HEY YOU! (: Chance on UCs+ other privates? Please?

<p>Hey! Thanks for taking the time to chance me!! :D
Theee schools:
- UCB: psychology or architecture <-- DRRREAM school!!
- UCLA: design/ visual communications or architecutre
- UCI: psychology
- UCSB: psychology
- UCSC: psychology
- UCR: psychology
- CSUSLO: architecture or commercial/ advertising art
- U of Washington: architecture
- NYU: psychology or commercial/ advertising art
- USC: architecture!
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences: pharmaceutical studies
- BU: commercial/ advertising art or psychology</p>

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<li>Things you should know about me first:</li>
<li>I'm a girl :D</li>
<li>I'm asian ):</li>
<li>I live in SoCal</li>
<li>I go to a highly competitive hs D: no kidding!</li>
<li><p>I'm quite financially comfortable (100k+ annually) but I'm still gonna apply for financial aid..</p></li>
<li><p>My academic standings! </p></li>
<li><p>GPA: unweighted- 3.26 (I KNOW HUH, WHAT HAPPENED!!!) UC weighted: 3.66</p></li>
<li><p>Class Rank: 314/750 I KNOW HOW HORRIBLE T_T </p></li>
<li><p>Honors taken (9th- 11th): (five total)</p></li>
<li><p>English I, II, & III Honors</p></li>
<li><p>French II & III Honors</p></li>
<li><p>APs taken (10th- 12th): (NINE total + passed all tests I could take SO FAR <em>exasperated gag</em>)</p></li>
<li><p>AP Euro- 4</p></li>
<li><p>AP US History- 4</p></li>
<li><p>AP Bio- 3 =
=''</p></li>
<li><p>AP Studio Art- 4</p></li>
<li><p>AP Psychology- gonna take!</p></li>
<li><p>AP Lit- gonna take!</p></li>
<li><p>AP Art History- gonna take!</p></li>
<li><p>AP Calculus I AB- gonna take!</p></li>
<li><p>AP French IV- gonna take!</p></li>
<li><p>SATs + ACT (icky!)</p></li>
<li><p>SAT I: 1980 (retaking in October)</p></li>
<li><p>SAT IIs: bio-690; us history-720; going to take French in November!</p></li>
<li><p>ACT: 31</p></li>
<li><p>My official ECs + Awards & Honors! :D</p></li>
<li><p>People to People Student Ambassador to China :D FUN (summer before 12th)</p></li>
<li><p>National Youth Leadership for Med: San Fran (10th) & DC (11th)</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteered @ the hospital (11th & summer before 12th; 125 hours so far x
x)</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteered @ this local mental institution as a temp (summer before 11th; 35 hours)</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteered @ the library (9th; 40 hours)</p></li>
<li><p>LEO Club (4 years; 100+ hours x
_x)</p></li>
<li><p>Operation Smile (: (4 years) ! + 3 years publicity officer</p></li>
<li><p>French Club (3 years) + 1 year publicity officer</p></li>
<li><p>Korean Club (2 years) + 2 years publicity officer</p></li>
<li><p>Class committee (4 years)</p></li>
<li><p>CSF (2 years and making the hour requirements so far (: !)</p></li>
<li><p>Class officer (2 years; Social Chair 11th & Historian 12th)</p></li>
<li><p>Link Crew (2 years) + Link Crew Captain (1 year)</p></li>
<li><p>Principal's Honor Roll (so far all 3 years hopefully this will be my 4th (: )</p></li>
<li><p>Dean's List in Biology (10th) </p></li>
<li><p>Hour awards from LEO Club (if those count..)</p></li>
<li><p>Other things to know about me if it may help..</p></li>
<li><p>I've been playing the piano since kindergarten and I've entered some competitions and taken and passed some CM tests (: </p></li>
<li><p>I've been playing the violin since 6th grade</p></li>
<li><p>I've been playing tennis since 4th grade and I've entered a few tournaments </p></li>
<li><p>I've been playing badminton since 8th grade (but this honestly for fun LOL)</p></li>
<li><p>I took part in designing and painting a mural for my piano school's wall</p></li>
<li><p>I own a small card making business with the help of my dad :D</p></li>
<li><p>My letters of recs are going to be good I knoooow it :D hehehe!</p></li>
<li><p>My UC essays are going to be pretty good I'm kind of sure :D (so far everyone who has read it likes it!)</p></li>
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<p>I hope you have a killer portfolio for UCLA, because that’ll be the deciding factor of you getting in, as I think their design schools tends to be more lenient on gpa.
your gpa and class standing is not as good as it should be to stand a chance at UCLA or UCB. </p>

<p>BU, USC, UCSB, UCI, NYU are reaches, some low reaches.</p>

<p>UCR IN
UCSC IN</p>

<p>Cal Poly Slo, dependent on portfolio but I think in.</p>

<p>I don’t know enough about mass pharmacy or washington to chance them for you, </p>

<p>What I don’t understand is why you don’t have art schools on your list if you’re applying to design/architecture programs that will require art portfolios. they’d be matches. Are you familiar with Otis College of Art & Design? Its in so cal, i think you’d get in. If you want boston, maybe Mass College of Art. If you want NY, Pratt Institute, Parsons, School of Visual Arts</p>

<p>Thanks for your thoughts!
Yes… about my portfolio =_______<em>__=‘’ uh.
I just really would love to go to a UC…
A- anyone else’s opinion? T</em>_T eek
Thank you!</p>