<p>ACADEMICS:
SAT I: 680 Verbal/580 Math/660 Writing
SAT II: Biology 700/Spanish 700/World History 700
GPA: 3.9 UW
Rank: Top 5%
Course Load: 8 AP Courses (consisting of scores ranging from 3-5)</p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
-Captain of Mock Trial
-Captain of Tennis Team
-Captain of Academic Bowl Team
-40+ Hours of Physician Shadowing at St. Raphael Hospital
-6 Years of Tae Kwon Do
-6 Years of Piano </p>
<p>AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS:
-3rd Place Science Fair Freshman Year/1st Place Science Fair Sophomore Year
-CAPT Scholar
-Finalist at CT. Science Fair
-CT. Boy’s State Attendee
-Online Editor of Award-Winning, Nationally Recognised School Newspaper.</p>
<p>MISCELLANEOUS:
-Asian
-Plan to Major in Biology and Minor in Psychology (ultimately, I want to attend Medical School).
-Currently I am attending an upper-scale school in Fairfield, CT.
-I’ve got a killer essay and recommendations from important members of my community (Physicians, etc.). </p>
<p>So, what do you think my chances are at said schools? Any input would be appreciated.</p>
<p>UC Berkeley and UCLA admit less than 25% of applicants; approximately 88% of them are California residents. As such, these schools are reaches for most in-state students and extreme reaches for OOS. Although the UC’s use a comprehensive review process, they are still largely numbers driven. They will only use two of your SAT II scores in their calculations (plus, of course, the three SAT I’s). UC’s recalculate the gpa using only “a-g” course grades from 10th and 11th grades, so don’t count PE or anything decidedly not college prep in the gpa. </p>
<p>UCSF is a graduate and professional school, there is no undergraduate education there. </p>
<p>U of Washington looks like a potential match. They accept slightly more OOS students than UC’s, and their overall acceptance rate is much higher. It’s somewhat numbers driven and as an OOS student, you might want to re-take the SAT (or try the ACT–either is accepted) to try to raise the math score. I don’t think they care about SAT II’s. I know several CA kids who chose “U-dub” over the “lesser” UC’s. It’s a very large school, tenacious self-starters will fare better than those who need or prefer a lot of guidance, but there are many academic options, lots of science, the campus is very pretty and Seattle is a great town.</p>