<p>hello, my names Mario , and im a senior in HS in CA. I felt maybe the parents were more experienced and could provide and more thorough analysis Im hispanic and origionally from Bolivia i got off to a rough start in high school and was wondering what my chances are, and i know im aiming to high. </p>
<p>SATS ( some of u r going to have heart attacks here):
540 verbal 460 math = 1000
SATS II:
Math IC: 450
world History: 550
writing: 500</p>
<p>strong EC's ( president at the hispanic community club at my school, VP of catholic student association, etc)
decent recs
passionate/funny essays
not first generation, parents are well educated, if that helps at all.</p>
<p>And this....the biggest shocker. i applied to stanford, caltech, UCI, UCB, Cornell, Princeton, Penn, Fresno state, U of chicago, carnegie mellon, and Yale. I know most of u guys cant believe how high im aiming, but i would like an evaluation of my chances, although i know theyre slim to none, Thank you!</p>
<p>oh forgot to add, keeping up with work wont be a problem. im Very focused, and hardworking now. on my first two ap exams i scored 3 on chemistry, and a 4 on US history.</p>
<p>Your SAT scores are generally much to low for most of the schools you have applied to. I don't know about Fresno State but that would realistically seem to be your best chance for admission.</p>
<p>I like how your gpa increased during your high school term, and how you took APs, but you really don't stand too much of a chance. I don't mean to sound cold, but your stats just aren't even in the same ballpark as most of those schools. It's not impossible I guess to get into them... I just hope you have a lot more safeties.</p>
<p>This is nothing personal, but I am always surprised when people say "Strong ECs" --and then the ECs turn out to be nothing more than club officer. I interviewed for an Ivy for many years, and strong ECs means something much, much bigger than a club officer.</p>
<p>Realistically, it might be hard to get into an Ivy league school, but you probably could get into another good school that isn't quite as competitive. I think colleges will look at the fact that your grades improved so much over the years as a positive factor.</p>
<p>Everything in life isn't predictable. Motivation can go far. I've met someone who actually did very poorly in high school and couldn't get into a university at all, so he went to a community college. He supposedly tried very hard there, did well, transferred to a university and got his bachelor's degree. From there he went on to get a Master's and Ph.D. </p>
<p>I also know someone (a friend of a friend) who was valedictorian in high school. She went to college and has a degree in English. For some years she was a housewife. Now she's divorced, suffered from a couple of miscarriages, and works at a part-time writing job that doesn't pay enough to support herself.</p>
<p>So don't be discouraged. Aim high, and even if you don't get into a super prestigious school, there are other good options out there.</p>