<p>Hi, so I'm currently a junior in highschool and I've been stressing out lately about if I will get accepted into ANY college. My gpa is not high (2.5) due to me not taking school seriously my 9th and 10th grade year, it should be somewhat higher by next year if I continue my hard work. My SAT score was exactly a 1450... but I plan on taking it again in hopes of getting a higher score. I worked really hard this year and I'm taking classes at a community college to help raise my GPA this summer. By the end of my senior year I will have taken 4 years of math, 3 years of science (1 AP class), 4 years of English (1 honors, 1 AP), 4 years of history (1 AP), 2 years of foreign language, 4 years of theater, 3 years of leadership and 1 year of journalism. You can see on my transcript that I have really improved and have been working really hard.</p>
<p>other factors that might determine my acceptance into college are: My 8th grade year I was accepted into a program at The Haas business school at UC Berkeley and I've been going ever since, I'm the first in my family to be going to college, I play volleyball, I'm a minority, I'm involved in the drama department at my school, I'm on the student government, & I'm on the debate team. I also have a part time job. </p>
<p>I live in California and my dream schools are USC, NYU, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, but I'm also interested in Long beach State, San Diego State, UC Santa Cruz and a few other state schools in California.</p>
<p>I really would like to go to school out of state but I haven't put much thought into it because I don't think I will get accepted. What are my chances of getting into college? Any suggestions on to what colleges I should apply to? My cousin is going to Vanderbilt so there is a lot of pressure on me to go to a good school. My dad is financially able to send me straight to a 4 year and because of that he does not see the purpose of me going to a JC first. Please help me! </p>