<p>UCSC is my very top choice, the rest are are about the same for me.</p>
<p>Cali.
Race: Asian
Gender: Male
Income (combined): around 160k
Major: Comp. Sci: Game Design and/or Comp. Sci.
Family Size: 4
Both parents went to college</p>
<p>Grades: I think about 3.45 UW for 10th - 11th with 1 AP and 1 Honors. I had to re-take Math Analysis over the summer and changed grades from D/C to B/B. I also got a D in AP Calc A/B that I am re-taking right now in my senior year. My current course load is AP Calc A/B, AP Environ Sci, AP Gov, AP Lit, Econ, Virtual Business. I have B's in all the AP's and A's in Econ/Virtual Business so hopefully they'll see the big improvement in grades.</p>
<p>EC's that I put on application:
JV Tennis (10th)
V Tennis (11th/12th)
American Youth Soccer Org. Referee
Club Tutor
Won some awards in tech related fields.
Guitar
Secretary of Go Club</p>
<p>Testing:
28 ACT (re-taking dec 8)
1870 SAT I (in one sitting)
710 Math SAT II</p>
<p>Essays: #1 I wrote about reffing and tied it in to my community, etc. For #2 I talked about getting the splits. My writing is pretty good imo :).</p>
<p>I know getting low grades in math when I'm applying to a math-centric major hurts, but hopefully it won't too much :x.</p>
<p>If I get denied/wait-listed I'm planning to appeal to UCSC on the basis of significant improvement in grades and also awards that I've won after the application due date (2nd place in a state competition, some other stuff).</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>