Stanford, UCLA, UC Berkeley, USC, Brown, Carnegie Mellon...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'll be applying to UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Los Angeles, UC Riverside, USC, Stanford, Brown, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, and Carnegie Mellon.</p>

<p>Also highly interested in USC's and UCSD's BA/MD and BS/MD programs, repsectively.</p>

<p>Filipino Male
Grade 12 in the fall
Inland Empire, CA
Both mom & dad have bachelor's degrees.</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.86</p>

<p>Weight GPA: 4.08</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.21</p>

<p>AP Courses:</p>

<p>AP English Language- pending
AP US History - pending
AP Calculus BC- pending
AP European History -4</p>

<p>Will take AP Biology, AP Government, and AP Literature next year</p>

<p>Class Rank: 21st out of 650ish</p>

<p>PSAT:
CR: 72
M: 73
W: 80
Selection Index: 225</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning:
CR: 800
M: 730
W: 790
Total: 2320 (one sitting)</p>

<p>ACT:</p>

<p>English: 33
Math: 32
Reading: 36
Science: 30
Composite: 33</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests:</p>

<p>Chemistry: 570 (ouchh... not sending that if I can help it)
Math: 690
US History: 670
Literature: 670</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
-National Honor Society: 2 years
-California Scholarship Federation: 2 years
-Key Club- 2 years
-College Club- 2 years (Class Representative of '09)
-Health Academy- 2 years (Student Ambassador)
-Future Health Professionals of America- 1 year (creator)
-Hippocrates Circle graduate (short little program in my area to introduce students to medicine)
-Hippocrates Circle Speaker (after graduation, I returned as a student speaker for the next generation)
-UCR Summer Academy Fellow/Student Speaker (Classes taken at UC Riverside, I speak at orientation as a "success story"
-Hospital Volunteer (250+ hours, mostly in the Emergency Room)
-Kaiser Permanente Service Ambassador
-National Youth Leadership Forum, Medicine (not sure how this works....)
-Black belt in Tae Kwon Do</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
-Community Service Awards (National Honor Society, Kaiser Permanente)
-Possible National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist</p>

<p>I can get letters of recommendation from some of the doctors I've worked closely with, as well as the hospital volunteer coordinator and the UCR Summer Sessions coordinator.</p>

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<p>On a scale of 1 to 10, what I think your chances are on getting in. I won't be giving tens or ones because there's no way to be 100% sure(10).</p>

<p>Based completely on your stats and ecs only:
UC Berkeley: if your not applying for a major like EECS, then a 6.5
UC San Diego: 7.5
UC Los Angeles: 6.5
UC Riverside: 8/9
USC: 6.5/7
Stanford: 4 (I personally think Stanford's really subjective and it's impossible to tell)
Brown: 3/4
University of Pennsylvania:3/4(if your not applying to Wharton)
Johns Hopkins: 5
Carnegie Mellon:5/6</p>

<p>I don't really know that much about college admissions and so I'm only giving the numbers based off what I've read and seen happen with students at my school. I don't know much about minorities and I'm not sure if being Filipino will help you, but if it does I would bump up all of those numbers by 1.</p>

<p>I think with good essays and maybe a few interviews to give a better sense of your character, you have a shot at all of these. The Ivies are kinda low because those are reaches for everyone. </p>

<p>I hope this helps. Great job on your SATs btw. Volunteer some more this summer or get a job during the school year. I hope you have an awesome senior year and good luck with applications!</p>

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<p>Thanks! VintageRose! I'm curious about your scale, though. I like to think of numbers in percents. What's a 3/4 constitute in a percentage?</p>

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<p>You probably already know this but raise your SAT Subject Tests and it will help you a lot.</p>

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<p>Thanks! That's number one on my list, is raise those up or take different ones and get higher scores.</p>

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<p>Hey about the Youth Forum on Medicine, are you doing that this month at UCLA?</p>

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<p>Hey! I actually did that in 2007 in DC.</p>

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<p>Ah, I see.That's cool.</p>

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<p>I thought so :)</p>

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<p>Anyone else? Chance me? Please :(</p>

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<p>How do you stand out from 34000 other applicants?</p>

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<p>Hello, are you in college now? if so, which one.</p>