Last Chance Thread... at UPenn, Rice, Cal, USC, Villanova, etc.

<p>Asian Male
Have lived in Calif for 7 years
Considered in-state in UC's. (verified)
International in most other schools.</p>

<p>Public High School in Calif.</p>

<p>GPA: Unweighted - 3.75 Weighted - 4.08
Rank: Top 3% - 14 out of ~470
UC GPA: 4.29
UC Rank: 6 out of ~470
UC ELC? Yes</p>

<p>I took all the AP's my school is offering except one. Almost hardest classes possible.</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Tests:
Jan 07 - CR 490 / M 700 / W 600 (1790)
June 07 - CR 590 / M 780 / W 630 (2000)
Oct 07 - CR 690 / M 800 / W 610 (2100)
Superscore - 2120</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests:
Chemistry................770 (retook 690)
Math 2 ...................800
Korean w/ Listening...800</p>

<p>EC's/Awards/Job exp.:
Chamber Orchestra + Club (4 yrs; didn't miss 1st / 2nd chair since sophmore)
Church Services - Cello (4 yrs)
Various awards in cello (solo, quartet, SCSBOA (constant superior ratings), Boston Heritage 1st place, performances, music teachers' association, for scholarships etc.)
Jr. Aux (Volunteer) in hospital - ECRMC (4 yrs; 16 hrs a month continuously)
Key Club (3 yrs)
Boys Tennis (4 yrs; JV/Varsity)
ECKC Youth Group - 06/07 Secretary; 07/08 President (religious group)
Computer Techincian in ECKC (OHP, sound system, mikes, etc. control at services)
Mission at Chiapas, Mexico (summer of 05)
AP Scholar with Honor
Math tutor (3 hrs/week)
Cello teacher at ECKS (1 hr a week)
Gig - various weddings, mall, events, etc. (paid $50 an hour for each player =D)
blah blah rest are not that important to mention.</p>

<p>Essays:
I wrote so many. There were two main ones I really put my time on. Overall, I wrote my essays with honesty, meaning it really shows who I am.</p>

<p>Rec. letters:
One from counselor - descent.
One from AP Chem / AP Phys teacher. Great one, better than counselor.
One from AP Bio teacher. He is solely writing it for UPenn since it's the only school that requires 2 teacher rec. He's impressed with me (anyone can tell, I am one of the only few seniors in his class) plus he knows what i am doing. Really excellent one.</p>

<p>So... chances at:
UPenn (CAS)
UIUC
USC
UC Berkeley (chemical bio)
UCLA (biochem)
Rice
Villanova
Case
Marquette</p>

<p>Please?</p>

<p>other safety schools, I won't mention.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance guys =)</p>

<p>UPenn (CAS): big reach, unlikely
UIUC: in
USC: match
UC Berkeley (chemical bio): slight reach
UCLA (biochem): match
Rice: slight reach
Villanova: very good shot
Case: in
Marquette: in</p>

<p>UCs do not superscore; Berkeley and LA will look at your October score of 2100.</p>

<p>I say good chance at every school except UPenn.
If you can distinguish yourself on your essay, you have chance there too.</p>

<p>I cant tell if my essay is 'great', but i think it's somewhat unique. thx for replys</p>

<p>"Chemistry................770 (retook 690)" <--- Are you making negative progress?? dude, thats not good!</p>