Plz chance a poor Californian who has the compassion to chance back...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chances for 3 good private colleges and 5 good UC's </p>

<p>Where I live: CA
Intended Major: biochemistry, chemistry, bioengineering, or chem engineering (plan to go to med/pharmacy school)</p>

<p>My GPA as of now (roughly): W-4.10, U-3.99
UC GPA: same as above
Class rank as of now: top 9%, maybe 8%</p>

<p>SAT 1: 1810 composite (first time and will retake in november as last time, aiming for 2100 at least, studying very hard this summer, might sacrifice my 1st senior year report card grades to prepare for this)
CR score: 500 (I'm studying vocab and reading more often now)
M score: 670 (idk how to improve this)
W score: 640 (brainstorming essay ideas now)</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests
Math Level 2: 730, wont retake most likely, waste of time studying
US History: 660, I only took Honors US History b/c I couldn't fit AP in my schedule
will take bio m and chemistry in december as last time</p>

<p>ACT: not taken yet, will take in october and maybe december too (as a last resort)</p>

<p>EC’s completed
1. Basketball and badminton, but only on badminton team 11
2. Participation in local marathon training program 11
3. Babysitting my little brother? 9-11
4. Drawing cartoons/comics 9-11
5. hopefully will start volunteering at medical center in september, desperately need some hours on my resume</p>

<p>Job Experience: weekends, minimum wage, 3-8 hours/week, saved earnings for college, 9-11</p>

<p>Honors classes completed: Chem, English, US History
AP classes completed: Calculus AB </p>

<p>Dual enrollment (community college classes)
Precal with Analytic Geometry- A
English Composition and Reading- taking currently, not graded yet</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule
Honors US Gov/Econ
Honors English
AP Chem
AP Bio
AP Calculus BC
French 3</p>

<p>Teacher Rec’s
I know 3 teachers to ask, all of whom I have had before and will have again for senior year. 2 of them teach a subject related to my intended major.
App essays- will start working on in August, might talk about speaking different language at home and at school, translating for my family, language barriers, crime in my city, my little brother? </p>

<p>Will these help me on my app?
Poor background, low income, lived in same ghetto my whole life
1st generation 4 yr college
Cool attitude towards kids
Strong math, science, and writing skills
Went from 3.75 W (3.5 U) GPA for 10th grade to 4.4 W (4.0 U) GPA for 11th grade, almost 0.7 W GPA increase</p>

<p>My final college list, descending in 09 USNEWS rankings
Do you guys agree with these? If no, plz state your opinion next to the colleges and say why you think that way.
Duke reach?
Rice reach?
UC Berkeley reach?
Georgetown match?
UCLA match?
UCSD in
UC Irvine in
UC Riverside in
Thank you so much and I will chance you back if a link is provided!</p>

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<p>Duke - reach (low SATs)
Rice - reach
UC Berkeley - low reach
Georgetown - low reach
UCLA - high match
UCSD - match
UC Irvine - match
UC Riverside - low match</p>

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<p>I say yes as a match to all the UCs except berkely and LA. those will be low reaches, and certainly not because of your GPA :smiley: just the SAT, but dont stress over it.
Duke- reach
Rice- match
Georgetown- match</p>

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<p>Get the SAT UP!!! anything under 2000 is probably to low for the best schools.
Duke - reach
Rice - reach
UC Berkeley - low reach
Georgetown - reach
UCLA - low reach
UCSD - match
UC Irvine - in
UC Riverside - in</p>

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<p>thx everyone! any more chancers? bump…
plz…</p>

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<p>I agree with most of the comments made above,but I would dare say that… if you could apply for Rice as an early decision candidate with your new november SAT I and a couple of extra SAT IIs that you’ve mentioned you are opting for, I do not see why you wouldn’t be a competitive andidate for Rice ED admissions.</p>

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<p>work on the ec’s in my opinion</p>

