hey can someone help me find more safeties? also chance me!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi there!
So currently im a junior. By gpa uw will be like a 3.5. I have a really huge upward trend (had problems adjusting freshman year and dealing with family issues) so unfortunately my gpa sucks :/ my uc gpa is like a 4.0. I havent taken the sat yet but last time I practiced I got a 1760 (I havent started seriously studying but I am this weekend) im going to take 4 subject tests: literature, math 2, latin, biology. I plan to major in environmental studies.
The schools im interested in are:
-UCI
-UCLA
-UCD
-UCB
-UCSC
-CALPOLY SLO
-UCSD
-NYU
-Carnegie Mellon
-Syracuse
-Columbia (yes I know im crazy)
-Harvard (insane, I know)
-MIT (yeah I know ridiculous)
-Cornell
-Boston University
-Northeastern
of course as time gets closer ill probably be trimming this list up.
im an URM girl whos family earns <$30,000
I take honors and AP classes
I have a nice list of extracurriculars! including like 3 or 4 leadership positions in the school including band.
I playes a varsity sport but had to stop due to becoming band major.
im apart of my schools newspaper.
I volunteer helping to teach science to low income students in addition to other stuff ive done.
Im apart of an organization that teaches leadership skills to middle schoolers.
ive helped in our family business.
im apart of CSF and Latin honor society.
ive received multiple awards for my academic success.</p>

<p>Sorry this is so long! Also sorry if the format sucks. Im on my phone so when I get to a computer ill try and fix it up
thanks a bunch :)</p>

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<p>If you need me to elaborate on anything just let me know</p>

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<p>Oh also I received scholar athlete award and a varsity letter in my sport</p>

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<p>Also my school doesnt rank</p>

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<p>Be aware that NYU and BU are not particularly good with need-based financial aid, although they do have merit scholarships (BU blends in merit money with need-based financial aid). You can check their net price calculators and those of other schools.</p>

<p>The following is assuming that you get an SAT score like your practice score… you may also want to take both the SAT and ACT this spring and retake the initially higher one in the fall if you are not satisfied with them. But actual reach/match/safety assessment can only be done with actual SAT or ACT scores.</p>

<p>If you want more safeties, you may want to add more UCs and CSUs to your list. UCs’ holistic reviews make it hard to make any individual campus a safety, but applying to several of the less selective ones (UCM, UCR, UCSC, etc.) make it less likely to get into none of them. It is very unlikely that you get rejected from CSUs other than CPSLO and possibly a few of the other most selective ones, but since they do not publish the thresholds in advance, you cannot be 100% sure except at the non-impacted ones (but if your UC/CSU GPA is 4.0, you are in if you apply to a non-impacted major at a non-impacted CSU (e.g. environmental science/studies at CSUMB and CSUEB; see <a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/sas/impactioninfo.shtml”>http://www.calstate.edu/sas/impactioninfo.shtml&lt;/a&gt; ), no test score needed in this case).</p>

<p>Alternatively (when you have your test scores), you can see if an automatic full ride merit scholarship in this thread is at a school you like:
<a href=“Automatic Full Tuition / Full Ride Scholarships - #300 by BobWallace - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums”>Automatic Full Tuition / Full Ride Scholarships - #300 by BobWallace - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums;

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<p>Thank you sososo much! I really appreciate the help</p>