What should I do?

Transfer Students
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<p>I am looking to transfer to a California school (or possibly somewhere else) from Arizona State. My situation is kinda different because I went on a foreign mission for 2 years out of high school. I learned a ton, including portuguese fluently. It was a service mission, for a church, so I assume it will look good on my application. I am currently a freshman, at 22 years old, and married. I work at least 30 hours a week selling shoes at Nordstrom. I am leaning toward English as my major and will have like 25 credit hours at the end of the semester. I am looking at about a 3.8 gpa. </p>

<p>I took freshman english at cc my senior year and this year i have eng 200 and spanish 202, which I tested into because of the portuguese knowledge. I am taking spa 313 next semester and hope to be nearly fluent by app time. I think it is a fairly rigorous schedule with a few upper division classes. </p>

<p>Schools I possibly will to apply to:
USC, UCB, UCLA, UCSD, NYU, Brown</p>

<p>My high school record is ok, 3.8 gpa but in normal class. I did work about 20 hours a week and I was involved in scouting. I am an eagle scout. I might even write my personal statement about the impact that had on me. I never took the SAT's because I had planned on my mission then staying in state, I got into ASU without the test. Anyways, I am going to take the SAT before I apply.</p>

<p>I guess my main concern is what EC's should I have to be a competitive tranfer? What else do I need? Being married and working it is tough to find time, I just need something worthwhile that will really make an impression on my app. I was thinking community service as opposed to some random club but I would appreciate some feedback. </p>

<p>I plan on attending law school when I graduate. I want to transfer to a better school to be more competitive. I would like to go to Harvard or Yale but even if I went to ASu or U of A I would be more competitive have graduated out of state.<br>
Well there's my life story. I just wanted to lay it all down cuz I am super confused about SAT and EC's and the things I need to be competitive.</p>

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<p>anybody got an EC idea? Does it look bad that I haven't taken the SATs?</p>

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<p>I think for Brown, SAT and SAT II are requirements, however, NYU and USC won't use it.</p>

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<p>thanks. that makes me wonder how hard it will be to prepare for the SATs. It is definately worth it if I have a chance at Brown or maybe Rice. Stanford is a long shot but I kinda need some incentive to do all that SAT work if most schools dont care. anybody think I have a chance at these schools? if so I will put in the effort.</p>

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<p>The UCs dont use the SAT or your high school record.</p>

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anybody think I have a chance at these schools? if so I will put in the effort.

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<p>Well... it depends on your SAT score. I would aim for a 2250+ to have a shot at both Brown and Rice.</p>