<p>Chance me for UCSB please! 3.63 unweighted gpa, 3.91 weighted gpa, 1870 SAT score, top ten percent of school, two time cancer survivor, part time job, hispanic, lots of extracurricular activities, Varsity Golf Team all 4 years, President of Cancer Awareness Club</p>
<p>I WILL CHANCE BACK</p>
<p>It looks like a real possibility. I would say yes.
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<p>I think you are on the edge. A compelling essay might make the difference.</p>
<p>this is my personal statement:</p>
<p>The moment you tell someone that you have/had cancer, his or her entire expression changes. Eyebrows burrow, eyes grow sad, and mouths fall open. There is a pause- during which their entire perception of you changes. You are now “the girl who has/had cancer.” Your disease is now your most defining feature- your new identity.
I was diagnosed with Wilm’s tumor at three years of age. Cancer was far too large a concept for my young brain to conceive. How do you explain cancer to someone who can’t even spell it? For a long time, I remained oblivious to the chaos around me, the battle beneath my skin. Didn’t everyone spend their days in hospitals and own hundreds of ridiculously colored hats? I remember being in the bath. I wasn’t allowed to move around too much because my mother didn’t want to get my portacaths and catheters (devices that gave me my medicine during my treatment) wet. As my mother bathed me, I reached for the shampoo; however, when I went to put some on my head, my mother took it from me. I realized that I didn’t need it. You need hair to use shampoo. I looked down at my chest and noticed the wires coming out of me. I followed the wires to the machine sitting outside of the bath. Did everyone have machines connected to them? Were all little girls hairless? My cousins had hair, why didn’t I? This was the first moment I realized I was different. I wasn’t like every other little girl at the playground.
I remember waking up in a white room with bright lights. Connected to various machines and surrounded by curious eyes, I felt like an alien. It was the morning after my kidney removal surgery and I was unable to leave my bed. Every movement came with a sharp pain- you forget how much you use your stomach muscles until you can’t use them anymore. Eventually, the pain subsided and I was left with an eight-inch reminder across my stomach. The scar had never really affected me until adolescence. While pretty girls wore their bikinis to the beach, I wore big T-shirts in an attempt to avoid concerned stares and bold questions. However, as time passed, my scar became less of a burden and more of a monument. Although it represented the greatest struggle in my life, it also represented my greatest victory.
Cancer tried to defeat me, but I won. Cancer changed me for the better. Being so close to losing everything caused me to cherish all that I have. I’ve realized that life is short- that everything is temporary- so you must appreciate and work with what you have while you have it. Defeating cancer has shown me that I can take on anything. Life is full of obstacles but all that really matters is how you react to them. </p>
<p>You can get into UCSB, don’t worry about it. :)</p>
<p>Chance me back? For UCD, UCSB, UCSC, and UCSD as an English/Sociology major</p>
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<p>A little more info about ec’s would be good but judging from what you have I say high match 
Best of luck!</p>
<p>Hmm well it does seem like you have a good shot. Now your sat score is a bit weak id retake but id you have some volunteer work and, clubs id say its a match. Now please chance me back :)</p>
<p>Based on my current grades and the way I’m going if I finish my secomd semester with my same grades and avg out I’d have a 3.3 now senior year I still don’t know about but im looking at a good gpa and hard classes. My sats I got a 2050 on it and a 34 on my act which should I send in? Now as far as extra curriculars I’m covered very well I’m in 8 clubs, I’m a varsity setter and have been since freshman year, and I have been doing well. I have letters of recommendation from my prinsciple, my counciler, etc., I got awards and achievements etc. Snd a good amount of voulenter hours, My essay will be well writen since I have my cousins who gradeuated from ucla and stanford will be helping and we’ll be starting some time in september. I’m applying to arts what are my chances? And please honest as you can answer thank you</p>
<p>@shadelz
Send both your SAT and ACT scores in, they’re both good scores! If you’re applying to an art school, you should be fine! It’s way more about your art than your grades. Just do well senior year (shouldn’t be too hard- senior year tends to be pretty easy) and you should be fine. </p>
<p>@pieguy321 I’m a volunteer at the LA Food Bank, Ronald McDonald House, and Rose Parade. I have also volunteered at elementary schools and I was a caregiver for a period of time. I helped a man with ALS. I also am the President of the Cancer Awareness Club. We raised money for the Ronald McDonald House and had events at the house as well. I was also a part of multiple plays and musicals my freshman, sophomore, and junior year. I have been on the varsity golf team since freshman year. I also have gotten the President’s award (top ten percent of class) and honor roll all four years. I am on NHS and CSF. I work 30+ hours a week at a pet store. My personal statement is above. </p>
<p>@NCalRent my personal statement is above. </p>
<p>ANY feedback is appreciated! Please don’t worry to be brutally honest with me!</p>
<p>I think you will get in. You seem to have a unique story and appear to be a motivated individual. Good luck!</p>
<p>You have a compelling story alright. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>