xxdiskoolnerdxx

haha i really wanna go to Davis, i went to o visit the campus i while ago and i really freakin liked it. Here's my Stats:

UC GPA: 3.65
Regular GPA: 3.67
top 20 of my class
African-American, low income, raised by single parent, first generation
SAT I: 1500 (taking it again in oct. hopefully 1600) Cr:530 M:510 W: 460
SAT II: Math II: 510 Biology: 470 US hist: 530 (gonna retake math)
4 years XC and Track (Captain this upcoming year)
after senior year i would have taken every science class 2 my school
Raised money for UNICEF for 3 years
Math Tutor for a year
Volunteered @ library for a summer (50 hrs)
Worked @ local grocery store for over a year
Sportsmanship award from Skyline High School Track & Field
Oakland All Star Scholarship awarded me 1000 dollars
Recognized by the African American Ap Student Initiative
African American Student Task Force award since 8th grade

XeN0cidE

Hard to call, because you have a lot of EC's and a rather good GPA. But how many AP classes have you taken exactly? Oh, and please PLEASE raise your SAT scores. And um....Work on your essays soon. The UC essays are very alike, every year, so you can get an idea of what's going to be your essay prompt by last year's or other previous ones. And keep up your grades

dmission

UCs don't take race into account.

Work on your GPA if you can, that's pretty low

xxdiskoolnerdxx

heh yea thats as good as my gpa is gonna get since im a senior this up coming year...but i def raise those sat im also taking the act...with the stats above is it a reach?

cfsaetern

Eh. I find that a lot of students work hard to get good grades, great extra curriculars, etc. and totally BS the application and essays. I have a lot of friends who were much better applicants then me in terms of GPA, Test scores, and EC's and were rejected to many schools I got into. I say do what you can now but when the applications become available get working on them ASAP. Filling the application itself gives you another opportunity to look better then the next applicant.

I got into every UC; including Cal and LA with a GPA of 3.4 and a 1540 SAT I.

Fix the things you can and don't stress about the things you can't. Make sure your application represents you to the fullest and cross your fingers. With the way acceptances went this year nothing is for sure.

I can't say whether or not you have a good chance or not - I'm still suprised about myself. Good luck though.

xxdiskoolnerdxx

wow thanks ^ thats really inspiring, im just gonna do my best i guess