Safety Schools? Help!

Applying to College
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<p>Hello, I'm applying to Uni for 2014 and need some help with the schools.</p>

<p>Currently, I am a US PR situated in either California or Minnesota but am a Singaporean by citizenship. Yes, I am Asian.</p>

<p>SAT Score: Too low to even put here, but i'll be retaking in Oct.</p>

<p>Subject Test: Lit- 680, Math L2 - 730</p>

<p>School subjects: Lit, Math, China Studies, Econs, General Paper, Chinese</p>

<p>School Ranking: We do not rank students, but I am consistently in the top 40-5 percentile for every subject</p>

<p>Extra-Activities:</p>

<p>1) Sports : Tennis, been playing since I was 10. I have represented in Inter-school Nationals twice.</p>

<p>2) Music: I achieved a Grade 5 at 12 for Piano, and ever since, have been self-teaching</p>

<p>3) Community service</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Leader for an Overseas programme to a rural village in China</p></li>
<li><p>Leader for World Vision's Famine Camp</p></li>
<li><p>Leader for various Church outreach programmes</p></li>
<li><p>Help out at the library</p></li>
</ul>

<p>4) Academics</p>

<ul>
<li>Honor Roll ( This refers to the top 50 students in the level or less)</li>
</ul>

<p>5) Clubs</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Debator (Runner-up in a challenge shield and Exco for two years)</p></li>
<li><p>Model United Nations (Clinched 'Miss Congeniality', Council Press Director)</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Universities I am applying to:</p>

<p>1) Wellesley (ED)</p>

<p>2) Northeastern (EA)</p>

<p>3) Tufts (Maybe not)</p>

<p>4) Amherst College</p>

<p>5) UCLA</p>

<p>6) USC</p>

<p>7) UC BERKELEY</p>

<p>Could you please chance me for each of these schools and suggest safety schools for me? Thank you!</p>

<p>I intend to go into Political Science/Economics.</p>

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<p>Cost constraints?</p>

<p>If you have cost constraints, figure out from the University of California and University of Minnesota web sites whether you will be considered a state resident in each state.</p>

<p>Without your unweighted GPA and your SAT or ACT score, no one can give you any idea of your admission chance at any school other than an open admission community college.</p>

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<p>Well, I don’t really know your G.P.A or SAT since you’re retaking but if you can get 3.5+ UW and 2000+ SAT all these schools should be reaches or high matches. Sorry if that’s all I can say :/! Your E.C’s are good!</p>

<p>Safeties - Since you’re in Calif I would suggest state schools! I’m not too sure about other safeties in your state sorry :/.</p>

<p>Hope I could help!</p>

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<p>Thanks guys :slight_smile: My current SAT score is 1900. (I took it after my Singapore finals and couldn’t study for it) </p>

<p>But I’ve been taking collegeboard practice tests and getting around 2100. So… Idk how accurate that is! </p>

<p>I’m looking at these schools, more on private, and I doubt I’ll have a cost constraint because my parents have been saving purely to send me to college!</p>

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<p>You need to talk to your parents about how much they actually will contribute to your university costs. They might have been saving for a while, but may still not be enough.</p>

<p>Your high school grades, which you have not mentioned, are important in admissions.</p>