the chance for me to get in to ivy league or TOP 25s

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello, I'm currently a junior in high school.
My family moved from Korea 2 years ago, I'm a level 4 ESL student (english as a second lang. 5 levels in total)and I will be the first generation college student in my family. </p>

<p>I wasn't in any honors and AP class in freshman year, because I just moved here and didn't know how to speak English. But in sophomore year, I had 3 honors classes (chem, alg2, and English). My grades were all As for both freshman and sophomore year. I am now taking 7 ap classes ( us history, lit&comp, stats, phys B, chem, marcoecon, micro), I will be taking 4 more APs next year (phys C, bio, lang, and calc BC). My grades this year are mostly As and Bs but one C in honors precalc.
I'm not taking any foreign language (korean is my first lang, and I stayed in China for 4 years, so i pretty much can speak Chinese fluently).</p>

<p>I volunteer for Key Club and church about 100 hours a year.
I am also in 3 clubs. I play piano and violin but not for my school orchestra.
I will prob be in NHS next year.</p>

<p>My SAT scores last year were 780 in math, 720 in critical reading, and 650 in writing. I am planning to take SAT again in january, I think i can get above 2200. I took ACT last year and got 33.
My SAT ii scores were 800 in math level 1, 790 in math level 2, 760 in chem, and 770 in physics. </p>

<p>I want to know if i can get in to ivy league, or the UCs with ED or EA. If not quite, can you tell me what i need to work on for the next sem in junior year and also my senior year? </p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>I personally think you have a good chance to get into these schools, people are going to say “oooh asian anti hook” but I think first-gen and ESL eaaasillly trump that. Scoring above a 700 on the SAT reading after only being in America 2 years is a very impressive feat. I suggest improving that C in honors pre-cal. Pre-Cal is boring, I know, but math skills do not work like language, math is universal and no matter how difficult your school is there are enough resources to become a straight A math student all on your own. Good luck! thats my 2 cents.</p>

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<p>Go ahead and work on what deregon suggestions… but also work on finding some less selective schools to apply to as well that you could be happy at. Applying only to a bunch of schools with admission rates of under 20% is not a good strategy. You need to look into other schools that are matches and safeties as well. Try getting a Fiske Guide to Colleges book and spend some time identifying some schools in those categories. </p>

<p>You also haven’t mentioned if you are a US citizen or if you need financial aid. That could make a difference in your admissions success as well.</p>

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<p>thank you for the suggestions! I’m US green card holder.</p>

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<p>listen to intparent’s advice.</p>

<p>An easy way to have safties is to apply to all the UCs.</p>

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<p>THANKS TO ALL. for Ive heard, UCLA and UCB wont admit the same student. is this true??</p>