what are my chances?? I'm a bit unfamiliar with all this college stuff

<p>Schools applying:
Stanford
Harvey Mudd
UC Los Angeles
UC Berkley
UC Irvine
UC Santa Barbra
MIT
Caltech (just because...I know I won't get in)</p>

<p>Alrighty...
Unweighted GPA 10th/11th grade - 3.8
UC GPA 10th/11th grade - 4.12
Weighted GPA at school - 4.52
I don't know my rank, but it's definitely in the top 2%, but maybe in 1%</p>

<p>AP classes already taken:
European History (3), Chemistry (4), US History (5)
AP classes for 12th grade:
Calculus AB, Music Theory, Government, Micro Economics, English Lit and Language, and either Psychology or self teach Physics B</p>

<p>All classes taken in 10th/11th grade were either honors or AP except for Spanish II, Jazz Ensemble, and Wind Ensemble. A total of twenty As and five Bs...Bs were both semesters of Honors English 10, first semester Honors English 11, and the first semester of both AP Euro and AP US. Every other class was an A.</p>

<p>SAT I - 1850 (already signed up to retake)
Critical Reading - 530
Writing - 620
Math - 700</p>

<p>SAT IIs
US History - 640
Math II - 690 (gonna retake)
Chemistry - 720</p>

<p>ECs:
10th grade representative for CSF (will try for another position come fall)
Physics Club President in 11th grade
Marching Band 1st trumpet for 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade
Wind Ensemble for 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade, first chair in 11th and 12th
Lower Jazz Ensemble (Jazz II) 1st chair lead trumpet in 9th grade
Top Jazz Ensemble (Jazz I) for 10th-12th grade. 1st Chair lead trumpet for 11th and 12th grade
Drum Major for marching band in 11th grade and head Drum Major for 12th grade. Got 3rd place in a competition for spinning mace as drum major
...I'm not sure if self studying with a non-credited online AP course counts, but if it does, then it might be for Physics B</p>

<p>Other stuff:
Recipient of the Bausch and Lomb honorary science award from University of Rochester in 11th grade
I'm currently looking for a job...hopefully will have one by next week.</p>

<p>I think that's about it...It's really hard to do other stuff outside of band because marching band requires about 25 hours a week of commitment, and jazz season has a competition every Saturday. All groups are awarding winning groups in the highest tier of SCSBOA...I plan on double majoring in Chemical Engineering and Math, or maybe just one of the two (probably ChemE)</p>

<p>I really just do not know what colleges look for, or if my stats are really that superb. If necessary, I'll post my grades and such. I cannot really do much to improve what I have except test scores, which hopefully will improve with sufficient studying. I also don't know about what to write about in essays...I was thinking about the influence of my father who's been blind since I was three and how his very opinionated beliefs and the way he tackles life has affected me. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, mostly constructive criticism...I really just wanna know if I have a chance...thank you.</p>

<p>Are you from california?
because if you are you will be automatically accepted to ucsb and uc irvine.<br>
If you are out of state then those are still your best chances. </p>

<p>But it mostly rides on your essay, start now and make them good</p>

<p>Yes, I’ve lived in California my whole life. How would I get admitted automatically? Is it from that ELC program?</p>

<p>Stanford- reach
Harvey Mudd- reach
UCLA- low reach
UCB- low reach
UCI- match
UCSB- match
MIT- reach
Caltech- reach</p>