><p>3 AP Psychology</p></li>
<li><p>4 AP U.S. History</p></li>
<li><p>Personal statements- i mentioned my parents car crash when i was a freshman on how both my parents became disabled and how i had to take care of my mom, dad, and 7 year old bro. </p></li>
<li><p>Extracurricular:
Volunteer: </p></li>
<li><p>300 hr. at local hospital (i wrote in my statement on how i started going to the hospital to just get volunteer hours but in the end i want to be a doctor when i grow up) </p></li>
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<p>clubs:
1. 4 year nhs
2. 4 year csf (secratery 2009)
3. 4 year mesa (secratery 2009)
4. 4 year track and field (3 year varsity and 2 time league champ.)
5. 4 year red cross</p>
<p>awards:
1. AP Scholar with Honor
2. 2008 most improved thrower (made a 45 foot improvement in the discus from freshman year to sopomore year)
3. Captain of the throw squad 2008-present
4. 2008-2009 league champ </p>
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<li>Letters of recommdentaion </li>
<li>2 schools counselors</li>
<li>Ap English 3 teacher </li>
<li>Ap u.s. history teacher</li>
<li>Head of the math department (he taught me for 2 classes) </li>
<li><p>Head of the science department </p></li>
<li><p>other information</p></li>
<li><p>low income family only makes about 52k a year</p></li>
<li><p>neither parent has a degree</p></li>
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