Chance me for UCSC?

chroobs113
Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:15:12 +0000

UC GPA: 3.36
Weighted high school GPA: 3.63
SAT: 1250
ACT: 28

AP Tests Taken:
-Psychology (4)
-English Language (3)
-World History (4)
-Environmental Science (2)

Senior Year Schedule:
-AP Statistics
-Graphic Arts 1
-AP Microeconomics/U.S. Government and Politics
-Spanish 3
-AP English Literature
-Journalism 4

Major Awards:
-Los Angeles County Academic Decathlon, 2 silver, 2 bronze medals junior year
-4 medals senior year but wasn’t able to put this in my application
-National Journalism Education Association Conference, won 3rd place in poetry writing
-AP Scholar
-Principal’s Honor Roll (3.8+ GPA) for 2 semesters
-Honor Roll (3.25-3.79 GPA) for 2 semesters

Extracurriculars:
-School newspaper opinions editor (9th, 10th grade), soundcheck/opinions editor (11th grade), editor-in-chief, opinions, soundcheck editor (12th grade)
-Protect Animal Welfare club PR officer (11 grade)
-Link Crew club: help transition of freshmen into high school (11th grade)
-Class council, student government promotion class unity and spirit (9-11th grade)
-Global Exchange Organization, “club that promotes cultural and global awareness, exploring nature, appreciation of foreign and classical cinema” -from my application (9th-12th grade)

I had pretty strong essays, both of my college advisors and AP Lit teacher really liked them and said they were interesting and gave a lot of insight about me.

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