Chance me please?

ivycmm
Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:38:19 +0000

Prospective major?

U of Chicago, Brown, and NYU - reaches.
USC, UC Berkeley, UCLA - low reaches (you’re in-state, which helps a lot with the last 2).
UCSD and UCSB - matches
both CSU’s - safeties
I don’t know too much about SFSU and SJSU, sorry.

Anyways, keep in mind that even schools that are reaches can be possibilities because you have a lot of stuff that they typically look for: minority, first generation, low-income (which means you’ll probably get good financial aid at your matches and reaches if you get in).
Applying to some of those top-tier schools can sometimes be a crapshoot, but I think you have a good chance. Good luck!