please chance a stressed out, depressed-about-getting-into-college girl?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>thank you very much!
my dream/reach schools are basically uc berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, NYU, vanderbilt, carnegie mellon, U Chicago. are my choices too idealistic and impractical?</p>

<p>*SAT I: *
2050 (math: 720; reading: 610; writing: 720)
2140 (math: 690; reading: 700; writing: 750)</p>

<p>SAT II:
Chinese w/ listening: 800
Bio: 710
I took Bio again, math II & ushistory in June. expecting mid to high 700s score for history.</p>

<p>AP:
5 on chinese
took ap bio, apush, ap stats & ap psychology this year. Not expecting great scores on anything except history.</p>

<p>grades:
gpa: 3.750 unweighted<a href="In%20my%20freshman%20year%20I%20had%20four%20to%20five%20B's%20but%20sophomore%20only%201%20B%20&%20jr.%20year%20all%20A's,%20taking%20ap%20stats,%20apush,%20ap%20bio.">our school doesn't have weighted gpa</a>
class rank: 165/509 ~ 32%</p>

<p>extracurricular:
- band in 9th grade(traveled to australia for concert) & nonprofit band in 10th grade. Self playing in 11th grade.
- co founder & Vice president of school cooking club since 10th grade.
- volunteering at local library ~40 hrs
- volunteering at local hospital ~100 hrs
- making designs for nonprofits over the internet & at school
- 1st place school tshirt design
- vex robotics competition 2nd place, in robotics Public relations team.</p>

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<li>attending cosmos this summer </li>
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<p>some background info(will these affect admissions?): I am asian, my parents are divorced twice, lives w/ mother, annual income is around $50,000. I have a brother who basically gave up studying, plays games all day. extremely competitive school in the top 200s.</p>

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<p>uc berkeley-HIGH REACH
UCLA-HIGH REACH
UCSD-MODERATE REACH
NYU-REACH
vanderbilt-MODERATE REACH,
carnegie mellon-REACH
U Chicago-REACH</p>

<p>Your chances are not really that good for these schools. Your scores are actually O.K. Your ranking (32%), lack of hooks/extracurriculars and AP scores are all huge detriments. Apply to them but also apply to a few safeties. Good luck!</p>

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<p>I respectfully disagree with your rankings derivativex. U Chicago is the best school the OP listed, why would it merely be a “REACH” rather than a “HIGH REACH”?</p>

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<p>Agreed, UChicago is the hardest here. All UC’s seem within reach I guess. Carnegie Mellon is also a godo chance. Do you have any awards or passions that you can focus on in your essays?
your rank is gonna hold you back :/.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>chance me too!
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