USC, UCLA, UNC-chapel hill??

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chance me please! I'm also interested in Duke, Stanford and UMCP. (I admit my grades and awards aren't the best.)</p>

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<li>Living in Maryland </li>
<li>Cumulative GPA 3.5, current GPA of this year is 3.78<br></li>
<li>Currently taking: AP Psych, AP Bio, AP Lang, AP World History, Piano, Trig.</li>
<li>Senior Schedule: AP Human Geography, AP Stat, AP Lit, AP European History, AP Art History, Anatomy/Physiology & Microbiology (all one course), Advanced Piano, Honors Physics </li>
<li>Junior, Filipino, Female </li>
<li>Unsure of rank, but my junior class is very large and overcrowded. </li>
<li>Varsity Cross Country and Tennis for 2 years now </li>
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<p>Leadership/Extracurriculars
- President of Junior Civitan Club 2009-Present
- Deputy Governor North of Junior Civitan Chesapeake District 2009-Present
- Junior Civitan Club Historian 2008-2009
- Public Relations Coordinator of Junior Civitan Chesapeake District 2008-2009
- Co-captain of Cross Country team
- Ladies With Class Organization 2008-Present (an organization whose members focus on representing yourself as a respectful lady; community service and social activities)
- Filipino Youth Group 2009-Present</p>

<p>Volunteer Activities
- George Washington University Hospital
- American Red Cross Organization 2008-Present
- Special Olympics Volunteer 2008-Present
- Volunteer at Summerville Senior Living 2008-Present
- Volunteer at Heartfield Senior Center 2008-Present
- Montpelier (mansion near my hometown) Festival of Herbs, Tea & the Arts
- Kid's Arts & Crafts Tent<br>
- Various activities/parties at Ascension Catholic Church 2006-Present
- Vacation Bible School, Halloween, Oktoberfest, Christmas, etc
- Cameraman for Bowie Cable TV Studio 2006-2007</p>

<p>Awards
- Athletic Honor Roll for Tennis (2009)
- Two-Year Varsity Letter in Tennis (2008-2009)
- Nominee for Most Outstanding Cameraman (2006)
- Honor Roll (2006-Present)</p>

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<p>Anyone? Bump</p>

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<p>Chance me? Bump</p>

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<p>No one? Haha last time I’ll replay to my post, promise :)</p>

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<p>Your SAT or ACT scores count for a lot. If you don’t post them (or have them), it’s pretty hard to predict your chances.</p>

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<p>I’m from California (where UCLA and USC are, but you probably know that, lol), and it was so hard to get into the top UCs (Berk, LA, SD) for the HS class of 09! People with stellar GPAs, like 4.1-4.3 were turned down…so I suggest you up your GPA a little, esp. since you’re from Maryland and the UC Regents aren’t as merciful to the out-of-state-rs. </p>

<p>That’s as far as UCLA goes, though. USC? I think you’re a good match, with your ECs and whatnot. </p>

<p>Idk about Chapel Hill. All I know is that Anoop, from this season’s American Idol goes there/graduated from there. Hahaha. </p>

<p>Hope I helped! Chance me: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/720727-chance-me-please-bit-long-but-still-thanks.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/720727-chance-me-please-bit-long-but-still-thanks.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I’m actually taking the SATs in June. :slight_smile: </p>

<p>But I want to retake them in the fall.</p>

<p>Thanks for the input!</p>

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<p>I heard that UCs don’t rely that much on ECs, so try to get your GPA up a bit, if possible, and try to get a high SAT score.</p>

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<p>@ loilypop: Oh wow, really? :(</p>

<p>I know my GPA isn’t the greatest but I really am working hard this quarter. </p>

<p>Most of the Bs I get are high Bs, such as 89s (my AP Bio teacher doesn’t believe in rounding haha) and 88s.</p>

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<p>Well, they aren’t nearly as close to holistic to schools like Ivies and all. I think your ECs are good enough. As I said, work on those stats a bit! :)</p>

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<p>It depends on your SAT, right now without your SAT I would say they are all reaches except Maryland is a match.</p>

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<p>your ECs and Volunteer work look great! you just need test scores so it can solidify your chances more
and maryland is a definite match. also, try to find a couple safety schools and “probably” schools because I think the other schools are reaches.</p>

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<p>Like you said, your grades aren’t the best, but I think you have some really good EC’s. Like others said, it is hard to say without any test scores to go off of. I think those schools might be reaches unless you can get really high test scores and attempt to raise your GPA a bit from this semester. Maryland is probably a match though. Hopefully those other schools won’t base things too much off of your GPA and look at your EC’s becuase I think you will have a better chance that way. Defintely add some safeties to that list. Good luck with everything!</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot for the input guys! :slight_smile: </p>

<p>I would like to major in psychology with a premed focus so I’m really hoping I at least get into UCLA. </p>

<p>My safeties (so far) are UMCP, University of Maryland Baltimore County and UW-Madison.</p>

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<p>Your ECs are great. Being of a minority will also help greatly (I’m not being a racist or bigot). Your GPA is on the low side for some of the schools you show interest in. Once you have your test scores you will be able to make a better decision on things.</p>

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<p>Haha thanks country day!</p>

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<p>you should be fine for chapel hill, and usc. As for the others, they may be hard to get into, but you have a shot just like anybody else.</p>

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<p>Is your GPA weighted or unweighted?
I think your SATs are what’s really going to make or break you for UCLA. Also, try to get high scores on your SATIIs, the UCs really look at them.</p>

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<p>My unweighted is 3.5</p>

<p>Currently, it is 3.78 for the year. Fourth Quarter for me hasn’t finished yet haha.</p>

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<p>country day: Not really. For one thing, she’s Filipino. Filipino = Asian. And UCLA doesn’t even look at race.</p>

<p>Anyway, to be more on topic, I basically agree with what everyone here has said wrt low GPA and good ECs. Honestly, I think schools like USC, UCLA, and UNC are more like reaches for you, but it depends on your test scores, really.</p>