Please chance me for UCs and Barnard, NYU, Fordham! :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Please chance me for UCB, UCLA, USC, UCD, UCI, Barnard (!), Fordham, UCSD, NYU</p>

<p>So the way I figure it, this is how it is:</p>

<p>Matches: UC Irvine, UC Davis</p>

<p>Low Reaches: Barnard (dream), Fordham, UCSD</p>

<p>Mid Reaches: NYU</p>

<p>High Reaches: UCB (mommy's dream), UCLA, USC</p>

<p>God level: Columbia (I'm not even applying, I just wanted to include this. Former dream school before I met Barnard!)</p>

<p>Here are the stats. They're pretty weak, so I'm working on improving them.</p>

<p>STATS
GPA: 3.78 UW / 4.09 W (I can't really improve here. . . I slacked off a lot in tenth grade)
Rank: School does not rank
SAT I: 2050 (590 MA / 720 CR / 740 WR) I admit that I did not study as much as I should have for my first time, so I deserve that score. I took it a second time, after studying, and am going to get my results in a few days.
SAT II: US History, Literature, Math II (taking in June)
ACT: will take, diagnostic last year reported potential score of 34 (hopefully I will score about this much)
Other Stats: Will be participating in a selective program senior year where I take all my classes at a local college to earn a maximum of 48 units.
APs taken: AP Stats, APLAC
CC courses taken: Elementary Korean Level 1, Abnormal Psychology, General Psychology
CC courses next year: Intermediate French Levels 4 - 6, Statistical Methods in Research Psychology, Intro to Cell and Molecular Biology, Intro to Existentialism, Social Psychology, Deductive Logic, Knowledge and Reality, Evolution and Ecology, Human Biology</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE:
Common Application Essays: n/a
Barnard Essays: n/a
EC's: I'm big on volunteering, but I'm not sure how important that is to colleges :/
Obtained second degree black belt from tae kwon do, will be third degree by May 2012; have been participating in martial arts for eight years; have been assistant teaching at tae kwon do for a year, two hours every day, four days a week.
Served on PR Committee and Assistant K-Family Chair for two years in Key Club, currently have the most hours in our chapter with over 400 hours.
Co-chairing a local food drive scavenger hunt with local Kiwanis and Circle K groups.
Spearheading benefit concert for Japan with the aid of a highly renowned local band and the local Kiwanis group.
Participating in National Student Leaders Conference at UC Berkeley with a concentration in Health & Medicine.
Taken seven courses at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, have a great recommendation waiting from my former journalism teacher, who is also one of the editors of 7 x 7 magazine.
Participating in the MTC internship program to learn about sustainable transportation.*
Currrently serving on the selective Nordstrom Fashion Board and going for a second term next year; walked in several Nordstrom fashion shows as well as St. Francis Cabrini Womens' League fashion show.
Active volunteer at Stanford Hospital.
Active member of San Francisco Junior League.
Volunteer at Saratoga Community Center; junior chair for a charity auction event for battered women and children's organization.
Reading partner and mentor for local elementary school child from an underprivileged community.
Worked as cabin leader for science camp twice.
Working as day camp director for the city of Sunnyvale this summer.
Featured student blogger on Asian Pacific American progressive website.
Active and highly ranked member of Peta's youth organization, Peta2.
Active member of Secular Student Organization.
Joining Circle K, Psychology Students Union, and Asian Pacific American Student Leadership clubs next year at college.
Currently active member of French Club, CSF, and Science Club.
Currently working on psychology research project as well as a research paper on eating disorders, which is the area of psychology I hope to specialize in.
Major Awards: Placed regionally for Grand Concours French Contest.
Hook (if any): none</p>

<p>LOCATION
State or Country: California
School Type: Public, Blue Ribbon Winner
Ethnicity: Asian</p>

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<p>I forgot to mention, UC GPA is 4.14. Just shy of UCB’s average GPA of 4.15 D:</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t be as so cocky to put Barnard at low reach</p>

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<p>shoot :confused: is there anything I can improve on, other than my SAT scores? GPA is dead and buried, I highly doubt I can pull that up.</p>

<p>maybe a mid-high reach? high reach? sorry, I’m not trying to be cocky. I’m probably overestimating my abilities.</p>

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<p>please? :)</p>

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<p>the uc’s are really all about the numbers, so i think your gpa and SAT scores will definitely put you at a disadvantage… sorry but i think LA and Cal are a definite stretch for you. I went to a school with a million others asians with the same credentials (CSF, science club, all the same AP classes), and many of them didn’t make it with even the best ECs. but i think you’ll be fine for SD, USC, fordham. barnard is a reach, you can definitely get into nyu before barnard.</p>

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<p>Yes, I know my GPA is low. Unfortunately, beyond getting all A’s, there is little I can do. Right now, I have above 95 in all of my classes and will continue to maintain this. As for the SAT, I definitely know I can pull it up to at least a 2200, but I do not know what I got on my second try as scores come out in six days.</p>

<p>You really think UCSD and USC are possible? I don’t know much about Fordham, but many people who are smarter than me have been turned away from these colleges. </p>

<p>I know Barnard is a bit of a reach, but I’m glad to hear that NYU is not so much of a reach. Barnard is definitely my dream, and hopefully I can pull my SAT scores and get great recs and make it in :slight_smile: Thanks for the feedback!</p>

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<p>any other opinions?</p>

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<p>You shouldn’t be that hard on yourself. You “slacked off” and got a 4.14? That’s great, considering that I got into UCD with a 3.75 UC GPA.</p>

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<p>that’s my UC gpa, which for some reason is higher than my weighted gpa. my weighted gpa for 10-11 is 4.09 -___- do colleges include first semester senior year? if they do my weighted should be about 4.23, unweighted 3.81. i really screwed up first semester junior year.</p>

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<p>Hopefully, UCs get better next year. The admissions were terrible this year, and a lot of people get rejected. :confused: Not to discourage you, but I think that UCs focus more on numbers. I had above average ECs, a 4.2 UC GPA, and a 2210 SAT score, but I (as expected) got rejected to Cal and LA. My best advice would be to work on your test scores.</p>

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<p>Yeah, so I heard. conversely, those who got rejected here got into great schools out of state, like carnegie mellon, nyu, bu, cornell, etc etc. I’m not really focusing on UCs, although the cheaper prices are certainly attractive. My dream is Barnard, and I expect my test scores to come up, especially in math. How well do you think my stats would fare at Barnard, NYU, Fordham, and Pace? NY is really where I want to be, although other LACs such as Kenyon, Mount Holyoke, and Swarthmore and Wellesley (both reach again) definitely interest me too.</p>

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<p>any other opinions?</p>

<p>I received my March SAT results and I bumped it up slightly to 2130 - up from 590 to 660 in math! Still studying so I can improve in October.</p>

<p>Will this help me get in anywhere?</p>

<p>Also will volunteering at a museum (Tech Museum) help me? And I also model in Nordstrom fashion shows as well as some local designer shows (recently walked for White House Black Market in a charity show), but I don’t know if I should mention that since it’s not an EC or academic. If I had to categorize it it would probably be classified as a job since I am paid for it.</p>

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<p>That’s gonna put you in a slightly better spot for your top schools, but I agree that Barnard is still a stretch and the top UCs (Berkeley, LA, and possibly San Diego), plus USC, are out of reach. I still think Barnard’s a somewhat-lower reach, which could get better with your (apparently very good) grades coming in at the end of this year and an improvement on your October SAT. Good luck!</p>

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