<p>So yes, the first thing you may notice is that I am the same person who posted another chance me thread a couple of hours ago. However, I wanted to edit the general layout of my post and clean it up, but for some reason posts are not editable and I appear to not have the power to delete my thread. So, people might hate me now, but I hereby relinquish responsibility for my actions. :) Moving on...</p>
<p>Here are my stats.</p>
<p>Personal Info:
[ul]
[<em>]Male
[</em>]Caucasian
[<em>]20 years old
[</em>]Family income less than $20,000/year
[/ul]</p>
<p>High School:
[ul]
[<em>]GPA - Somewhere between 2.5 and 3.0
[</em>]SAT - Total score 1970, without writing 1310
[<em>]ACT - 29
[</em>]AP Scholar (or whichever means 3 tests passed)
[<em>]Some community service in senior year
[</em>]Varsity swim team
[li]Involved in two language class-related short student exchange programs, one to Germany, one to Japan[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>California Community College:
[ul]
[<em>]Fulfilling IGETC requirements
[</em>]GPA after this semester - 3.44
[<em>]Expected GPA at transfer - 3.6-3.7
[</em>]B's and C's here and there but expecting to show major improvement (straight A's) in remaining semesters
[<em>]Held a job throughout college education, doing school full time and work part time.
[</em>]Extreme family issues, responsibilities, and hardship (good for essays).
[li]I am going to get an AA in Humanities and Communications.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Well, I hope I haven't forgotten anything. Here are the universities I'd like you to chance me for.</p>
<p>[ul]
[<em>]UCLA
[</em>]USC
[<em>]UC Berkeley
[</em>]UC Santa Barbara
[<em>]NYU
[</em>]Stanford
[<em>]Princeton
[</em>]Harvard
[/ul]</p>
<p>I recognize that the latter names on the list are extreme longshots probably. But if you could humor me by giving a possibility (in percent would be very much appreciated) that would be awesome!</p>
<p>Also, if anyone can make suggestions about what I can do to increase my chances of admission, especially to the more difficult schools on my list, that'd be great. Suggestions of other schools that I could try for would be great too, but keep in mind that I am trying for the most reputability possible.</p>
<p>Thanks very much for any and all responses!</p>