Suggest some colleges for me??

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, I'm entering my junior year and I know lots of people will say it's too early to think about college but I'm kinda confused. All I know is that I really want to go to UC Berkeley and I think I have a chance of getting in (considering I posted that question on here, and everyone replied that I could get in). But what are some other colleges I could get in or should look at? What about some colleges that are reach or I have a "shot" at getting into. And safety schools? Schools where I should be able to get a scholarship to?</p>

<p>My Stats:</p>

<p>GPA is 4.333 Weighted, not including freshmen year. Unweighted is 4.000. UC GPA is 4.25</p>

<p>Rank is currently the top 1%. Hopefully will be at least top 5% for rest of high school.</p>

<p>I haven't taken SATs yet but when I took PSAT at beginning of sophomore year my projected score for the SAT was about 1700-2000. This was before I had studied at all, but a while afterwards, I started studying by taking the SAT Question of the Day and learning some vocab words. I'm taking the PSAT again at the beginning of junior year and should improve a lot, then taking actual SAT towards end of junior year. Also, I scored 90, 94, 96 % higher than other sophomores so I think that was pretty good..</p>

<p>My goal is at least 2100 on the SAT.</p>

<p>I took 2 honors classes freshmen year, 1 honor and 1 AP sophomore year. This has been the most you can take. Next year I am taking the 3 AP classes, the most you can take is about 5. Senior year I should take about 4 APs, again out of 5/6 classes available. I think I passed the one AP test I took, and plan to study/try to pass all the tests I take.</p>

<p>The clubs I'm in are National Honors Society, California Scholarship Federation, French Club, and another club that prevents drug/alcohol use in teens. Next year I'm joining Speech and Debate and a community service club. I'm also planning to start a club.</p>

<p>I plan to have at least 300 community service hours by the time I apply. I've done a lot of my volunteering at two places, steadily, so that shows commitment, right?</p>

<p>I'm also planning to sign up with a charity, in which I'll be charge of running clean ups in our area, as well as doing some other things to help environment.</p>

<p>I might be interning or "volunteering" with an office or something like that over summer. Next year, I should get into internship program with my congressman's office (you have to be a senior for that). I'm also looking into some summer programs so there might be that.</p>

<p>Any other suggestions of things to do? Is 300 community service hours enough; should I try for more?</p>

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<p>In high school, I was the president of Best Buddies, Intl. on campus and I know it definitely helps to have community service. The more, the better (I’m sure you knew that). If you can, snag the internships, destroy the SAT’s, and keep the grades high! You’ll be a competitive applicant anywhere! </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>I forgot to mention that I’m Indian. And a girl…
lol just saying girl because there are soo many Indian guys on here but I have yet to see any girls… yeah
=)</p>

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<p>Ha! Awesome. I’m guessing you’re at a California High School, right?</p>

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<p>Yup in California. Small town though, public high school. Lots of UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Davis but not many Ivy students. </p>

<p>Not many APs either =(</p>

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<p>For what major?</p>

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<p>pre-law or business.
to be a business/corporate lawyer</p>

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<p>bumpp… :)</p>

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<p>hey i’m a rising junior as well (and an indian guy lol). I would try to aim for a 2200+ SAT.</p>

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<p>Rising Junior? Me too! Woot go class of '11!
Oh and also from California?? Me too - major major kudos to you my friend :smiley:
Well I’d say your fallback should be like UCSD because I’m sure you’ve heard about so many ppl getting turned down from berk + LA this year :frowning: But you can def try and your stats aren’t bad either, if not great! and UC Irvine/Davis aren’t bad either. :] </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/724051-am-i-doing-too-much.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/724051-am-i-doing-too-much.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>rising juniors! and california! whoo :D</p>

<p>and an indian guy haha.</p>

<p>yeah my goal on the SAT is at least a 2100, but higher is obviously better. i need to start studying for them! =/ should i start studying now, summer before junior year, or is it too early?</p>

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<p>guys stop wasting your time. you’re not even juniors yet, you haven’t taken the sats or any sat IIs. it’s ridiculous, you guys could be doing so much better things with you time. and the "im really going to try and get a * * " is ******** cuz you have no idea what your going to in reality.</p>

<p>come back next year with a chance thread</p>

<p>for the record, don’t try to “pass” the ap exams…try to do well on them (4/5)</p>

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<p>haha thanks. ill let it slide cuz dave matthews is awesome :D</p>

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<p>you hear the new album? my names david matthew B**** btw. davematthews, and the initials DMB haha</p>