<p>I go to a pretty competitive high school in Orange County, California. I am applying to USC, Berkeley, UCLA, NYU, Boston College, UCI, UCSB, UCD, and UCSD. Here are my grades:</p>
<p>Freshman:
Algebra 2(H)/CP B-/A
Geography/ Visual Imagery A/A
Spanish 2 A/A-
Biology (H) B/B-
English 1(H) B/A
Basketball A/A
Weighted GPA: 4.0/4.2
Unweighted GPA: 3.4/3.8</p>
<p>Sophomore:
Pre-Calculus B/B
English 2(H) B/A-
Spanish 3 A-/A-
World History(H) A-/A-
Chemistry B-/B
Basketball A/A
Weighted GPA: 4.0/4.2
Unweighted GPA: 3.4/3.6</p>
<p>Junior:
US History A/A
Spanish 4(H) B+/A-
Calculus AB(AP) B-/B+
Physics A-/A-
English 3(H) B-/B+
Basketball A/A
Weighted GPA: 4.0/4.2
Unweighted GPA: 3.4/3.6</p>
<p>Senior (These are my grades after the first quarter)
Physics(AP) A
American Government(AP) A
Economics(AP) A-
Psychology(AP) B
Statistics(AP) A
English 4 A
Weighted GPA: 4.6
Unweighted: 3.83</p>
<p>The GPA's listed above do not include basketball.</p>
<p>My school does not offer many AP courses until senior year. But, I still decided to skip some of the available AP courses such as AP Bio and AP US History. I am applying as Business Major. My cumulative unweighted GPA is a 3.56 and my weighted GPA is a 4.1. Also, I am in the top 12th percent</p>
<p>SAT
Critical Reading: 660
Math: 720
Writing: 620
Total: 2000
I will be taking it again in December.</p>
<p>ACT
English: 28
Math: 31
Reading: 29
Science: 30
Composite: 30</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities
Basketball for my school (Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior Years)
Most Valuable Player of the JV Team (Sophomore Year)
Team Captain (Sophomore Year)
AAU/ Travel Basketball (Freshman and Sophomore Year)
Internship- over 1000 hours
Key Club
CSF
NHS</p>
<p>Recommendations
All should be excellent. My boss, a USC alum (both undergrad and graduate school), is also writing one about continuing the Trojan tradition, how I would be a good fit, strong work ethic, organized, etc. </p>
<p>Background
First Generation Student
Asian Indian
Sister is a USC alum </p>
<p>Essays
I am trying to make them as good as I can.
Most of them are about my internship</p>
<p>I was also wondering how big of a factor senior year grades play in the admissions process. From what I have heard, they do not really matter, but I am hoping that they do. A major reason for why I have not received really good grades in the past years is because I have been busy with an internship and basketball. But now, I no longer play basketball, and that freed up a lot of time for me. As a result of that, I am doing a lot better and have a 4.6 with 5 AP classes.</p>
<p>Please chance me for these schools. I am applying as a Business Major, and as an Economics Major for my secondary option.</p>