CHANCE ME - Psych Major @ Reed, Berkeley, etc

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Posting again because I would like more evaluation. Here are stats + school list. If I could get feedback on my list and suggestions for safety schools that’d be great. Again, First choice: Reed and Berkeley. </p>

<p>STATS:
-Senior, Male, Asian, Parents Immigrated from China, living in CA
-Private High School
-Unweighted Grade: 3.6 (Our school has honors only, all APs will be officially gone next year even though there are only two offered. So…no idea how to calculate weighted)
-Honors/Advanced English classes, History classes, French class, Math classes
-SAT I (1st time): (610 W/ 670 M/ 530 R) = 1810
-SAT I (2nd time): (540 W/ 690 M/ 630 R) = 1860
-SAT I (3rd time): A third set of scores in October to come…
-SAT I (Combined): 1930
-SAT II: 570 US History, 680 Math II, 520 French (English Score to come in November)
-Class Rank: ? I’ll find out in a couple of weeks</p>

<p>EC’s:
-Senegal Initiative with school: went to Senegal and did family stay with a village for 3 weeks. I mainly taught teachers in the Senegalese village to use computers that my school donated and helped them integrate the computers into the curriculum. Other initiatives that the group did (and that I helped in) includes fixing broken chairs and tables in the school, putting up solar panels, planting a community garden, building a chicken coop, and distributing medicine with our trip doctor. Really rewarding stuff
-Volunteered as a CIT (counselor in training) with local National Park, worked with kids for 160 hours total
-Painting classes every weekend: impressionist oil painting
-“Showcase” at school, sold a couple prints for charity
-France w/ school: Home stay in Toulon, learned about French culture first hand
-JV Lacrosse (Frosh and Soph year), JV Tennis (Junior Yr, first year playing ever)
-Writer of “One Act” play which was made and put into a school festival
-School Philanthropy initiative: Mural work (soph yr) + Woodcarving for local park (jr yr)
-In general: ART (drawing for 14 years, painting for 5 years, oil painting for less than 1 year, photography for 2 years, printmaking for 2 years, architecture for less than 1 year, wood working for 3 years), Guitar (4 years - won a local contest, played with Weezer)</p>

<p>Psych Major. Art Minor.</p>

<p>-Bard College
-Boston U
-UC Berkeley
-UCLA
-UC San Diego
-UC Santa Cruz
-Lewis and Clark College
-NYU
-Northeastern
-U of Puget Sound
-Reed College
-Willamette U</p>

<p>Thanks in advance</p>

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<p>Boston U is gone from my list. bump.</p>

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<p>I LOVE REED and am highly considering Berkeley. </p>

<p>So yay. And I also love psychology.</p>

<p>Chances:</p>

<p>Bard College - Match
Boston U - Safety
UC Berkeley - Reach
UCLA - Reach
UC San Diego - High match
UC Santa Cruz - Low match
Lewis and Clark College - Low match
NYU - High match
Northeastern - Low match
U of Puget Sound - no idea.
Reed College - :slight_smile: Match
Willamette U - no idea.</p>

<p>You have mediocre grades and ECs for some of these schools, and your SATs are not too stellar–though I think they’ll manage for the middle-range schools. You seem like a very interesting guy, and your essays will probably be killer.</p>

<p>Please chance me too!
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/988558-chance-special-case-promise-chance-you-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/988558-chance-special-case-promise-chance-you-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>OP, I’m afraid Berkeley is - super reach - for you. Both you GPA and test scores are below the standard/average of Berkeley.</p>

<p>Berkeley stats: <a href=“http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp[/url]”>http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Average GPA: 3.93 (UW), 4.39 (W)
Average SAT:
Reading: 620-740
Math: 650-770
Writing: 640-750</p>