How can I secure admission into UMD CP, GIT or Berkeley? How should I improve?

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<p>Hello, i am currently a sophomore in high school, and i want to go to college park and get into the computer science honors program. </p>

<p>my current cumulative GPA from 9th grade is 3.3
and my WGPA is 3.8</p>

<p>i took AP gov last year but unfortunately failed and got a 2, and i did pretty bad in the class it self. </p>

<p>this year i am taking ap us history, and i have an A in the class,
next year i plan on taking AP Chemistry, AP Comp Sci, and AP lang. </p>

<p>My GPA was pretty bad last year, and for the first semester this year, i will probably get a 3.85 or possibly a 4.0, which will raise my GPA and WGPA.</p>

<p>Currently at my school I am in the Robotics Club, Varsity Tennis, Rubiks cube club, Website management team, and an electric car racing team for electrathon. </p>

<p>I take practice SATs from the KAPLAN book and i am around the 1600-1700 level. i did pretty bad on the PSAT this year and got a 148, im going to take a prep class the summer before junior year. </p>

<p>What GPA and SAT/ACT scores should i get to secure admission into UMD College Park Computer science honors program?</p>

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<p>What state do you live in?</p>

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<p>assuming that you are not a California resident, can you even afford UC? (Little fin aid for OOS’ers.)</p>

<p>Also, UC has very specific course requirements, including a visual/performing arts course (VAPA).</p>

<p>[Admission</a> requirements | UC Admissions](<a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/requirements/]Admission”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/requirements/)</p>