I'm Freaking Out. All You Smart Borderline Genius Ppl, Help A Kid Out!

<p>oh WOW. i’m extremely sorry for putting this as my first post but I just found out about a forum for college stuff, got overly excited, got scared and depressed and wanted to cry after i found out other people’s SAT, SAT II scores, ECs, GPAs…</p>

<p>actually. still crying. </p>

<p>but please help me, i want to know if i even have a chance…because it seems there is much emphasis placed on extra currics…and…well…quite frankly i don’t have …any…</p>

<p>sigh. okay. here it goes. please be brutally honest so i know my place in this world.</p>

<p>(But yeah, can someone help me with the UC requirements? i’ll post everything here)</p>

<p>Profile:
Asian
Female
12th Grade -_-?</p>

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<p>9TH GRADE (Belmont, Massachusetts) HORRIBLE GRADES
(I know that we don’t signify honors on the UC APPS for 9th grade classes)
Drawing----------A—A
Latin I-----------B—B
English I H-------B—B
Geometry--------B—C
PE I-------------P—P (I know we don’t put this in UC Apps)
Physics I--------B—B
World History H–RP–RP (Er.What do i put on the apps? What’s RP?)</p>

<p>10TH GRADE (Don’t signify honors for English and history classes for 10th grade 4 UCs)
Spanish I----------B----B
Wld Literature H—A----A
AlgII/Trig H--------C----D (Retaking class right now for 12th)
PE II--------------A----A
Chemistry I H------B----B
World History H----A----A</p>

<p>***I also took these classes in 10th grade but i don’t have any room in the application, I took CADD one semester (got an A) and took Art 2nd semester (got an A)
I also took a class called Crime and Justice / Street law. Bad thing is, one semester it was called crime and justice (Got a B), 2nd semester it was called street law (Got an A). </p>

<p>do i just choose one class and put it on my application?</p>

<p>11TH GRADE
Computer Apps----------A (do i put this in uc apps? i only took one sem)
Health ED---------------A (I don’t put in UC APPS)
Spanish II H-------------A-----A
Eng Lang/Comp AP-------A-----A
PreCalc H----------------C-----D (I’m retaking right now)
Anat/Phys H-------------A------B
Physics I H--------------B------B
U.S. History AP----------B-------A
Psychology I-------------A------A (Do i consider this as a science?)</p>

<p>12TH GRADE
Spanish III H-------------progress
AP Eng Lit/Comp---------progress
Alg II/Trig H-------------EXPECTING TO GET AN A FOR BOTH SEM.
PreCalculus H------------EXPECTING TO GET A B FOR BOTH SEM
Geo/Envir Std H----------class is a joke. open note tests. A for both sem.
AP US Govt/POL----------progress</p>

<p>***Okay. but UC won’t see my 12th grade stuff -_-; right? and it says they won’t accept D’s for core classes and…well i got a D for both Alg II/Trig H and Precalc for 2nd semester. i’m turning in my application this saturday. GAHHHHHH</p>

<p>Oh and right now WITHOUT any of the retaken class score changes i have an unweighted of 3.3 and my weighted is a 3.98 do you need class rank? 60/452</p>

<p>I’ve helped in the library for like…50 hours, done church work for like 20 hours, and i’ve been a classical piano player for about 14 years.
OH WAIT, I REMEMBER! -_-; did Track&Field(Throwing team) for 11th grade.</p>

<p>so…yes. less than stellar. OH WAIT, SAT SCORES</p>

<p>SAT I (first sitting) ---- Critical Reading 670+Math 630+Writing 580=1880
SAT I (2nd sitting) ---- CR 700+Math 680+Writing 630=2010</p>

<p>SAT II: Korean 800, Math IIC 610 -_-;, And i’m taking literature this saturday.</p>

<p>Colleges This Poor Person Is Going(Hoping) For:
Boston C
Columbia U Columbia
Cornell U
Northwestern U IL
UC Berkeley
UC Irvine
UCLA
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara
U Notre Dame
USC
U Washington.</p>

<p>I know. I’m going for alot of hard schools because of all this hoping and parents and… you know the deal. i think the only school i actually have a chance is…i don’t know, U of Washington? My back up is UNLV -_-;; its las vegas, and i’m from Las Vegas.</p>

<p>Please reply. i’m really freaking out because there are just so many people on this forum who are…just…wow…</p>

<p>2Ds will be looking pretty bad for UCs…especially top LA,B, AND SD…and being oos for those 3 are very big deals…i dont know about ucsb…try ucd…they had just campus expansion and they are admitting may students…(the last year’s class was the biggest classest of all time…or thats at least what ucd representative said…) i dont know about d policy for uw…but looks pretty good for me…i dont know about bc and usc because of significant increases in applicant poll this year…
and you know things about columbia,nu, and cornell…
add 1~2 safety…
i like to help koreans…</p>

<p>ㅋㅋㅋ 우연재님? 도와줘서 ㄳ합니다~ 근데 what is oos?</p>

<p>out of state. makes your chances a lot harder for UC’s.</p>

<p>“***Okay. but UC won’t see my 12th grade stuff -_-; right? and it says they won’t accept D’s for core classes and…well i got a D for both Alg II/Trig H and Precalc for 2nd semester. i’m turning in my application this saturday.”</p>

<p>you’re turning in your UC app this saturday? it’s due friday…</p>

<p>To be quite honest, I don’t think you have much of a shot at Berkeley or UCLA.</p>