<p>Hey, I’m very curious as to how my stats are looking right now, and if there are things (other than grades) I can work on to improve my chances. Currently a Junior.</p>
<p>School/Academics
- Asian Female, 16, Public High School in CA
- My high school isn’t very competitive compared to other districts
- Unweighted GPA: 3.54 accumulative
- Weighted GPA: ~3.7
- Class Rank: 108 of 680
- SAT: CR 600, M 670, W 730 (2000 total, planning to retake)
- SAT II: Chinese 780 (planning on taking US History + Bio)
- APs: APWorld(3), APBio(In progress), APUSH(In progress)
- Community service: 147.5 hours (planning on 250+)</p>
<p>Extra Curricular Stuffs
- Piano: 10 years, CM test for level 9
- Choir: (will be) 12 years, attending ACDA (American Choral Director’s Association, national thing), trips (we perform not just locally but in other countries as well)
- Badminton: (will be) 3 years (10-12), 2 years Varsity
- Chinese School: (will be) 12 years
- Lupus Foundation: (community service; mainly office work) will be 4 years (9-12)
- Church (8-10): Missions trips (worked in shelters, community, Navajoland), Part of Worship Team + Youth Group, Vacation Bible School (community service)
- Guitar (9-10): Group lessons once a week during school
- Library (9-11): (community service), took part in Read to Succeed, where you teach English + read to children
- Does Journalism count? (will be 2 years). Im currently the Assistant News Editor</p>
<p>Classes- Current, Junior year
- Journalism (A)
- Honors English (A-)
- AP US History (A-)
- Honors Precal (B)
- AP Bio (B)
- Chinese III (A)</p>
<p>Classes- Planned, Senior year
- Journalism
- AP English
- AP AB Calc
- Psychology I & II
- Gov/Econ, maybe AP Gov
- Art</p>
<p>Other
- Should I take up piano again and test for advanced or does it not matter? (Piano “ranking” is levels 1-10, Advanced, Penal)
- Do community service hours count for anything?
*- What else should I be doing to prepare to get into UCLA, UCSD, or other UCs? (Well, besides the grades of course :P)</p>
<p>THANK YOU.</p>