While I write my UC essays, help meee...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>OOS for all publics, West Coast.
White Male, Senior
Suburban Public School</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.23
UW GPA: 3.93
W GPA: 4.11</p>

<p>Weighted Class Rank 18/509, Top 4% (Our valedictorian right now is under 4.4)</p>

<p>I have no interest in the IB Diploma, itself, but I took 4 full-year IB classes last year and am now taking 5. We have no AP or Honors courses.</p>

<p>SAT I: 760 CR 760 M 640 W 2160 Composite
ACT: 34</p>

<p>I'm not sure which to submit. Help?!?! Right now I think I'm sending both!?</p>

<p>SAT IIs will be Chemistry and Math II next week.</p>

<p>Academic Honors:</p>

<p>National Merit Semi-Finalist (shoo-in finalist)
Outstanding Junior Math Student </p>

<p>E.C.s (look at the time commitment here...no typos...)</p>

<p>Marching Band (9-12) - 20hrs/week, 12/weeks/yr</p>

<p>Drum and Bugle Corps (11-12), 600-700 hours a year, school year and summer. Very hard to stick in boxes.</p>

<p>Winter Percussion (10-12), 20 hrs/week, 16 weeks/year</p>

<p>Ultimate Frisbee Team (10-12), 4 hrs/week, 36 weeks/year</p>

<p>Electric Band (10-12), 5 hrs/week, 10 weeks/year</p>

<p>Destination Imagination Improv Team (4-12), State Champions 2005, 2006, 2007
Private Music Lessons (Clarinet, Saxophone) (10-12)
Jazz Band (11-12)
Wind Ensemble (10-12)</p>

<p>Leadership Roles:</p>

<p>Head Drum Major for Marching Band (11-12)
Head Drum Major for Div II/III Finalist Drum and Bugle Corps (11-12)
Co-Founder, Captain for Ultimate Frisbee Team</p>

<p>I will probably enter a Business school or study Economics. I have absolutely no idea what I want in a career and am not devoted to any one major. I do plan to join a marching band if the school has one, and find myself pulled to USC for this reason...</p>

<p>I think I've refined my list now... chances at:</p>

<p>UCB
UCLA
USC
University of Washington Honors
Stanford
Reed College
Yale</p>

<p>I have visited UW, UCLA, USC, and Stanford... I'm not sure how much I like the USC environment... I think realistically UCB looks best and most reasonable right now, if I can get it, but we'll see.</p>

<p>PLEASE help me out with my test score dilemma as I'm wrapping up my applications and lend me any advice or criticism you may have!</p>

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<p>NO views in an hour? You're kidding me.</p>

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<p>Reed? That's worlds away from USC.</p>

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<p>Everyone's busy writing their own UC essays or doing projects for their college.</p>

<p>If you were in-state you'd get into all except Stanstan/Yale. But since you're OOS, I'm not exactly sure.</p>

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<p>i gotta say good chance at all...even if you are oos...
and i would not be surpirsed even if you do get into yale and stan</p>

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<p>I'd say match for all even if you are OOS. Thats a lot of time and commitment you have there in those E.Cs.</p>

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<p>Any comments about UCLA/UCB besides "well OOS I dunno?"</p>