<p>Hey guys.
I know you people have seen a million of these threads, so why not evaluate just one more? :)</p>
<p>I’m a New Yorker and I desperately want to go to California for college – yes, I’m more desperate than Eva Longoria on DH. I attend a highly competitive high school in New York, which sends numerous kids to Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, MIT, Columbia, etc. each year; however, Californian schools are a bit of a rarity. Last year, two kids went to USC, and although about three people were accepted to UCB, and another three to LA, and one to SD, no one went. (There were only 11, 8, and 2 applications, respectively.)</p>
<p>I am really wanting to go to UCLA and USC (due to location), and then UCSD or UCB.</p>
<p>Well, let’s rate me.</p>
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<p>Grades (our school uses numerical averages, as do most NYC schools.)</p>
<p>9th
Global Studies 1/2 : 95/95
English 1/2 : 90/90
Geometry 1/2 : 96/96
Biology 1/2 : 93/93
Spanish 3/4 : 90/90
Ceramics 1 : 94
Chorus 1/2 : 80/80</p>
<p>10th
Global Studies 3/4 : 88/99
English 3/4 : 88/88
Algbr/Trig 1/2 : 85/94
Chemistry 1/2 : 90/93
Japanese 1/2 : 95/96
Art Appreciation : 88</p>
<p>11th
AP World History 1/2 : 90/96
US History/Gov. 1/2 : 99/95
English Honors 5/6 : 90/90
Pre-Calculus 1/2 : 92/91
Physics Honors 1/2: 88/94
Japanese 3/4 : 96/96</p>
<p>12th (Right now)
AP Macro Economics
English 7/8
AP Calculus AB
AP Statistics
AP Biology
Japanese 5/6</p>
<p>UC GPA (10th-11th grades; 5 points for AP/HL): 3.74 UW/4.0 W.
I fulfill all the a-g courses, and have 48 credits for 9-12, and 52 credits 7-12.</p>
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<p>Extracurricular Activities</p>
<p>FBLA Club : 10-11-12 [President]
Student Perspective Club : 10-11-12 [Vice President]
Cross Country V : 11-12
Tutor (job) : 9-10-11-12
NYPD Volunteer Program : 9-10-11-12
Nursing Home Volunteerwork : 10 - 12
Japan Discovery Challenge : 11
(one-month Study Abroad Program)</p>
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<p>Test Scores</p>
<p>SATs:
I still haven’t taken it, but I’m expecting (in October):
M : 720
V : 650
W : 650
~2020?</p>
<p>SAT 2s:
World History : 750
Will take in November and expecting:
Math 2c : 750
Math 1c : 750 (although UCs don’t accept, it’s for other colleges with three SAT IIs req.)</p>
<p>AP World History : 5</p>
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<p>For my essay, I think I’ll stress my study-abroad trip to Japan. Not quite sure yet…</p>
<p>Okay, I think that’s all.
My colleges, in order of preference, are:
UCLA
USC
UCSD
UCB</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>