<p>Hi everyone, I'll be a senior in the fall, and I was just wondering what people thought my chances of getting into Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, and USC were. Any insight, comments, questions, or advice would be greatly appreciated :)</p>
<p>BACKGROUND:
+Born in Israel; fluent in Hebrew
+First generation to enter college
+Latino/Middle Eastern ethnicity
+Jewish
+Currently live in CA</p>
<p>ACADEMICS:
+Weighted GPA: 4.35
+Unweighted GPA: 3.95
+SAT 1: Math-800 CR-690 Writing-740 (total 2230)
+AP Calculus AB- 5 APUSH- 5
+SAT II: 690 Biology, 680 Math II (I know they're low; I intend to retake Math and take U.S. History)
+Top 3% in class of ~700 at an average public HS
+National Merit Commended Scholar (Probably Semifinalist)</p>
<p>ATHLETICS:
+4 years varsity Cross Country (team ranked 14th in CA Division 1)
+2 years varsity Swimming
+6 years Summer League Swim Team</p>
<p>ECs:
+3 years lifeguarding (20 hrs/week during summer)
+2 years teaching swim lessons(10 hrs/week during summer)
+3 years teaching guitar lessons
+8 years playing guitar
+~50 volunteer work with swim team and other community groups
+2 years tutoring</p>
<p>COURSES: (Only mentioning the advanced ones)</p>
<p>Freshman Year: Advanced Algebra II, Honors Biology
Sophomore Year: Honors Chemistry, Precalculus
Junior Year: Honors Physics, AP Calculus AB, APUSH
Senior Year: AP Statistics, AP Spanish, AP Enviornmental Sci.</p>
<p>So, let me know what you think :) If there's anything that's unclear, or some huge detail that I've overlooked, I'll happily elaborate. Thanks in advance!</p>