ucla, ucsd, um: chance me fosho

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Alright..</p>

<p>I'm a junior
attending a public school in san diego
600 kids
school's in the top 50 in the u.s.</p>

<p>top 33% in my class
weighted gpa: 3.7, unweighted: 3.5</p>

<p>SAT math:680
SAT reading: 680
SAT writing: 700</p>

<p>I didn't take the actual test yet so i plan to raise it up 100 more points by the time i take it.</p>

<p>APs:
APEC: 5
AP calc: 4</p>

<p>planning to take AP Physic and APUSH by the end of junior year</p>

<p>EC:
I do taekwondo 2 hours a day 4 times a week, been doing since the 3rd grade
got a gold in the international festival '09, silver in CUTA state '08, some others
I teach a class once a week without pay, i was forced</p>

<p>i volunteer at the american blood cross every saturday, started last summer
missions trip to mexico last summer</p>

<p>i plan to major in political science and im probably going to wait a year before i start college.
and if it makes a diffrence my dad dropped out of highschool, and my mom moved to america before she could go to college. </p>

<p>so heres my schools:
ucla
ucsd
university of michigan
university of chicago
berkeley
university of wisconsin-madison</p>

<p>recommendations are also appreciated
thanks</p>

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<p>Are you going to be a junior, or were you a junior this past year?</p>

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<p>I would say UCLA and Berkeley are far reaches for you. Not a very high class rank or GPA and SAT score is at 2060 which is average. Just my opinion though.</p>

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<p>UCLA, UCB and Chicago are big reaches. Each show approx. 90% of their admitted students for 2008 with 3.75 GPA or higher. Each also show 85% or higher for class rank in the top 10%.</p>

<p>UCSD is a match/reach.</p>

<p>Michigan is a reach. This year’s entering class has an average GPA of 3.8. Hurdle is higher for out of state.</p>

<p>Wisconsin is a match/reach. Your GPA is 25th%-tile but your SATs are above average. Don’t know how much being OOS hurts or helps.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.wisc.edu/images/UW_FreshmanExpectations.pdf[/url]”>http://www.admissions.wisc.edu/images/UW_FreshmanExpectations.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Your tests scores are about 50th - 75th-tile for most of these schools, but your UW GPA is hurting you. You need some safeties on your list.</p>

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<p>Berkely and UCLA and UCSD are EASY to get in. However, your score seems low</p>