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I am a junior in high school. I am a California resident. These are my stats for when I graduate
GPA: 4.28 (4.37 UC system)
Major: Applied Mathematics or Economics
Unweighted: 3.9 ( I got B’s in Honors Bio and Honors Chem in Freshman and Sophomore year)
ACT: 34 (34 English, 34 Reading, 32 Math, 34 Science, 11/12 Writing)
Math I: 760
Math II: 780
US History: 790
Rank: 9/264
AP scores: AP World History 4, APUSH 5, AP Computer Science 5, AP Lang 4, AP Calc 4 (these are not including senior year AP’s)
My Essays: Probably 9/10 or 10/10
Teacher Rec’s 8/10 and 9/10 (didn’t have a personal relationship with them)
Counselor Rec 8/10 (didn’t have a personal relationship)
Extracurriculars: 140+ hours of community service, NHS president 2 years, Model United Nations secretary junior year and president senior year. CSF member 2 years. Korean Club secretary sophomore year. 3 years of varsity tennis. Made website for mental health and currently working on trying to get one of my articles published.

Hooks: I think I will have amazing essays based on the topics I will write about. Strong ACT score.
Drawbacks: Low GPA, lack of extracurriculars, mediocre letters of rec
Other: Full Asian, 200k+ family income, 3rd generation (future) college student

P.S. My school is a small public school and so it doesn’t offer as many AP’s as most public schools.
Thank you so much. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

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The schools I am interested in are UCSD, UCLA, UC Berkeley, USC, Yale, and Columbia.

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The schools you have listed are ultra-selective. So, they are a long shot for everyone. You have a weak GPA for these super selective schools. However, if your essays are going to be great at you expect, then you may have a chance at UCs. Yale and Columbia will still be a long shot. You must plan for a few other match/safety colleges.

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Thank you!

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If you are a Junior, you cannot have a UC GPA as of yet. Is this your predicted UC GPA? You have a competitive ACT and SAT II Subject tests.

You should consider UCLA/UCB Reach schools but all the UC’s on your list are definitely possible. Where are your solid Safety and Match schools? You want at least 1-2 safety schools and 3-4 Match schools on your list or you may end up with no college options.

Continue doing what you are doing and best of luck.

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For the study of economics, including its mathematics-based subfield, econometrics, look into Williams, CMC, Middlebury, Wesleyan, Hamilton, Colgate . . .

https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.uslacecon.html