Please chance?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys,
I'm a current CCC student in my third semester. I'll be finishing up in three semesters (instead of four) and getting an Associates degree in Political Science this December. I would like to double major in French along with Political Science at my future university.</p>

<p>Transfer from: Monterey Peninsula College
Applying to:
-UCLA
-UCSD
-UCSB
-Stanford
-USC
-Claremont McKenna
-Pomona</p>

<p>I got into UCSB/SD in high school, but I grew up in Massachusetts so I don't have residency in CA. I went to a CCC to save money and hopefully establish residency. Will a big move across the country help my chances?</p>

<p>My stats are as follows:
GPA: 4.0 (current semester in progress)
AP Credit:
US Hist- 4
US Gov/Pol- 2
English Lit- 4
French- 3</p>

<p>SATS (even though the UCs don't see them)- 2010 superscore</p>

<p>Work Experience- Part time jobs beginning in ninth grade to present, sometimes with two at once. Some applicable to french interest such as tutoring.</p>

<p>Volunteer Experience- All in high school, through local parish and at YMCA.
I plan on using my free semester to volunteer in Senegal, which is a primarily French-speaking country in Africa. I will be doing a three month internship researching, advocating, and teaching the locals about human rights.</p>

<p>Certifications- Teaching English as a Foreign Language</p>

<p>Awards- A bunch of sports-related in high school. AP Scholar, High School Senior French Award.</p>

<p>No personal statements yet, but I plan on writing about how I got interested in politics and how that inspired my choice in major and my internship plans on Prompt 1. For Prompt 2 I'll write about my passion for French and how its made me grow as a person.</p>

<p>Your thoughts and ideas would be much appreciated (:</p>

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<p>SATS are a little low and you should not submit your gov test score. Because you are not instate in Cali, you will have a harder chance of getting into some of these schools.</p>

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<p>@ meepstar - actually it is much easier to get into a UC from out of state and sat’s will not matter.
OP : moving to a state for the purpose of cc does not establish residency. if you are in Monterey California you would have to work for a year without attending school to be considered. in state and in most cases you’d still be considered a dependent you’d be associated with your parents’ state. Now if you’ve got tuition taken of even at out of state rates: does your school have TAP TAG? Then you’re good especially for a French major and probably for political science. If you can afford to say full tuition you’re good for the UC’s</p>

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<p>@MYOS1634 MPC doesn’t have many agreements with schools in the south where I’m looking. I started an application with TAP (or TAG?) but I think it might be too late since I’m sending in the UC app by November 30th. Will that negatively impact the likelihood of admission?</p>