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<p>hello, everyone
i m very confused about my future now. can anyone give me some advice?thx</p>

<p>i am a chinese immigrant. i started my junior year in high school in the US(CA) now my junior year is almost ended. i found myself in such a dilemma.</p>

<p>the 1st semester, i tk HP chem(dont hv ap this year) and AP CAL AB(dont hv BC at all) and ELD ENglish. at the beginning of the 2nd semester, i signed out ELD class and hv a free period. i choose AP Physics
so my GPA is 4.3333first sem and 4.5 2nd sem
i gave my high school my transcript from my high school in china, but it is totally a different stroy there. but the counselor put my grades in anyways..
it hurts me. it make my GPA low as 3.6** (nonweight), i ask to change it. but the counselor refused to do so.</p>

<p>i hv tk the new SAT twice
MARCH 440(reading) 530(essay) 800(math)
MAy 500(reading) 590(essay) 790(math)</p>

<p>i got no record for any sports or leadership or watever. i hv a lot of things which i hv to do for my family. so i cant get any free time to do those things.
my senior schedule is AP sat,AP envi sci, AP Gov,AP Bio, ENG, Dance, and i will study AP MAc/mic eco and AP phy c and AP cal bc by myself</p>

<p>i will tk the JUne SAT for SAT 2(math2 and chem), hopefully i can do a good job.
my resume is like 0 in the US and my SAT is low......(i will tk the Oct one and i m pretty sure i can get over 2000 at least)
if anyone can give me some advice,thx so much</p>

<p>i used to be one of the tops..be i understand i hv to fit my situation and not do the things i cannot do.</p>

<p>i understand i should look on those top colleges, they are just not for me. i just want to find my position.</p>

<p>thx so much. i know many of u here are aimming at IVY, UCs and watever
plz give me some advice if u can,thx.
i m so confused about wat to do in the future.</p>

<p>thx</p>

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<p>I live near alameda, however i know lotsa people who are in your stituation. I know that it's basically chinese culture to go to college Right after high school, but there are many ways to accomplish this. BY this i mean you should seriously consider going to a commnity college (jC), and then transfering to a UC, such as UC berekley. The government has worked out a system so that CAlifornia residents can go to a california JC and transfer to UC's, the ones that get the best grades, i think the cutoff is 3.8, can transfer to UC berkely. Sorry to say it, but you will most likely not get into the IVy's. Do you KNow DeAnza College? it's a JC (community college) in Fremont, and it's the best in California...very good program for transfers. Go and talk to you counselor about this option. ALso, you probably will get into one of the lesser UC, such as Merced, Riverside, But why go there when you can go to a JC and transfer to UC berekley? I say this becuase UC berekley carries the prestige that may help you in finding a job or going to Graduate school down the road.
good luck!!!</p>

<p>By the way, My Cousin was in the same situation as you and she is in UC berkely right now as an artchitecutre major.</p>