This took a REALLY long time to type, so please chance me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Long story short, I THOUGHT I was in good shape for college admissions. But about a week ago, I accidentally discovered this site and I’ve been reading the “what are my chances” threads kind of a lot. My opinions are altered and at the moment, I have no idea which of the schools I’m applying to this year will take me.</p>

<p>Can someone help/chance? </p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>White Male from Southern California (Born in Illinois, moved in 2002)
Attend pretty good public school
Not First Generation
GPA (Unweighted): 3.45
RANK: 212/501
ACT: 29 (29 E, 32 M, 28 R, 30 S)
ACT WRITING: 10
SAT: 1850
Major: Media/Film or related</p>

<p>Grade Trend: Freshman 3.4ish, Sophomore 3.8ish, junior 2.9ish</p>

<p>Honors/AP Classes: Algebra 1 HONORS, American History HONORS, Physical Science HONORS, English 9 HONORS, English 10 HONORS, AP Biology, AP US History, AP Psychology, Geometry HONORS, AP English Comp., AP Chemistry, AP European History, AP Environmental Science, HONORS Spanish III, AP Spanish Lang, AP Statistics, HONORS Physics</p>

<p>Senior Year Dual Enrollment (local cc) Classes: English 1201 (College Writing I), Principles of Macroeconomics, General Psychology, Healthy Living (HS grad requirement) Political Science 112 (Intro), Film and Graphics A</p>

<p>AP Scores: AP Biology (3), APUSH (3), AP Psychology (4), AP English Lang (4), AP Chemistry (1 (atleast I tried) )</p>

<p>^^ In regards to my poor AP Chem Exam score, my semester grades for AP Chemistry were B/A-. </p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities:</p>

<p>Part Time Job @ Seattle’s Best Coffee; August 2008-Present; Typical 25 hours a week during school, and up to 40 during the summer</p>

<p>Part Time Job @ Target; March 2008-July 2008 (Left because they wouldn’t approve my availability changes and scheduled me during school)</p>

<p>2 Month Internship at Arclight Productions in LA; Focused on Entertainment Marketing and became somewhat familiar with basic image alteration software; 20 hours per week</p>

<p>3 week internship at Rogue Agent Industries in LA; assisted with lower-level commercial marketing and advertisements; 10 hours per week</p>

<p>Varsity Cross Country; 9th Grade-12th grade; Captain Position 2 consecutive Years; personally host several team events; lettered</p>

<p>Varsity Swimming/Diving; 9th Grade-12th Grade; Captain Position Senior Year; District Champion in 200 I.M., Voted “Best Teammate”; lettered</p>

<p>Varsity Track & Field; 10th-12th Grade; 4x400 m. relay/200 m. dash; will likely NOT letter</p>

<p>Band; 9th-12th; First Chair Percussionist</p>

<p>Marching Band; 11th-12th; Drumline; 4 hours per week; co-section leader senior year</p>

<p>School Technical Support Specialist (Our morning announcements are broadcasted over the TV and I double up on camera/audio.)</p>

<p>Started & am President of school’s Video Club; 10th-12th Grade; 10-15 hours per week; produce a full length video each school year; one of our videos (I wrote the script) was featured in the community at a volunteer banquet</p>

<p>Started (with 2 friends) school’s Stand Up Comedy Club; Founder; 3-4 hours per week; school sanctioned club,; recruited 17-20 members; host of several events</p>

<p>School Newspaper Publication; Co-Editor; 11th-12th Grade [possibly editor in chief this year], 4 hours per week</p>

<p>National Honor Society; 11th-12th grade; “Treasurer”; 40 community service hours from May 2009 to present</p>

<p>Key Club; 10th-12th; Solely a participant; may be elected onto the executive board this following year</p>

<p>Fall Musical; 10th Grade; 20 hours per week; had role of Will Parker in “Oklahoma”; hosted 3 cast events at my house; unfortunately can no longer participate due to my job
- considering being a part of the technical crew for this year, most likely with lighting or audio; assuming I can find time when I'm not at work and my course rigor allows time for it.</p>

<p>Speech Team; 8th-12th Grade (started early); Co-President; Received an award for being “most animated”; 4-5 hours a week
- Am getting a recommendation from this coach (who was also my AP English teacher)</p>

<p>School Camera Specialist (as part of Video Club); I’m in charge of video taping at important school events such as pep rallies and varsity football games; receive volunteer hours for this</p>

<p>Universities I plan to send applications to: (in no particular order)</p>

<p>University of Southern California
UC-Riverside
Arizona State University
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (triple legacy)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Emerson College
Cal Poly-SLO
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>

<p>Possibly:
Stanford University
UCLA</p>

<p>Anyways.. If I could be updated (or informed for the first time, i guess) on where I stand for these schools, that'd be awesome.</p>

