Sorry but HELP and chance!!!! I'm desperate

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Sorry to everyone that I offended. I didn't know that one thread was for one person, it's my first time on a forum, so I apologize. But anyways, can you guys please help me and chance me?</p>

<p>Well, I'm gonna be a junior in August. I so far have a very crappy SAT score. I have ~1550. I am the top 5 in all of my classes. Freshmen and sophomore year, I had a 4.0 GPA, weighted it should be ~4.17. I have 5 clubs that I am in and I am an officer in one of them.</p>

<p>What do you think my chances are to get a 2000 my the 2008 March test date? What should I do?</p>

<p>Also what are my chances getting into:
University of Southern California
University of California- Berkeley
University of Michigan- Ann Arbor
New York University
Farfetch: University of Pennsylvania</p>

<p>Extracurricular activities sophomore year: (All I am planning to continue till graduation)
Operation Smile
Honor Society
American Cancer Society (officer next year)
Key Club
Kids to Kids</p>

<p>Community Service:
So far I have >100 hours just in sophomore year, and I am planning on doing >250 hours by the end of junior year.</p>

<p>Class took and planning on taking:</p>

<p>Freshmen- no weighted class
English I
Chinese 3 Honors
PE
SRC/ IC3 (Required class)
Geometry
Art</p>

<p>Sophomore- one weighted class
Modern World History
Chemistry Honors
Chinese 4 AP
English II Honors
PE (Mandatory)
Algebra II/ Trig Honors</p>

<p>Junior-4 weighted classes
Modern American History
Chemistry AP
Chinese 5 AP
English III Honors
Journalism I
Math Anaylsis/ Calculus I Honors (counted as AP)</p>

<p>Senior- 4 or 5 weighted classes
History AP (not sure what yet)
Physics (Honors maybe)
English IV AP
Journalism II
Calculus II AP
Statistics AP</p>

<p>My cousin went to USC but don't know if that's considered as alumni or not.</p>

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<p>legacy is only parents i believe.</p>

<p>are u doing bad on the CR, M, or W?
if you are in state for the UC's then instead of berkeley, ucla could be a better fit since their scores are a little bit lower yet the school is still really good. IN STATE though</p>

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<p>Yea, I am in state. And honestly, I'm doing poorly on critical reading. Do you know anything that would help?</p>

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<p>how long do u have?</p>

<p>ps. if u get a chance, chance my thread</p>

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<p>I wrote it in my thread. I am planning on taking it on the March test date. So do you think it's possible to raise 500 points by that time? As you can see from above, my scores are really crappy. I'm a straight A student but I just suck at standardized tests. Any way I can raise 500 points? </p>

<p>BTW, I already read your thread.</p>

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<p>ok well,do u have about 500 for each part of the sat or is it spread differently?</p>

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<p>well... i have 400, 500, and 630 (CR, W, M) It was what I got the first time I ever took SAT. Not the actual one, one of the practice ones from collegeboard.</p>

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<p>i see. well during my sophomore year i had a 55/69/56 on my PSAT for CR/M/W.
and i ended up getting national merit with a 212 and a 2200 on the sat. the CR problems are tough to crack. what u wanna do is use a lot of common sense and make urself really wanna read the passages. and memorize a lot of vocab is another way. i increased my CR score from a 55 to 65 in one year and then to a 670 and a 700 on the SAT.</p>

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<p>So are you saying that it's not gonna be possible to raise 500 points? Please answer this question, it's really important!!!!!</p>

<p>btw, I didn't take the PSAT yet. I'm taking it in October.</p>

<p>Are you currently a junior? or are you gonna be a junior in August?</p>

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<p>im gonna be a senior. </p>

<p>well ive never seen a +500 before but for me i had a 180 on PSAT to 2200 to sat which is like a +400. so i'd say a +500 is reasonable if u work hard and happen to get a lil luck ;)</p>

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<p>thank you! what you said gives me a little more confidence. Now I actually have confidence that I'll be able to raise 500 points. BTW, did you ever use the practice book, barrons? Is it good? Compared with collegeboard tests and the actual SAT, how is the difficulty range?</p>

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<p>i think most people suggest the Princeton Review as a stable study source. or Kaplan. they are pretty accurate.</p>

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<p>Thanks, so you never used Barrons? as for Kaplan and Princeton Review, you think that the difficulty is similar to the actual SAT?</p>

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<p>what i did was really study both my psat's and look carefully at what i did wrong. it helped a lot. u will probably feel a lot more confident after the PSAT. try shooting for around 180-190 first. then go from there. the first jump is always the easiest. then the final few points are really hard. </p>

<p>but remember, i think those schools u listed also need subject tests</p>

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<p>sorry flh91 for overreacting- didn't know you were new.</p>

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<p>I see, I know that I have to take subject tests. I'm more worried about the SAT reasoning test rather than the subject tests right now. Is the PSAT similar to the SAT? format and difficulty range</p>

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<p>difficulty range ... yes
the PSAT however is significantly shorter than the sat. like probably half the length. very cumbersome</p>

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<p>haha, great. I hate that the SAT is so long, drives me nuts, btw I replied to your thread</p>

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<p>haha thanks.</p>

<p>good luck. with the ways things are going i think u will be getting into all 5 schools. Upenn is not THAT farfetched. i think u will do just fine.also, if u get national merit, USC gives half tuition. but i think it 225 for the cutoff there so thats pretty hard. give it a shot though!</p>

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<p>Thank you so much! Hope my advice and site helped you out as much as you helped me out! :)</p>