**Please chance me**

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Please take the time to read this over and chance me :)</p>

<p>Freshman Year-</p>

<p>Classes:
Spanish 3/4 (took 1/2 in 8th grade): A
World Cultures & Geography<em>: A
Social Issues</em>: A
Integrated Science 1/2: A
English I: A
PE I: A
Geometry: A
Art Explorations<em>: B+ (had personal issues with the teacher.)
Intro to Computers</em>: A</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Freshman basketball (received "most improved" award)
Varsity Lacrosse
Breast Cancer Club
Part-time job as a fitness associate at a local fitness center</p>

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<li>= class was one semester long</li>
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<p>Sophomore Year-</p>

<p>Classes:
English II: B+/A
World History: B+
Adv Algebra: B+/A
Integrated Science 3/4: A/B+
Spanish 5/6: A
PE II: A
Non-Fiction/Journalism I: A</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
National Charity League (secretary, 100+ hrs of community service)
Environmental Club
Started an Operation Smile club (president, rasied over $1,000)
I attended the National Leadership Conference in Utah for one week for Operation Smile and I represented my club.
Varsity Lacrosse (recieved "Coaches Award")
Cont'd with the same part-time job
Wrote movie reviews for a local newspaper</p>

<p>High School: Redwood High School, Larkspur, CA (attended 9-10th grade)</p>

<p><strong><em>Over the summer I moved to Florida</em></strong></p>

<p>New High School: Winter Park High School, Winter Park, FL (will attend 11-12th grade)</p>

<p>Junior Year-</p>

<p>Classes:
Chemistry, Honors: A
Spanish 7/8: A
US History: A
Precalc, Honors: A
English III, Honors: A
Newspaper: A</p>

<p>Tests:
SATs: 1750 (first time- and will retake)
ACTs: 25 (first time- and will retake)</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Varsity Lacrosse
National Honors Society
Quill & Scroll Honors Society
English Honors Society
Applying for an internship @ Orlando Sentinel
Will attend a summer program @ UCSD for three weeks. I will be taking a Journalism class
Still continue raising $ for Operation Smile (but am not in a club)
Editor-in-chief of school newspaper
Gold Honor Roll
Nominated and will attend the summer journalism visitation program at University of Florida
Nominated for the national youth leadership forum by many teachers
Working partime at small start up company as office manager</p>

<p>Senior Year-</p>

<p>Classes
AP Statistics
AP Calc I
AP Economics/Gov't
AP English Literature
Newspaper
Physics, Honors</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Varsity Lacrosse
Editor-in-chief of school newspaper
....</p>

<p>I am ending my junior year now. I was just wondering what my chances were for the following schools.. assuming I bump up my SAT scores 50-100 points and my ACT score 1-2 points.</p>

<p>Colleges to consider:</p>

<p>UC Santa Barbara
UC San Diego
UC Santa Cruz
San Diego State
U of Southern California
U of Oregon
U of Arizona
U of Washington
U of Florida
U of Colorado
U of Georgia
U of Michigan</p>

<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH!</p>

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<p>Coming out-of-state for most of your schools will make it more difficult for you to get in to some of them. Your grades are strong so they will help balance out your less-outstanding standardized test scores. For your chances, I'm going to do them so that your current chances are listed followed by your chances if you improve your scores 100 points/2 points.</p>

<p>UC Santa Barbara... SEMI-REACH. GOOD FIT.
UC San Diego... REACH. SEMI-REACH.
UC Santa Cruz... GOOD FIT. LIKELY.
San Diego State... LIKELY. LIKELY.
U of Southern California... HIGH REACH. HIGH REACH.
U of Oregon... LIKELY. SAFETY.
U of Arizona... LIKELY. LIKELY.
U of Washington... GOOD FIT. GOOD FIT.
U of Florida... SEMI-REACH. GOOD FIT.
U of Colorado... GOOD FIT. LIKELY.
U of Georgia... SEMI-REACH. GOOD FIT.
U of Michigan... HIGH REACH. REACH.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I hate being out of state especially since most of the schools I want to go to are in California.</p>

<p>Thanks for the reply!</p>

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<p>any other help would be greatly appreciated ;)</p>

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<p>UF is a reach, even instate. UCSB, UCSD, USC, UW and UM are all substantial reaches.</p>

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<p>thanks.. I took the SATs this morning so I'm hoping I got in the 1800s. Ill post my new scores in two weeks :)</p>

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<p>also.. am now part of the Social Studies Honors Society.</p>

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<p>...anyone there?</p>

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<p>wow, i think you're setting low standards for yourself, you would be able to get into most of the schools you listed, i don't know much about the public california schools, but aside from those, uMich seems yo be your biggest reach, even so, you should be able to get in there</p>

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<p>thanks for the feedback!</p>

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<p>The only college I really know on your list is UF, and I say you have a pretty good chance. UF really likes amazing ECs, so the more focus you can put on your awards/distinctions, the better. It's great that you're on a varsity team. Most of the people that get into UF have high but not through the roof SATs and high GPAs.</p>

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<p>Allright thanks for the info!</p>

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<p>can anyone else help?</p>

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<p>My school (from miami) drove all the way up to orlando to play your HS. Halfway through the game it started pouring and had to be canceled. 8 hours of driving for 4 innings of baseball.</p>

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<p>haha aww im sorry.</p>

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<p>any other help..</p>