<p>-Cody</p>

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<p>:O
“junior 2.9ish”</p>

<p>^ That is terrible for a junior.
Your GPA/SAT/ACT/AP/Course Rigor is terrible.</p>

<p>Your internship seems sort of unique.
No one cares about NHS/40 hours of community service.</p>

<p>I suggest focusing on your passion.
Your academics are just too bad to be reconciled with anything but that.
You lack any significant awards.</p>

<p>Perhaps your varied varsity sports will be good?</p>

<p>Anyways…
Stanford: Exosphere
UCLA: High Reach
UM: Reach
UW Madison: Reach
U of I: Low Match/Safety
ASU: Match
UC Riverside: Match
USC: High Match</p>

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<p>^ Junior was actually 3.176</p>

<p>I calculated.</p>

<p>It’s just that STUPID rank that’s gonna kill me later down the road…</p>

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<p>ur list is balanced…
University of Southern California-reach
UC-Riverside-safety
Arizona State University-safety
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (triple legacy)-safety
University of Wisconsin-Madison-reach
Emerson College-match
Cal Poly-SLO-safety
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor-far reach</p>

<p>the only thing is that you have a downdward trend…which is the worst thing to see…</p>

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<p>OK, I dont wan’t to be “that guy who doesn’t listen to anyone,” but for real, is Illinois really a safety? My parents talk to me about college as if UIUC is the only college in the world (since they both went there), but I’ve always thought my rank would kind of abominate my chances there. I mean, most of the kids there were top 10%.</p>

<p>Is it the triple legacy that makes it a safety?</p>

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<p>Your course load seems decent for the schools to which you’re applying, but as you said, your rank/GPA will hurt you a lot. 212/501 is barely top 50% and the majority of people applying to these schools are going to be in at least the top 20%. </p>

<p>Retake your standardized tests. I would also recommend emphasizing your jobs/sports for EC’s over your clubs. Job experience is valued more highly than most people think, and being on three varsity sports teams shows a lot of ability and dedication.</p>

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<p>bump .</p>

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<p>You have similar stats to what I do and Ive done my own independent research on sites other than just collegeconfidential where its impossible for people like us to get realistic chances. based on eduers and world review and college toolkit here are the chances.</p>

<p>University of Southern California- high reach
UC-Riverside- match-ish
Arizona State University- safety
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (triple legacy)- slight reach. State school, legacy not that big.
University of Wisconsin-Madison- slight reach
Emerson College- sorry cant contribute here
Cal Poly-SLO -safety
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor- high reach (numbers game)</p>

<p>Possibly:
Stanford University(no)
UCLA(no)</p>

<p>the only ones Id say dont bother with would be UCLA and stanford.
good luck, Ive been doing speech as well for four years though.</p>

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<p>last bump.</p>

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<p>no offense but your GPA and rank are horrible, as is your ap chem score (your semester grade of A- means nothing if you got a 1, because it just shows that your school heavily inflates grades. the 1 will mean more than the A-) your ec’s are pretty good and the only thing bringing up your dismal academic record. but if i were you, I wouldn’t mention the job at target, key club or NHS since they’re pretty insignificant/ short lived/ you hold no leadership position</p>

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<p>Stanford? Are you sh***ing me? The rest of the schools you have an OK shot in. UMICH ann arbor and UWIS Madison are pretty tough to get into…</p>

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<p>What are your SAT II scores?</p>

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<p>There are + to your profile that will make you stand out=cc classes, work experience, internship experience(in possible field=this shows passion/interest), extracurricular involvement.</p>

<p>The - are the gpa, class rank, and possible SATs(if you’re aiming for schools like stanford). </p>

<p>Have you considered looking at liberal arts colleges? Pitzer for example has a joint program between the other Claremont schools. They are a school who is SAT/Scores optional. [Welcome</a> to the Media Studies Website](<a href=“http://www.pitzer.edu/academics/field_groups/media_studies/]Welcome”>http://www.pitzer.edu/academics/field_groups/media_studies/)
Occidental College in Los Angeles, also has a film and media studies major. I think both these schools would be able to offer some of the opportunities in the industry because of their location and reputation. They may not be UCLA or USC film, but they are still notable schools and could be a match/low reach for you.</p>

<p>Also I forget if its FSU or University of Florida which has strong film as well.
UCI also has a film studies major if I remember correctly.</p>

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<p>Come on, let a guy dream. =]</p>

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<p>I misunderstood and thought that if you were a California resident applying to UC’s, had all the A-G requirements, and had a GPA of 3.4+, you didn’t have to take SAT II’s. And I can’t really wait until October to take them. Does this all around abolish my chances of getting into UC’S?</p>

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<p>I still kind of want an answer to the question in my previous post. I can’t find anything about exceptions on the website.</p>