<p>How can I get into USC? or any college in California? I'm a sophomore in high school right now from Virginia.
-3.5 GPA (unweighted)
-played Freshman Field Hockey in my freshman year
-played JV Varsity Field Hockey in my sophomore year
-participated in winter track and field in my freshman year
-currently in the Spanish Honor Society
-IB classes I'm taking in my junior year are IB English, IB Spanish and IB HoA (History of Americas)
-Pre-IB classes I've taken so far are Pre-IB Government, Pre-IB Chemistry, and Pre-IB World History.
-I plan to take IB Math Studies, IB Psychology, IB English 2 and IB Spanish 2 in my senior year.
-I have a leadership role in my church youth group
-I volunteer at soup kitchens frequently
-this summer I'm going on a five week missionary trip to Cambodia and Vietnam to help the poor that have leprosy, HIV/AIDS, and the people who are blind.</p>
<p>I plan to be a psychologist or a psychiatrist. And I know I have a whack plan but I also plan to take advantage in being in a college in California so I would have more opportunities to be in the acting industry. </p>
<p>mycollegeoptions.org suggested me to this college, University of California-Los Angeles and University of California-Riverside</p>
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Bring lots of money. The UCs and CSUs use a different way of calculating GPA. Check here for that. [CSUMentor</a> - Plan for College - High School Students - Freshman Admission Requirements Overview](<a href=“Cal State Apply | CSU”>Cal State Apply | CSU) There are also many good privates in CA. All will cost a good bit of money. Look up the amounts and discuss that with your parents now.</p>
<p>When you have two outstanding publics in your backyard (UVa and W&M), paying OOS rates for a UC is foolish. UC is focused on grades (over test scores), so you’ll have to step up your grades if you want a shot at UCLA. Riverside is a total waste of money. Many kids instate choose a juco over UCR so they can transfer to a ‘better’ campus later.</p>
<p>USC loves high test scores, and NMSF’s, so ace the psat and you have a good shot, as long as you pull in a few more A’s.</p>
<p>Psychiatrist requires an MD degree, and attending a Calif Uni to be premed is not a good plan – too many gunners out here.</p>
<p>You apply, and then you wait.</p>
<p>In all seriousness, you just do what you’re doing - keep taking difficult, rigorous classes, and continue following your passions as far as extracurriculars go. I am not one to suggest joining 30 million clubs just for the same of having them on your resume, but if you like volunteering you may want to pick up a steady/regular volunteering gig (unless the soup kitchen thing is a regular thing - like once a month, but really once a month and not whenever you feel like it). Do you have any other interests? You may want to pursue those, like playing a community sport, learning an instrument, joining a science club.</p>
<p>There are other ways to act besides being in CA - most large universities have decent theater programs and if you like acting, you can minor in theater and/or you can join an acting club on campus and just do it for fun. You don’t have to be in CA to act. As a matter of fact, I too am curious why you want to be in CA at all, especially when as was already mentioned you have two excellent choices for public universities in VA.</p>
<p>I am curious…with all of the information about yourself that you have posted, absolutely nothing having to do with acting or the acting industry?</p>