Chance Me Please

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<p>Asian Indian CA resident</p>

<p>UW 9-11 GPA 3.35
UW 10-11 excluding PE 3.0; W 3.5
Rank - 117/617</p>

<p>Dad passed away April of junior year from leukemia
Large dip in my grades starting from 2nd semester sophomore year (dad got diagnosed durin xmas break) and got worse junior year</p>

<p>Moved to LA beginning of junior year but moved back in November of same semester
Received 1 D and 1 C each semester junior + 1 C 2nd sem sophomore year)
Total - 2 Ds and 3 Cs (Rest were Bs and As)
If you just want to see my classes and grades just ask please</p>

<p>Summer before freshman year took spanish I</p>

<p>Sophomore year took AP Euro
Junior Year - AP Stats (4), AP USH (3), AP Eng Lang (2), AP Span Lang - canceled scores
APs were less than a month after dad passed away</p>

<p>SAT (Best Sitting) - 1980 - 750M, 680W, 550CR
SAT (Superscore) - 2040 - 750M, 680W, 610 CR</p>

<p>SAT IIs - Two highest are Math 2 - 660 and USH - 680
Planning on retaking both of those in December</p>

<p>Cross country for 4 years - received Top Varsity Scholar Athlete this year (Based off midterm grades)
Track for 2 years (couldn’t do it my junior year because i missed to much school stayin with my father in hospital) and will do it this year
Red Cross Club - President
College Club - Secretary
United Way Club - Secretary
4 years of MASH (Medical Academy) - take medical classes such intro to med and such
HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) - Competitor; going to state this year
CSF for 2 years
NHS - 3rd year right now
Volunteer at 2 local hospitals - 150 + 300 = 450 hours (in hospital only)
Random volunteer hours here and there from Red Cross and Key Club
Job Shadowed doctors</p>

<p>Work Exp - Worked at Circuit City as salesman in the Home Entertainment Department summer after sophomore year </p>

<p>Want to show that I can bounce back up senior year
First Sem classes - H Econ, AP Eng Lit, Sociology, AP Calc, AP Bio, AP Env Sci
School is on a semester so midterm grades dont count but got straight As and most likely will receive straight As for semester
Thats if they even do see my senior first sem grades tho</p>

<p>Second Sem classes - AP gov, AP Eng Lit, Psych, AP Calc, AP Bio, AP Env Sci</p>

<p>Thinking of majoring some kind of bio or neuroscience
Future goal - doctor</p>

<p>Chances? thanks</p>

802

<p>anyone???</p>

803

<p>International Dutch/Chinese applicant from Shanghai, China</p>

<p>W:3.86/4.5 (my school’s GPA system is weird)
UW: 3.62/4.0
Rank: 21/189</p>

<p>Courseload:
IB Diploma with English, Chinese, Math, and Economics HL and Psychology, Physics SL</p>

<p>SAT1 (Single Sitting): 2280 (770 CR 800 M 710 W)
SAT2: 680 Literature, 790 Math IIC, 730 Physics</p>

<p>Basketball Team Captain 4 years
Student Body Department Leader for 4 years
President of Basketball Club
Spent 50+ hours teaching 4-star hotel personnel English
Spent 100+ hours helping migrant school children and holding a fair for them.
Made lecture in hometown in Northern China about living in other countries to a school of one thousand. Also stayed as a volunteer teacher for summer.
99th percentile for PSAT (too bad I’m not an American citizen)
And then some random awards which aren’t too significant.</p>

<p>I reckon my essays are satisfactory and I am overall pleased with them. </p>

<p>There’s one thing I’m worried about the most: my GPA.
From what I’ve seen, UCs care a LOT on GPA, and since my GPA is pretty low, I think that’ll somehow be detrimental to my chances. Could the experts here give some feedback about that? :D</p>

<p>Overall, thanks for reading my post and chancing me!</p>

804

<p>xcrunner1478:</p>

<p>UCLA: Reach</p>

805

<p>DZH:</p>

<p>UCLA: Slight Reach (out of state)</p>

806

<p>UC GPA: 4.40
Unweighted GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>ELC student. Top 4% (Maybe 3%), class of about 350 [my school doesn’t rank]
Public HS
California Resident (Born in England)</p>

<p>ACT score: 33</p>

<p>SAT II:
Chemisty 730
US History 700
Math II 690 ):</p>

<p>AP Courses:
World History 4
Chemistry 4
US History 4
English Language 4
Physics C (taking)
Biology (taking)
English Literature (taking)
Calculus BC (taking)
US Government (taking)
Macroeconomics (taking)</p>

