end my random bouts of anxiety, please.

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>On the verge of ‘thoroughly stressed out’, so I decided to give this thing a go. </p>

<p>Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian
Grad class: 08, senior this fall.
Family: Parents were both immigrants. Father - St. Mary’s for undergrad, then USC for phd in Chemistry. (I’m not sure this qualifies me as legacy?) Mother - No education in the US.
Economic Status: Middle class
Location: Bay Area</p>

<p>School: Public School
Class Rank: Top 10% out of 500 and an odd number
Unweighted GPA: 3.86 (ugh.)
UC Weighted GPA: 4.37</p>

<p>SAT I: 800M, 740CR, 770W - TOTAL: 2310
SAT II: Math IIC-770, Chinese - 790, Biology - 710, Chem - Taking in fall
PSAT: 215 (Recommendations given)</p>

<p>AP classes:
10 - AP Bio (5), AP Euro (3)
11 - AP English (4), AP Stats (3)
12 - AP English, AP Gov/Econ, AP Calc AB</p>

<p>Other Classes:
9- English H, Health/Computers, Algebra2/Trig H, Drama, Biology H, PE
10 - English H, AP Bio, AP Euro, Geometry H, Mandarin 3, PE
11 - English 11 AP, US History, Precal H, AP Stats, Chem H, Mandarin 4
12 - English 11 AP, AP Gov/Econ, AP Calc AB, Physics H, Psychology, Anatomy</p>

<p>School Activities:
Badminton - 9, 10, 12 (Varsity)
ASB Special Events Commissioner
Model UN Club - Vice
Psychology Club - Secretary
Art Club - Publicist
Interact, Key Club, Japanese Club, Asian Club, Art Club, Badminton Club - 9-12
An assortment of other clubs and such. </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Dance (Tap, Ballet, Modern, Hip Hop) - 12 yrs
Gymnastics - 6 yrs
Sport Aerobics - 3 yrs
Chinese School - 6 yrs
Web Design (not sure if this counts) - 5 yrs</p>

<p>Job Experience:
Secretary at Biomedical Devices company
Currently looking for a job in retail/restaurant business</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
Washington Hospital - 100 hrs
Assistant Dance Instructor - 6 hr/week
Buddhist Temple
Homeless Shelter</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
Our school gives out awards for academic achievement for each subject branch. I don’t think they’re worth very much, but I guess they might count for something…
English (9&10), Business/Computers (9), Mandarin (10&11), Chemistry (11)</p>

<p>Recs:
In the process of being written. They should be decent. </p>

<p>Major:
Still undecided.
Like every other Asian (or it seems like it), I’m feeling pressure to go into the medical field. </p>

<p>Colleges I’m looking into:
UCB
UCLA
UCSD
UCD
UCI
UCSB
UCSC
UC - Riverside
UC - Mercede
er… basically all the UC’s, along with: </p>

<p>USC
Stanford
NYU
Columbia
Washington and Lee
Carnegie Mellon
Northwestern
Johns Hopkins</p>

<p>Sorry for the long list. I’m still quite unsure of where I want to go, and what I want to pursue as a career. If you have any questions/comments don’t hesitate to ask. Any suggestions/tips on where to apply, or anything really are completely welcome. </p>

<p>Much appreciation.</p>

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<p>UCB
UCLA
UCSD
UCD
UCI
UCSB
UCSC
UC - Riverside
UC - Mercede</p>

<p>IN AT ALL </p>

<p>USC IN
Stanford 40 %
NYU IN
Columbia 50 %
Washington and Lee ??
Carnegie Mellon 70 %
Northwestern 50 %
Johns Hopkins 70 %</p>

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<p>UCB: match
UCLA: match
UCSD: safe match - safety
UCD: safety
UCI: safety
UCSB: safety
UCSC: safety
UC - Riverside: safety
UC - Merced: safety
USC: match - safe match
Stanford: good shot at, but probably a reach
NYU: safe match - safety
Columbia: good shot
Washington and Lee: safety
Carnegie Mellon: safe match
Northwestern: match
Johns Hopkins: match</p>

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<p>Thanks. :]
Hmm. I’m a bit surprised that I’m ‘IN’ at most of these schools. Guh. Wish I knew what I wanted to go in as though. </p>

<p>I’m open to the possibility of applying/considering more Ivies/upper tier schools, but I’m not sure if I have a very good chance at getting into any of them. Possibly Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell. </p>

<p>Eh. I’ve still got a few more months to decide. </p>

<p>;__;</p>

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<p>If you are living in California, its best to go to the top tier UC’s schools. After all, you’re match to all UC schools.</p>

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<p>Lol so not true. I probably guess that half of Asians go to medical field while the other half goes to technical field such as Computer Science and Engineering.</p>

<p>If you are interested in medical stuff, I recommend University of California: San Francisco. It is pretty much unheard of but it specializes in medical and medical only. </p>

<p>Keep it up the good work and take it easy.</p>

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<p>Yeah, definitely have heard of it. My parents would prefer that I got into some kind of BS/MD program, but those are ridiculously competitive and selective. Besides, I’m still really unsure of whether I’d like to go down that road. I’d rather not have it all cemented into place. </p>

<p>Man. Summer’s almost over. :[ ver. sad.</p>

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<p>varsity badminton? is that your school, or does california really have badminton as a high school sport?</p>

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<p>Nope. It’s California.</p>

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<p>I hear ya. I would like to go to a specific major school such as Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (which I’m interested in aerospace engineering) as opposed to broad schools like UCLA. But I have financial problems with Embry-Riddle and stats problems like UCLA lol. So I don’t know how am I suppose to pull this off ><.</p>

<p>But anyway, as long as you want to have a good life you should be fine with any of those top tier schools. I don’t think there is a major difference between one of the other since there is always a large amount of medical opportunities. And I think the medical jobs is very broad. But its up to you. Good luck!</p>

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<p>UCSF is only grad school.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I know.</p>

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<p>you are also def too good for UC merced =D</p>

<p>and you have a VERY good chance at W&L. Not only are you academically capable, but they’re looking to diversify the school so I think you’re in. However, WL is strongest at placing Acct/Business type majors.</p>

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<p>Great score and everything. You have a great shot at all the colleges (yes, even Stanford) </p>

<p>Now, I ended your random bouts of anxiety, can you guys please end mine? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=378095[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=378095&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks.
More opinions?</p>