<p>First, do you have a safety school and have you talked to your parents about paying for college? It would be a good idea to run net price calculators on college websites. For UC Berkeley, are you a California resident?
You want to apply to extremely selective colleges, so you should try to score higher than 1830 on the SAT. But you have a good score in the grand scheme of things, and a comparable SAT or ACT score would be high enough for most colleges. Last year’s average PSAT [score[/url</a>] for juniors was around 143.
For [url=<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/docs/USCFreshmanProfile.2014.pdf]USC[/url”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/docs/USCFreshmanProfile.2014.pdf]USC[/url</a>], middle 50% SAT composite scores range from 2030 to 2250.
For [url=<a href=“https://www.hmc.edu/admission/discover/]Harvey”>Discover Harvey Mudd | Admission and Financial Aid | Harvey Mudd College]Harvey</a> Mudd](<a href=“https://www.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt/scores/understanding-scores]score[/url”>https://www.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt/scores/understanding-scores), 2090 to 2330.
For [UC</a> Berkeley](<a href=“http://admissions.berkeley.edu/studentprofile]UC”>Student Profile - Office of Undergraduate Admissions), 1910 to 2270.
For [url=<a href=“Stanford Common Data Set | University Communications”>Stanford Common Data Set | University Communications]Stanford[/url</a>], 2070 to 2360.
It looks like you should aim for 2100 or above. Some people perform higher on the ACT than the SAT, so you might try that as well. Remember that good test scores aren’t enough on their own! Stanford is the most selective university in the country, and the others aren’t far behind. They reject people with 2400s every year.
Different schools have different grading systems, so this doesn’t mean anything to me. Do you know your unweighted GPA or your class rank? Have you been taking the most challenging courses available? Will you take calculus by the end of your senior year (for Harvey Mudd)?
SAT Subject Tests are [url=<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/faq/admission_standards.html]optional[/url”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/faq/admission_standards.html]optional[/url</a>] at USC.
Harvey Mudd [url=<a href=“https://www.hmc.edu/admission/apply/first-year-students/application-materials/]requires[/url”>First-Year Applicants | Admission and Financial Aid | Harvey Mudd College]requires[/url</a>] Math II as well as another Subject Test.
UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering and College of Chemistry [url=<a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/requirements/examination-requirement/SAT-subject-tests/]require[/url”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/requirements/examination-requirement/SAT-subject-tests/]require[/url</a>] “Math Level 2 and a science test (Biology E/M, Chemistry, or Physics) closely related to the applicant’s intended major.”
Stanford [url=<a href=“Page Not Found : Stanford University”>Page Not Found : Stanford University]recommends[/url</a>], but does not require, that you submit scores from two Subject Tests. </p>