<p>So here goes:
I am a white female in WA and i reallllly want to go somewhere besides UW hopefull out of state california if i can and i need help understanding my REALISTIC chances!
PLEASE read on,</p>
<p>I have a 4.0 uw GPA and I take 4 IB classes (above AP) so i'm not sure how it will be weighted.
I didn't do well at ALL on my first SATs, i got like 600 on math, 560 reading and 590 writing =( but im retaking with actual studying so i should do much better. please dont make fun haha were not all perfect.</p>
<p>I was captain of volleyball my junior year and will be tennis captain my senior year.
-President of Amnesty International
-Secretary of Key Club
-First team all league volleyball
-Most valuable player volleyabll
-Most improved tennis
-Most inspirational tennis
-Academic letter/achievement for each year
-Honor roll
-National Honor Society position and probably an officer
-Spanish Honor Society
-Outstanding Junior Award
-Spanish Club
-more clubs senior year!
-not too much community service, pretty regular but only about 100 hours (trying to work on that)
-I want to go into medical field, possibly major in cell biology or soemthing of the like.
-Taking honors classes for ones that arent IB</p>
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<li>i think that's pretty much all...</li>
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<p>-want to go to a cali school but dont know if i could actually get in..=(</p>
<p>-IS there ANY possibility of a school like:</p>
<p>(HONESTLY)</p>
<p>USC
UCLA
UCSB
San Diego
Stanford is my want but i know i probably wont get in because im not some prodigy lol. =(
Other good ones, suggested from cali?!</p>
<p>and are there any other ones you would recommend for out of state that would be good all around and have an ok rep for med or soemthin else in case i want to change my major? i want something fun though i do like to kick it=)</p>
<p>Thank you so much , all help is wonderful!!! =)</p>
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<p>Lol first time I see a "<3" on CC</p>
<p>haha well ya know i have to show the love...any ideas by any chance? =)</p>
<p>I wouldn't be able to comment, due to the fact that I am really only familiar with schools on the east coast. You'll definitely need to raise that SAT, but I think you'll have to wait till tomorrow to get some more specific advice</p>
<p>Her SAT's aren't that bad. And a lot of UC's/CSU's look more at grades, class rank and other stuff. It's considered, but it's not going to kill her that she didn't get a 2400.</p>
<p>I don't know how much emphasis each of those schools place on SAT but a 1750 is a ways away from a 2400</p>
<p>That's not the point.</p>
<p>Some schools, for instance Cal State Long Beach, don't even LOOK at your SAT scores if your GPA is a 3.0 or above.</p>
<p>I don't understand why everyone here is like "OMG YOU DIDN'T GET A 2400 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET IN ANWYHERE." That's not how it is at all. At least not in California, I don't know about elsewhere.</p>
<p>That's where we clash. Over here on the east coast, it's almost all about the SAT, especially in florida. I just figured some of the colleges she mentioned might place the same or nearly the same emphasis on the SAT as we do over here.</p>
<p>Ahhh, now it makes more sense. :)</p>
<p>Yeah, they're more lax about it most places here. I'm sure some of them care more than others (for instance, UCLA probably wants a little bit higher than CSULB), but they still tend to place more emphasis on EC's and GPA's and class rank and such.</p>
<p>Yep, it's amazing how different the admissions practices are in different regions</p>
<p>THANK YOU hisgrace! haha yeah welllllll i know im not some crazy like prodigy child and yeah i definitely think i am going to improve if i study so WATCH ME =) personally, going by the saying, I AM NOT A TEST SCORE.</p>
<p>haha, no hostility i promise=)
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<p>lol I never doubted you, I just didn't know where hisgrace was coming from. Good luck though, all your credentials look great</p>
<p>haha thanks vincanity ill try, im jealous your in miami =)</p>
<p>Don't be too jealous, I'm dying to get out to Gainesville. Miami's getting way too populated...not to mention South Beach isn't all its cracked up to be lol</p>
<p>lol LA's not as great as all the movies make it out today. <em>Stabs SoCal traffic/bad drivers</em></p>
<p>They'll give anyone a license here. <em>Sigh</em></p>
<p>Um a Miami resident is the last person to complain about driving to. We have the worst drivers in the entire world (no joke, it was voted on). It's atrocious down here, but I'm going to stop myself because I really could go on and on. It just doesn't make for a very good situation when the majority of drivers are newly arrived immigrants driving without insurance. (No offense to immigrants, I'm Cuban...)</p>