Four months later...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I posted a similar thread a few months ago, asking what my safeties, matches, and reaches are. Since then, my SAT I, SAT II, AP scores, and grades have arrived, and my plans for certain extracurricular activities have fallen through. I didn't get all the scores I anticipated, and a lot of my plans have been abandoned since then. If you guys can help me out with redetermining my safeties/matches/reaches again, I'd appreciate it. I'm well aware that I'm not very impressive compared to some of the demigods on this board so bear with me. Thank you.</p>

<p>Small 7-12 magnet school with a student population of about 1,200 (roughly 200 students per grade)
Southern California
Asian male (if that makes any difference)</p>

<p>OVERALL GPA: 3.83 (weighted)</p>

<p>FRESHMAN
Honors Biology: A A
Honors Geometry: B C
Honors English: B B
Spanish II: A A
College Preparation & Planning: A A
Choir: A A
PE: A A</p>

<p>SOPHOMORE
AP Comp Sci A: B C
Honors Chemistry: A B
Honors Algebra II/Trigonometry: B B
Honors World History: A A
Honors English: B A
Spanish III: B A
Intro to Business (1st semester): A, Health (2nd semester): B
PE: A A</p>

<p>JUNIOR
AP Biology: B A
AP Language: A A
AP US History: A A
Accounting/Marketing: A A
Honors Pre-Calculus: C C
Journalism/Newspaper: A A</p>

<p>SENIOR
AP Euro
AP Literature
AP US Government
Trig Analytic
Virtual Enterprise
Journalism/Newspaper</p>

<p>AP SCORES
Comp Sci A: 3
Language: 5
US History: 4
Biology: 4</p>

<p>All these AP courses except Biology, Euro, and Comp Sci are required curriculum at my school. Available AP classes I'm not taking include Calc AB/BC and Chemistry.</p>

<p>SAT I:</p>

<p>MARCH
Critical Reading: 670
Math: 550
Writing: 790 (77 multiple choice, 11 essay)
Total: 2010</p>

<p>JUNE
Critical Reading: 700
Math: 580
Writing: 790 (76 multiple choice, 12 essay)
Total: 2070</p>

<p>SAT II
Korean: 800
US History: 780
Biology Molecular: 610</p>

<p>ACT
Composite: 30
Math: 26
Science: 26
English: 36
Reading: 32
Combined English/Writing: 35
Writing Subscore: 11</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS:</p>

<p>FBLA member (10, 11, 12)
-Placed 6th at the 2004 Southern Section Conference for Intro to Business
-Competed at the 2004 State Conference (in other words, I came home empty-handed)
-Placed 5th at the 2005 Southern Section Conference for Marketing</p>

<p>Founding MUN member (11, 12)
-Competed in the Commission of Narcotic Drugs at the 2005 West Coast Invitational Conference</p>

<p>National Honor Society (10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>Volunteer at a nursing center (10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>SUMMER:</p>

<p>Algebra II course at a community college (2003)
-I got a "B"</p>

<p>Short-term mission to Mexico (2004)
-construction, children's bible study</p>

<p>Part-time job as a Korean translator at the nursing center (2004)</p>

<p>Newspapers2 High School Journalism Workshop at CS Long Beach (2005)</p>

<p>OTHER:</p>

<p>6th place in a writing contest with the OC Register (2002)</p>

<p>School Newspaper (11, 12)
-Founding member of new school paper
-News Editor (11)
-Associate Editor (11)
-Editor-in-Chief (12)</p>

<p>MAJORS
English, History, Journalism</p>

<p>SCHOOLS:</p>

<p>Occidental College
Pepperdine University
USC
UCSB
UCSD
CS Fullerton
CS Long Beach
Boston University
NYU
Bard College
Sarah Lawrence College
Reed College
Seattle University</p>

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<p>You've got a pretty well-rounded list of schools, NYU and USC might be a SLIGHT reach. Good luck with them, though, you've got a nice application and a realistic list of schools.</p>

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<p>Whoa you ae like the first asian I've seen with a higher CR score than MATH. Not your typical asian...lol. Neway yea NYU and BU are probably slight reaches. USC might be easier becuase of your residency and SAT II scores. Others I'm not that familiar with but they sound like matches?</p>

<p>Good Luck</p>

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<p>lol I had a higher verbal/writing than math and I'm asian.</p>

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<p>i doubt NYU is a reach, I'd say it's a match, unless you're trying to get into stern or something.</p>

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<p>ya same with BU for that matter, BU is a match i think</p>

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<p>You have met the criteria for admission to CSU Fullerton - even for an out-of-area student (held to higher standards than our "immediate" community now, because so many programs like engineering, computers, etc. are impacted).</p>

<p>If you are interested in the Musical Theatre BFA, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE write me. I am the new coordinator, and am very interested in giving you honest information regarding the program, the training emphases, and the odds of being accepted into the program.</p>

<p><a href="mailto:ehimmelheber@fullerton.edu">ehimmelheber@fullerton.edu</a></p>

<p>Eve</p>