<p>Animal Rights Club (4 years)
Philosophy Club secretary
Human Relations Council (Leadership council)
Science Olympiad (9th grade)
Chosen to represent my school in the American Chemical Society 1st year exam (10th grade)
School tennis team (3 years, now I’m injured so I couldn’t play on the team)
USTA tennis tournaments
Piano (10 years, but I only play for enjoyment now…)
Volunteer at a local science center (2 years)
Volunteer for a cat rescue organization (6 years)
[Around 282 community hours as of now]</p>

<p>I did a research program over the summer at UC Irvine with Chemical engineering and Biomedical engineering professors and graduate students.</p>

<p>I’m interested in Chem Engineering.</p>

807

<p>Manzagal3:</p>

<p>UCLA: Match (Engineering)</p>

808

<p>Does UCLA look at all sections of the ACT?</p>

809

<p>I posted here before, but I had miscalculated some of my stats.</p>

<p>California Resident
Public HS
Applying as English major</p>

<p>GPA: 4.25W, 3.83 UW, 4.17 UC
Rank: Top 4% at least (ELC)
SAT I: 680CR, 690M, 680W, 2050 total (Plan to retake in December for hopefully a 2100)
SAT II: US HISTORY (670) LIT (650)</p>

<p>EC’s:
LEO Club: member in 9th and 10th grade, Publicity Commissioner in 11th, Vice President in 12th
Operation Smile Club:Secretary (Club was created this year)
CSF (10-12)
NHS (9-12)
TAMS
Anti-Violence Club Member (11-12, club was created last year)
(These are the ones I put on my application)</p>

<p>Community Service:
About 135 hours doing school related community service. (That is not counting 12th grade. I’ll have another 45 hours at the end of this year)
Almost 20 hours volunteering at a library</p>

<p>Awards:
CSF
ELC
Renaissance Student of the Quarter
Student of the Month
National Merit Commended</p>

<p>Sophomore Schedule:
AP Chemistry (only AP available to Sophomores) B/B
Honors (Pre-AP) English A/A
Spanish 3-4 A/A
Honors (Pre-AP) Pre-Calculus A/A
Honors (Pre-AP) World History A/A
PE (filling requirement, doubt it counts) A/A</p>

<p>Junior Schedule:
AP US History A/A
AP English Language A/B
AP Calculus AB B/A
Physics CP A/A
Spanish 5-6 A/A
Psycology/Sociology (1st semster and 2nd semester respectively) A/A</p>

<p>Summer before Senior Year:
Community College: Introduction to Theatre, Calculus, Statistics. Received As in all of them.</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Government
AP Economics
AP English Literature
AP Biology
Newspaper
Taking Calculus II at a community college</p>

<p>Chance me for:
UCLA
UCB
UCSD</p>

<p>*My essays are about my aspirations of becoming a civil rights attorney and about moving to the US from Germany in the 4th grade and what it taught me. I think I’m a good writer, so they should help me.</p>

<p>**I plan on taking the AP German test through self-study this May.</p>

810

<p>STANDARDIZED TESTS
SAT
M- 730
W- 670
CR- 710
Total- 2110</p>

<p>ACT Composite- 32</p>

<p>SAT II’s:
Math II : 750
Bio E: 730
US History: 670</p>

<p>SCHOOL</p>

<p>GPA: 3.825 UW (No APs in my school)
Rank: 10/65
College Semester Units completed: 79.5 as of Summer 2008 (101.5 by end of senior year)
AA Degree in Humanities
AA Degree in Liberal Arts
AA Degree in Natural Sciences
Want to major in Biochemistry and possibly Business Economics (double major)</p>

<p>E.C.s</p>

<p>Junior Representative in Student Government (1 year) (11)
Founder/ President of the Sports and Activities Club (for 3 years) (10-12)
Volunteer at the local library (175+ hours over 4 years) (9, 11-12)
Volunteer at Habitat for Humanity (70+ hours since January 2008)
Volunteer at Soup Kitchen (25 hours)
Volunteer at Neighbors in Health (free healthcare) (20 hours) (11-12)
Key Club Sergeant at Arms (Member for 4 years) (9-12)
Art Club (11-12)
Academic Decathlon (4 medals in January and Captain/Starter)(10-12)
Alpha Gamma Sigma (college academic honors Club) (11-12)
Mock Trial (Captain) (12th)</p>

<p>Jobs:</p>

<p>Grader for an Economics Professor @ a community college
Restaurant host/cashier</p>

811

<p>In-state. Half Arab (Dad born in Iraq) and German
GPA- 4.0 UC
Top public school in California.
ACT- 28
SATII: 650 US History- 700 Eng Lit
AP: By the end of my senior year I have taken 10 AP classes and 13 AP Tests. 5- US 5 Art 5 World. 4 Eng, 3 comparative Govt (without taking the class)
EC: Varsity Starter football, captain, all league, all academic team, best o and d linemen. Track and Field captain, all league, all-academic team. Founder of 3 clubs. President of 4. 150+ community service.
Essays- Great!</p>

