vosamim

Im a high school junior in norcal and my conselor (who happened to be at school for the first time in ages!) told me to start thinking about college. I was like, ok?stats:


male (haitian american)
sat i: 1690
sat ii: Spanish (780), French (710), German (690), gonna take math ii and literature
APs: French (3), Spanish lang (4), APWorld (2), AP spanish lit (2),
GPA: 3.786
Rank: top20% small, competitive school

ECs(just got an update):
-109.4 hours from volunteerig at my former elementart school at the afterschol programme(sophmore year)
-102 hours from home work help at community resource centre in the library(junior year)
-45hrs kiwins community help (club just started this year)
-President of KIWINS club
-badminton 2yrs
-Cross country 3yrs
-language tutor (freshman+sophmore on saturdats/sndays)
-President of chocolate club 4th (junior year)
-Regional recognitions for spanish and french accoplishments

hook?:
-Im *proficient*(not fluent, except spanish and kreyol) in Spanish, French, Haitian Kreyol, Geramn, Korean and Tagalog. I also know a little Japanese and Portuguese because the other languages makes it easier to know those.
-Good writer? (what im told)

major: linguistics

So do i have *shot* at this school or should i lower my standards

Muserz

You must get your SAT up, that is nearly 150 points lower then the average accepted SAT. Take the math SAT II for sure. Everything else seems pretty good. You have a good shot, just take the SAT again and get it at least to a 1800.

tommybarsett

Definitely have a shot, my stats were lower and I got in.

dbdavis

You are def. on the right track. A little higher SAT would help though... but I think you're looking solid.

kyledood

if you can write an essay about all the languages you know and how they relate to your interests of the future i say you have an excellent shot...the essay is what will matter.. you can bring your SAT up too but dont worry too much about that.. i know people that have gotten admitted for having a 1400 SAT and people that have gotten rejected with a 2100+ SAT.. the UCs have stopped caring too much about numbers and more on what makes you unique

netsrock

dont mislead the kid. his gpa is .3 lower and his sat is 150 lower than the average. i know its just an average, but it would be good to be higher than average in one of the two categories. look i am not saying that you do not have a shot. I would feel a lot more comfortable with a higher sat. i ran your numbers on a website that uses an algorithm based on previous results of applicants, and it says that u have a 37% chance of acceptance.

KoreanBoi92

Heyhey,you're president of kiwins now? Nice

vosamim

haha.yeah.im loving it.