What are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi. I'm a Junior in a very NON-competitive school. My school is 3rd in our district with 4 schools. To sum this all up my school is very low in academics and its rare to see a student get into an ivy league school. </p>

<p>I would like to know what my chances are for these schools:
1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Princeton
4. Brown
5. U. Penn
6. Cornell
7. Columbia
8. Johns Hopkins
9. UCLA
10. UC Berkely
11. UC Irvine
12. UC San Diego
13. UC Santa Barbara
14. San Francisco State</p>

<p>I know that's a lot of schools, but I really am not sure of where I can get in. </p>

<p>I am a Korean female in California. I was born in Korean and lived there for 7 years. I came to America when I was in 1st grade.</p>

<p>Rank: #7 out of 714
Cumulative GPA of 4.038</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Biology - A/A
Symphonic Orchestra - A/A
Dance - A/A
Algebra II - A/A
Spanish 1-2 - A/A
English Honors - A/A</p>

<p>Summer: Chemistry - A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Marching Band - A/A
World History AP - B/B
Symphonic - A/A
Biology AP - A/A
English Honors - A/B
Math Analysis Honors - B/B
Spanish 3-4 - A/A</p>

<p>During the summer I went to a medical forum held at UCLA and it thought me a lot about the medical field. This helped me realized that I wanted to become a doctor. </p>

<p>Junior Year (I am currently taking and getting:
Marching Band - A
US History AP - B
Symphonic - A
Physiology Honors - A
Spanish 5-6 - B
Calculus AP - C
English AP - B</p>

<p>For my junior year I still have two and a half months before the final grades come out and I know I can raise my math and history grade up one grade.
Tests:
I haven't taken any SAT tests yet.
AP test scores: World History - 2
Biology - 1</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Volunteer at the Free clinic - for 6 months now and still going
Volunteer at Little Jesus Family (a home for disabled adults)
Part-time job at the hospital
University of Future Students club
Korean Club - hold office for historian
Symphonic - hold office for secretary
Member of CSF
Member of High School National Honors Scholars
School Honor Roll</p>

<p>Awards:
Top 10% of class award
Rank #7 award
Perfect Attendance
Who's Who Among American High School Students Award
Award for completing the medical forum at UCLA</p>

<p>Thanks in advance for telling me what my chances are!</p>

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<p>i think you're a sure match for all of the UC's and SF State. You have a great shot at all the rest, though it will be slightly more competitive. There's not much more you can do about it now.</p>

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<p>Since UC is all about numbers, its hard to decide w/o an SAT score. If your sat is 2000, UCLA/UCB are reaches, UCSD is match, and other are safe matches. Sorry but dont even think about those first 8 on your list. Its tough..</p>

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<p>The problem with getting into the first eight is that you have nothing that talks of academic competitions or musical/arts competitions, and your leadership skills don't show through with this list (where are the things like student government, president of a club, leading a beach cleanup effort, working on political campaigns, etc.)</p>

<p>P.S. Don't list Who's Who on your application--everyone knows you pay to be listed, so adcoms consider this a scam.</p>

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<p>I didn't know that Whos who was something you had to pay to get in because a teacher recommended me for it. I just paid to get an album, my name would still have been in it even if I hadn't paid the money. </p>

<p>As for the leadership part does it have to be something I was a LEADER in? I was part of park cleanups, river cleanups, and painting schools but I wasn't the leader of it...I guess what I really want to know is what counts as leadership?</p>

<p>Also another question! You said the first eight is a problem does that mean the others like UCLA aren't problems?</p>

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<p>lalacherry:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Slight Reach
UCSD: Match
UCI/UCSB: Safe Match</p>