812

<p>I<em>Was</em>Here:</p>

<p>UCLA: Slight Reach</p>

813

<p>eaad:</p>

<p>UCLA: Match</p>

814

<p>Machiavelli12:</p>

<p>UCLA: Slight Reach</p>

815

<p>In State
Caucasian Male</p>

<p>Academic:
Rank: Not sure, but top 10%
SAT: 2250
SATII Molecular Biology: 780
SATII Math II: 720
UC GPA: 4.07
UW GPA: 3.75</p>

<p>My sophomore year wasn’t as good as my junior year do to personal reasons (it’s a valid excuse concerning my family and my responsibilities within the family)</p>

<p>4.0 UW both semesters of my junior year… so upward trend?
Most rigorous schedule available at school except APUSH</p>

<p>AP Biology - 5
Lang + Comp. - 4
AP Calc - 4
AP State - 4
AP British Lit - 4
AP Spanish 5 - 5
AP Gov./Econ - 4</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>4 Years Varsity Basketball; Captain 2 years
4 Years Baseball, 2 years Varsity</p>

<p>250+ Hours working at community youth centers, hospitals, senior homes, community centers, personal training with kids for basketball, and being counseler at basketball camps.</p>

<p>Buck Institute of Research Internship for genetics (did this summer, really was fascinating)</p>

<p>National Honors Society - 2 years
Key Club - 2 years (officer)
Interact Club - 2 years (vice-president)</p>

<p>For Interact Club we went down to Mexico and helped the villagers build houses for over 100 hours of community service.</p>

<ul>
<li>Won many scholar athlete awards.</li>
<li>Large interest in Digital Arts and Photography (PTSA Reflections regional finalist)
and other bla bla that I won’t bore you with.</li>
</ul>

<p>What do you think my chances are?</p>

816

<p>dkwunw:</p>

<p>UCLA: Match</p>

817

<p>dkwunw, looks like a match. And I didn’t take APUSH either. :D</p>

818

<p>Out of State (New York)
Caucasian Male (Jewish)</p>

<p>Academic:
Rank: 1 out of 379
SAT (Composite): 2240 (Math: 780, CR: 710, Writing: 750)
SAT (Single Test Date): 2180 (780, 710, 690)
SATII Math II: 760
SATII History: 760
Weighted GPA: 4.28
Most Rigorous Schedule Available (Full IB)
150 Hours of Community Service, 4,000 word Extended Essay</p>

<p>AP Lang. and Comp.: 4
AP Eng. Literature: 5
AP Euro: 4
APUSH: 4
IB Biology: 4
Taking 6 more IB tests this May</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>150+ Hours of Community Service for Full IB
National Honors Society - 2 Years (President)
Chairman of Binghamton High School’s Thanksgiving Day Dinner (Served 6,000 in our community)
Mathletes - 4 Years (Team Captain, 2-Time Reg. Champion, State Competitor)
Student Council - 4 Years (Representative, City Council Liaison)
Spanish Club - 2 Years (Participating in Student Exchange)
NYML - 2 Years (School Champion)
Temple Youth Group - 1 Year (VP)
4 Years Varsity Track; Academic All-Star 2 years
1 Year JV Soccer</p>

819

<p>I applied to: UC Berkeley, UC Los Angeles, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, and UC Riverside. What are my chances for these schools?</p>

<p>GPA - Weighted: 3.73 <– UC GPA
Slight upward trend from 10-12 grade (2 semesters): 3.6 -> 3.2 -> 3.5 -> 4.2</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 620
SAT I Critical Reading: 730
SAT I Writing: 680</p>

<p>Total: 2030 (took Dec, expecting ~2100)</p>

<p>SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 670
SAT II Literature: 710</p>

<p>AP World History-3
AP US History-3
AP Biology-3</p>

<p>12th grade Courses
AP European History
AP Statistics
AP French
Honors Physics (H)
English 4
Calculus AB</p>

<p>College Level Courses Taken: Sociology</p>

<p>AP Courses Taken:
AP Biology
AP US History</p>

<p>Honors Courses Taken:
Honors English 1
Honors English 2
Honors English 3 (H)
Honors Geometry
Honors Biology
Honors Chemistry (H)
Honors World History</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
2 years Big Brothers Big Sisters Program
4 years engineering, math, & science club w/positions as secretary, competitions officer, and team captain
2 years Animal Rescue Club as secretary
2 years Badminton Club as webmaster/secretary
3 years Class Council
2 years Interact Service Club
2 years FBLA</p>

820

<p>Jesus f-ing christ, so many god damn EC’S!</p>

<p>You guys cool with a transfer posting his stats here?</p>