<p>Hello!</p>
<p>Despite lurking around the CC threads, this is my first time posting, so please excuse me for any mistakes or if this comes off the wrong way!</p>
<p>Anyways, I just wanted to know my chances in these schools (though I know a good chunk of them are out of my reach) and if there is any glimmer of hope, if say, I could hopefully carry a good essay or any outside circumstances would be considered for my less than stellar scores or mediocre EC’s. </p>
<p>**Colleges I’m looking into (I got fee waivers from CB for most of them and my school fee waivers for the UCs so): **
Stanford (I’m sure it’s too high of a reach, but I don’t want to regret not trying)
Columbia (another too high ^^)
UPENN (^^)
John Hopkins
Maybe University of Washington, St. Louis
Maybe NYU
USC
UC Berkeley (^^)
UCLA
UCI
UC Davis
UCR
**Intended Major: ** Biology (or should I say undecided? someone told me that might be better in the more competitive schools)</p>
<p>* CollegeBoard gave me 8 application fee waivers, but I can’t use them for UC’s, so I was wondering if anyone knew any other colleges that I should take a look into applying since I have a few fee waivers left over? *</p>
<p>UW GPA: 4.00, W: 4.8
Class Rank: 1
SAT Score: 1940 | CR: 670, Math: 610, Writing: 660, Essay: 11
(this is what I’m most afraid of, though I’m going to try again in December because I didn’t get a chance to study for the November one)
**SAT Subject Tests: ** I didn’t know about them until recently, and my strength is biology but I haven’t taken the course in two years, any advice with this?
APs: Biology, World History, Computer Science, English Lang, US History | Currently taking: Calculus BC, Chemistry, Macroeconomics (which will be gov next semester), English Lit.
Gender: F
Ethnicity: This is a little complicated. I’m pretty sure I’m Chinese, yet I speak Thai and my family grew up in Thailand, and with how I look I can pass as either or, and my last name is made up so…</p>
<p>Competitiveness of high school: another thing that could hurt me, not very competitive… (and thus I feel like I had fewer opportunities)</p>
<p>AP Scholar with Distinction and QuestBridge Finalist, if that helps</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (another thing I’m wary about, since I don’t feel they’re strong)
-Tennis (4 years, Varsity 2)
-President of Key Club and Division News Editor this year, Club Editor last year (4 years)
-Vice President of NHS, Secretary last year (4 years)
-CSF Secretary this year (4 years)</p>
<p>-Academic Decathlon (3 years)
-Link Crew (1 year)
-Best Buddies (2 years)
-Played piano for over 10 years
-Thai danced and performed in several places before
-Volunteered at the Buddhist temple for a long time, tutored, library volunteer, and was a ball girl at a college tennis tournament before
-Worked for my parent’s TV station as cameraman, sold handmade charms online</p>
<p>**I hope I don’t come off as extracurricular padding, but I really do enjoy and pursue each and every one of them. **</p>
<p>Also, will submitting an art supplement increase my chances? My strength is graphic design and website design which was all self-taught, and my friend told me they’d be good enough to turn into as an art supplement (but again, I’m not sure, PM me and I could send samples to help evaluate them?), but I’m not sure how graphic design will be submitted…</p>
<p>Sorry if this is long or I don’t know as much as I should have! I wasn’t sure what to include so I kind of included everything to see my chances. Thank you so much for all of your time and have a great day! c:</p>
Oh! And since a lot of colleges are out of my range, maybe some suggestions of good colleges for aspiring pre-med within my range would be great! :D</p>