I am a senior and I am applying to UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, USC, Boston College, Boston U, U of Michigan (along with a list of safeties), and I would like to study business.
My school curriculum consists of a total of 7 courses per semester/year, but the UC system only takes 6 of the courses into consideration. I am only listing the rigorous courses that I took/will take…
Sophomore year curriculum:
Honors Chemistry
Honors Algebra 2/Trigonometry (which UC doesn’t count as an honors class)
I got straight As except for English II (got a B+)
Junior year curriculum:
AP Biology
Honors Precaculus
I got straight As for all my courses
Senior year curriculum:
AP Calculus AB
AP Statistics
AP Psychology
Honors Spanish 3
Honors Physics
UC GPA: 4.17
weighted GPA: 4.21
unweighted GPA: / (my school doesn’t calculate it)
ACT: 30 (Reading: 32; Writing: 28; Math: 33; Science: 25)
Class Rank: top 15% (out of 99 people)
Leadership Roles: student government officer (senior), NHS member(junior - senior), president (senior) + officer (junior) of Boarding Council (senior), ambassador (junior)
Extracurricular activities: Backstage crew for nearly all musical/play productions (sophomore - senior), manager of a sports team (junior + senior), speech team (sophomore)
Summer: Took two weeks of business/accounting/finance courses, internship at a property firm’s accounting department for two weeks
I did not take rigorous courses throughout my sophomore and junior year because I am actually an international student who transferred to high school in America as a sophomore (so I couldn’t take any AP courses coz I did not have any prerequisite grades), and I wasn’t confident at all in taking challenging courses because I was afraid of coping with too many challenges at the same time (I had to get used to the American culture and school system + English is not really my first language). Since I got very good grades (as you can tell from my unweighted GPA) in my sophomore and junior year, I am finally confident and courageous enough to take many rigorous courses in my senior year, but I am afraid it’s too late…
I am a US citizen (California) though, so I won’t be applying as an international student.
I will do early action for U of Michigan.
I had an interview with USC’s Marshall, and my father was a Trojan (family legacy perhaps?)
Can someone please tell me what are my chances? And are there any suggestions? Thank you.