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<p>I really don’t think there is a reason to be so pessimistic with your stats; moreover, the majority of the kids on cc are pretty intelligent and well-rounded students. The one thing I don’t like about cc (and I have this habit too) is that it enables vulnerability to comparing yourself. My self-esteem has already fluctuated heavily just by reading a few discussions, lol. I’m not very proud of my stats, but I’ll shoot:</p>
<p>SAT I (No Preparation Prior; unfamiliar with test format) - CR 490 M 580 W 530 (first time, plan to study over the summer to aim at around a 1900-2100)
SAT II (No Preparation Prior; unfamiliar with test format) - Predictions: Math II - 600/700 Spanish (No Listening) 700/800, Physics 500/600</p>
<p>GPAs:
UW: 3.6
W: 3.7
UC GPA: 4.0
CSU GPA: 3.9</p>
<p>Class Rank: 29/590-660</p>
<p>APs:
10th grade - 1/2 of Art History (class was cut due to lack of funding, didn’t take exam. may independently restudy senior year; undecided and unmotivated)
11th grade - Calc AB/BC (same year, took the BC exam. estimating a 4 or 5), Span Lang (3 or 4), Eng Lang (4 probably, maybe 5 if lucky)
12th grade - planning to take Physics B in a class setting (probably self-study C: Mech simultaneously), Envr Sci, Gov, Macro Econ, and Lit</p>
<p>Colleges Planning to apply to: UCSD, Berkeley, Cal Poly SLO, Cal Poly Pomona, Syracuse, Cornell, Tulane, Rice, UT Austin, PSU-University Park, LeHigh, Carnegie Mellon, Cooper Union, Pratt</p>
<p>Dream Colleges: USC for Structural Engineering/Architecture/Building Science; Cornell for Architecture/Civil Engineering</p>
<p>Neither of my parents can afford college, and I’m not very confident on getting in any of them, even my safeties. I have a few advantages like being an URM (hispanic - jew), winning first place in a regional engineering design competition, interning at UCLA for aerospace/mech engineering over the summer (2011), being a consistent varsity letterman for Track & Field and Cross Country, etc; yet with these I still feel they fail to compensate for the former. I feel like my test scores don’t accurately reflect my intelligence (not trying to sound pretentious), but I digress. I hope I didn’t down anyone with this post, but it’s just one of the many things I’m stressed about.</p>
<p>I feel like I may be the one who will end up going to a Community College. Even though it has its advantages such as cost, I’m too self-conscious since the majority of the general student public frown upon it, stereotyping it and so forth. I am probably wrong, but I am just basing my opinions off of personal observations.</p>
<p>I am personally inspired by the magnitude of motivation that envelops the students on here, it’s one of the things that compels me to do well in school. I just feel ashamed that I wasn’t on top of everything, such as studying for the SAT in the summer prior to Junior year, and taking the AP exam in Art History (I didn’t even see the point of taking it at the time, I understand now why; still kicking myself over it). </p>
<p>Regardless, I wish everyone else the best with their college endeavors; wherever life will take you.</p>