<p>Hi all, I’m a junior looking apply to these schools in the fall. I attend a public high school in california. I would say my school is fairly competitive, it got a silver medal rating on US news, but most of the top students attend USC, UC Berkeley, or UCLA rather than ivies. My GPA is a 3.75 unweighted and 4.34 weighted (soph and junior years). I’m in the top 5% of my class, 30/620 or around that. A big problem for me is that I got 2 C’s sophomore year for an honors trig/pre calc class, how badly will this affect me? There’s a fluctuation in my grades: I did well freshman year, and then my grades tanked sophomore year, and I only ended up with a 3.5 uw and a 4.0 w both semesters. However, I tried much harder junior year, and I got a 4.0 uw and 4.67 w with 4 AP classes. My SAT score is a 2220, 730 CR, 740 M, 750 W. SAT II’s are: 760 USH, 740 math 2, and 710 chem. My ACT is 33 composite. I will have taken 10 AP and 4 honor classes by the end of senior year. My AP scores so far chem-3, us hist-5, world hist-5, psych-4, and eng lang-5. I haven’t done much for school, I’m just part of the California Scholarship Federation, math club, and junior committee. I’ve played HS volleyball for 3 years and club volleyball for 2 years thus far. I’ve attended Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth summer programs since the summer of 8th grade. I’m attending the JHU/Northwestern civic leadership program at UC Berkeley this summer. I volunteer at a hospital and an orphanage, where I tutor young girls, weekly. I also volunteer at the local Red Cross by setting up blood drives. Next fall, I’ll be part of a CNA program where I volunteer at an elderly home and shadow nurses. I’m looking to major in public health or molecular toxicology at UC berkeley (pre-pharmacy).</p>