Chance 2014, very ordinary EC's, recommend any schools?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Im a nonathletic asian male from an academically focused public school in california, CHANCE ME</p>

<p>GRADES</p>

<p>GPA: 3.83/4.13 </p>

<p>Freshman
1st sem: 2 B’s (Spanish, Principles of Business)
2nd sem: 4.0</p>

<p>Sophomore
1st sem: 3 B’s (Lit, Spanish, International Business)
2nd sem: 4.0
AP/honors= chemistry honors</p>

<p>Junior
1st sem: 4.0
2nd sem: 1 B (AP us history)
AP/honors= AP us history, precalculus, spanish 4, chemistry AP</p>

<p>TEST SCORES</p>

<p>AP SCORES
Chem (5) Us History (5)</p>

<p>SAT I/II
SAT I: 2240 (Reading = 800, math = 730, writing=690 nine on essay), taken once
SAT II: Math level 2 = 800, US history = 800, chemistry = 770, all taken one session (does that help?, that was one of the last sessions i could take it, so at a time crunch).</p>

<p>ECs
370 hours community service (through clubs nothing special)
2 years of student tutor
2 time organizer for annual fundraiser raises $10,000 for cancer yearly (will that help me stand out?), had a submission nominated in a small community college film festival.</p>

<p>Next year schedule
Journalism (first year), calc bc, ap spanish, ap gov/econ, physics honors, regular literature</p>

<p>May turn in a photography (hobby) portfolio as supplemental?</p>

<p>Schools
NYU, Columbia, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Northwestern, USC</p>

<p>tbh i need college recommendations i am undeclared major but interested in journalism, photography, multimedia, and a strong overall academic school</p>

<p>SORRY THIS IS VAGUE</p>

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<p>NYU - match
UCLA - match (since your in state though this year they were wierd when they rejected their own regent scholarship students)
UCBerkeley - match (since your in state)
Northwestern - match
USC - reach since they are harder for students who can’t afford them. if you got the money then its probably a match
Columbia - High Reach. Try getting more ECs or Awards (maybe in film or photography since you seem interested in that)</p>

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<p>bump bump =[</p>

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<p>Cal and UCLA (matches in your opinoin) are better institutions than USC yet USC is a reach?</p>

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<p>Jamesford: yea because in the hs i went(also a top cali school) had 1 in like 6 students going to Cal or Berkeley (there were students who got in and didn’t go) but USC rejected more students. This usually was because Cal and Berkeley looked less on California student’s extracurriculars and more on their GPAs, which is what is happening with this guy. While for USC is a private school, and will pay more attention to extracurricular. Plus Cal and UCLA don’t have letter of recs, while USC does. Currently he matches for any UC but he’s at a disadvantage for privates because he doesn’t have enough extracurricular and probably not a stellar letter of rec either.</p>