Chances? (Average 3.5 / 1900 SAT Student)

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Hey guys, please chance me!</p>

<p>Diamond Bar High School, California - Pretty competitive public school
Male - Arab/Pakistani </p>

<p>Class Rank/GPA
UW: 3.3
W: 3.5
–Our school does not rank</p>

<p>Tests
–>ACT: PLAN TO TAKE
SAT I: 1900 (560 CR, 680 M, 660 W)
SAT II: 650 Math IIC, 620 US History (may retake these + going to take a few more, don’t know which)</p>

<p>AP: US History - 4 Art History - 3 (Plan to take AP Bio, Calc AB, AP Language senior year) </p>

<p>High School Courses
Sophomore:
World History, Alg2/Trig Honors, Biology, English 2, Spanish 2,Wieght Training
Junior:
AP English , AP US History, AP Art Hisotry, Spanish 3, Chemistry
Senior:
AP English Language/Composition, AP Biology, AP AB Calculus, Civics, Economics, Spanish 4 AP</p>

<p>Extracurriculars/Community Service/Hobbies(In order of importance)
Founder of Youth Hoops Basketball Camp for children - 3 years
Teen Tutor - 2 years
Summer reading program volunteer for children - 2 years
Muslim Student Association - Vice president - 3 years
Volunteer Hours at Local Mosque - 3 years
Engineering Club - Member - 1 year
Youth basketball Assistant coach - 1 year
I Build Computers! : ) - 2 years</p>

<p>Awards/Recognition
Honor Roll - 9th,10th,11th grade
Chemistry Student of the Year - 11th grade
Energy Conservation Constructor - Regional Recognition Certificate</p>

<p>Work Experience
–BIOMETICS INTERNATIONAL(Lab Assistant/Computer Technician/Quality Control Manager) (VERY Proud of this job : )) - 25 hrs/wk , 11th Grade Summer
–Spectrum Audio/Visual Inc. (Entertainment Setups) - 2 hrs/wk for 3 years</p>

<p>Recs, Essays
Should be EXCELLENT, really banking on my essays to make a big impact.</p>

<p>College List
Boston University
NYU
CalPoly San Luis Obispo
Cal State LongBeach (Safety)
UCIrvine
UCLA
UCSD
UCDavis
UCSB
Pomona (Dream School,hey its worth a try lol) – Maybe ED
Pitzer
Claremont Mckenna
Occidental
USC</p>

<p>Intended Major: Either Biology/Pre-Med or Finance/Economics (yes, very different but I just cant decide, maybe ill just put undecided)</p>

<p>Also, in the additional information section, I will explain my less than stellar GPA. I was diagnosed with Spontaneous PnemoThorax after a shortness of breath and a trip to Emergency. My lungs had collapsed, and I recieved bilateral surgery and was in the hospital for three weeks. I missed finals because of this. 3 Months later(second semester), I had to be operated on again (other lung) and was in the hospital for another 2 weeks. Indeed, this was a tough year lol. However, I’ve never gotten below a C, and my only C’s were in Junior year. (Two each semester,both in AP classes)</p>

<p>I know a lot of my schools may seem like reaches, but im hoping i can get admitted into at least one or two. </p>

<p>Thanks guys!</p>

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<p>you know you wanna</p>

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<p>I just graduated with the Class of 08, and I had similar stats to yours. I had a 3.6 UW, and a 1910 SAT.</p>

<p>Boston University - High Match
NYU - Reach (I was rejected from here)
CalPoly San Luis Obispo - Match
Cal State LongBeach (Safety) - Safety
UCLA - Reach
Pomona (Dream School,hey its worth a try lol) – Maybe ED - High Reach
Pitzer - Reach
Claremont Mckenna - High Reach
Occidental - High Match/Reach
USC - High Reach (I was rejected from here)</p>

<p>Best of luck, I hope you get in where I didnt!</p>

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<p>thanks! helped a lot!</p>

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<p>bump, i would appreciate any more opinions</p>

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<p>Hey, I go to diamond bar high school too! lol
I don’t know much about other the universities, but you should have a very good chance to get in UCI and UCSB, most likely 100% lol, considering you have good EC’s despite having a 3.5 gpa. You have an okay chance of UCSD, I believe. You should consider retaking the SAT this fall. A 2100+ would definitely help with your chances.</p>

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<p>For your top flight schools, you need to add 150-200 points to your SAT, and if you are interested in pre-med, you also need to add 50 to 100 points to your SAT II in math.</p>