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<p>i believe you are good at UCR, UCI, and UCSD. Berkeley looks like a reach, along with the rest. Join a few clubs and take the act once. Raise your CR score. </p>

<p>Good luck to you.</p>

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<p>I think you chanced yourself about right…don’t talk about your little bro though (unless he’s got some disability). With exception of Georgetown and UCLA (Those are reaches too but I think you’ll get in)</p>

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<p>Good GPA, but your SAT scores are really dragging you down. Just do well on your SATs, and you’ll be fine.
However, don’t put babysitting for your brother as an extracurricular… I’m not quite sure if it counts as one haha.
And I was a bit confused on this part: cool attitude towards kids?
What does that mean?</p>

<p>Duke is a reach-- work on ECs and SAT
Rice is a reach-- work on ECs and SAT
UC Berkeley is a reach-- work on ECs and SAT
Georgetown is a reach-- work on ECs and SAT
UCLA is a reach-- work on ECs and SAT
UCSD is a reach
UC Irvine in
UC Riverside in</p>

<p>As the others above have said, just work on your extracurriculars, because you seem to lack a lot. You have the GPA, back it up with your extracurriculars and a decent SAT score. UCLA doesn’t just look at GPA, it specifically looks for extracurriculars.</p>

<p>Good luck! :)</p>

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<p>Duke - high reach
Rice - reach
UC Berkeley - low reach
Georgetown - reach
UCLA - high match
UCSD - saftey
UC Irvine - low match
UC Riverside - low match</p>

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<p>Duke - high reach
Rice - reach
UC Berkeley - reach
Georgetown - reach
UCLA - low reach
UCSD - safety
UC Irvine - low match
UC Riverside - low match/safety</p>

<p>plenty of students have good math, but low CR scores. you need to raise you CR scores before you have a serious chance at Duke or Berkley.
ps- chance back maybe?
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<p>Duke - reach
Rice - reach
UC Berkeley - reach
Georgetown - low reach
UCLA - high match
UCSD - high match
UC Irvine - match
UC Riverside - low match</p>

<p>raise you SAT.</p>

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<p>Raise your SATs if possible, which it looks like you’re planning on already! And also write about your experiences in your essays. That your working every week for college money, first to go to college, etcetc That will help explain low sats. Everything else is good.</p>

<p>Duke reach
Rice reach
UC Berkeley reach
Georgetown reach
UCLA low reach
UCSD in
UC Irvine in
UC Riverside in</p>

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<p>bump bump bump plz</p>

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<p>As everybody says you need higher sats!</p>

<p>Duke - reach
Rice - reach
UC Berkeley - reach
Georgetown - reach
UCLA - reach/low reach
UCSD - match (not in though)
UC Irvine - in
UC Riverside - in </p>

<p>Good luck with everything.</p>

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<p>I’d say you’re right about all. Chances may be better at Berzerkley cause you’re In-State with great stats! I really don’t know much about the UCs so I can’t say much… (sorry)</p>

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<p>You will at this point have difficulty with top college. However, as a person familiar with standardized testing, I think you would probably do MUCH better at the ACT than at the SAT. Why? Because the ACT is a lot more like CSTs, and since your entire school career has been prepping you for those tests, you’ve basically been prepping for the ACT a LOT longer than the SAT. You’ll probably get a 33-35 on the ACT, just looking at your stats.</p>

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<p>I think your estimates are pretty good but I wouldnt count on some of those UCs so much because theyre often very unpredictable. If you can get those SAT’s up you’re chances will improve a lot</p>

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<p>Let me break this to you bluntly.

are not EC’s and sacrificing senior year GPA to improve your SAT score is despicable. There are hundreds of thousands of students with your mediocre credentials none of whom has anything spectacular to showcase to adcom, who might as well reject everyone of you. The truth of the matter is you never took notice of the rigor and competition of getting into college until now. Yes, that’s right. High school is all about not doing anything fun except keeping your head in textbooks until you get the right grades to get into a decent college.</p>