My Chances So Far (as a junior..)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>ASIAN FEMALE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Low-income, first-gen attending upperclass highschool</p>

<p>Rank: Top 20%
When I took the practice PSAT from the study guide the school gave me, I got a 224. When I take practices tests from Collegeboard for SATI, I score around 2100~(in the summer). I'll be taking the real thing in two weeks!
GPA: 3.83 weighted currently. if I get straight A's (very plausible) I will then have 3.76uw/4.02w =///////// </p>

<p>APs taking this year: AP Lang, AP Physics
AP I will take senior year: AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP French, AP Art, AP Bio</p>

<p>Activities:
National Art Honor Society - will earn a position this year!
Amnesty Int. (9-12) Historian(10), Secretary(11), 95% sure Pres(12)
Editor-in-Chief of Literary Art Magazine(11-12)
Service Club- (10-12) Publicity(11-12)
Dance- 5 hours every week- hip hop mostly
Art- BIGGEST PASSION- 10+ hours a week</p>

<p>Awards:
Unfortunately I have not won any awards because I never took the initiative to enter my drawings into competitions in the past...I'll be submitting everything I can this year. I know I can score some awards from Scholastics.</p>

<p>Other factors:
I might join Science Olympiad, contingent on whether I'll have the time for that.
I'm really trying to earn all the volunteer hours this year. So far next month I know I'll be earning about 30+ for sure.</p>

<p>So what should I do to improve my chances for schools like UCLA and Tufts? =)</p>

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<p>TOP 20% seems bad, but lemme explain:</p>

<p>GPA RANGE # of students who achieved this.
4.20 - 4.48 36
4.02 – 4.19 34
3.87 – 4.00 32
3.70 – 3.85 30
3.51 - 3.69 32
3.34 – 3.50 31
3.09 – 3.32 33
2.84 – 3.08 34
2.51 – 2.83 32
1.25 – 2.50 31</p>

<p>this was taken from my school website based on the class of 2006.</p>

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<p>bump please???</p>

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<p>bumppppppp</p>

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<p>yeah join a couple more clubs/get your art recognized.</p>

<p>my friend was probably one of the strongest applicants out there last year and she got waitlisted... everywhere. Harvard, Tufts, Columbia. She was literally president/chairman of everything and she deserved to get in. So, don't let that be you! (lol).</p>

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I know I can score some awards from Scholastics.

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<p>If you're talking about the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, I wouldn't be quite so confident. It's a very prestigious and competitive award. You have to be amazing to make it to nationals, especially in the more popular categories.</p>

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<p>If it makes any difference, I'm joining FBLA this year...
the reason why i've narrowed my club list is because most of the clubs at my school are actually really inactive and many people start clubs just for the sole purpose of posting it on their college resume. so, while one may be "president" of a club and that may seem laudable, that person actually does nothing for that club. boooooo!</p>

<p>yeah, i really shouldn't be all too confident about Scholastics. But when I look at some of their paintings, I think some of them are really....well. There's no nice way to say this and I'm going to sound horrible, but well, they're not as great as they should be for Scholastic standards. Whatever.</p>

<p>thanks guys! Tufts is my ultimate dream school and I'm really going to work hard this year =)</p>

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<p>ls47xx, Why don't you post your stats and specific questions on the Tufts board? You can get a lot more answers there; the people on that board post often and are very helpful!</p>

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<p>...THERE'S A TUFTS BOARD????!!!!!!
THANKS!</p>

<p>and you know what I've come to realize...If I had included the word "Harvard" in my thread title I would have gotten more hits.</p>

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<p>Next time I post, I wanna just title my thread "HARVARD!!!!" and then write something completely unrelated...</p>