Ohhhhhnoooo! Chances for a student?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>A few notes beforehand:</p>

<p>I’m in the guinea pig generation; aka, I’m in the first ever IB class, and the program’s kind of not turning out well for the school so far.</p>

<p>I’m Asian, female, born in Taiwan but technically a citizen</p>

<p>I’m now a senior; class of 2011. I plan to bring my grades up. MAJORLY.</p>

<p>I’m also taking two college classes at Pitzer College for the summer right now.</p>

<p>‘Dream’ Schools: Pomona, UC Berkeley, Pitzer, Scripps</p>

<p>Also: UCSD, UCI, UCSB, UCD</p>

<p>I’m still not too sure what schools might be great for me to apply to, but these schools are the ones I’m sure I’m thinking of applying to. I’m thinking of double majoring, possibly; history and biology? History and International relations? Definitely having history in there.</p>

<p>Freshman Year Semester 1
A- Honors Freshman English<br>
A Spanish 1
B- Honors Geometry<br>
A+ PE<br>
A Biology<br>
B Theatre</p>

<p>Freshman Year Semester 2 (Same Classes in Same Periods)</p>

<p>A-<br>
A<br>
B<br>
A+<br>
A<br>
A </p>

<p>Sophomore Year Semester 1</p>

<p>A- Honors English</p>

<p>B Honors Spanish 2</p>

<p>B Honors Precalc </p>

<p>B+ Chemistry</p>

<p>A Theatre </p>

<p>A AP History</p>

<p>Semster 2 (Same Classes)</p>

<p>A-<br>
B<br>
A-
A<br>
A<br>
A- </p>

<p>Junior Year Semester 1 (Oh boy here we go)
B IB English HL
B- TOK
B- Honors Spanish 3
C+ AP Calc BC/IB Math HL
B- IB Biology HL
A- IB Environment SL
A AP US History/IB History of the Americas</p>

<p>Semester 2 (Same)
A-
B<br>
C+
C
B-
B+
A+</p>

<p>GPA: Unweighted is ~3.5 (not including summer classes for credit)</p>

<p>SAT: 2170 (Will take again)
Writing: 670
Math:770
Reading:730</p>

<p>-If we mix my first test and my second test scores:
SAT: 2270
Writing: 770
Math: 770
Reading:730 (Both were 730 in reading)</p>

<p>SAT II:</p>

<p>Math II: 720
Literature: 730
US History: 770</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Speech and Debate all 4 years: Current Treasurer
CYSO (Volunteer Orchestra) for about 3 years (8th grade, freshman and junior year)
Volunteering at a hospital for 2 years; ever since sophomore year
Volunteering for the past two summers for a debate camp
Played the Violin for the past 5, 6 years</p>

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<p>Oh: ACT was a 32.</p>

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<p>You’re most likely in at UCSD, UCI, UCSB, and UCD.</p>

<p>You have a shot at Pitzer, Scripps, Pomona and UCB, but as you said, they’re dream schools. So you might get accepted, you might not. Do you have any explanation as to why your grades are so low? If it’s something seriously life changing or threatening, make an essay out of it, and your chances will dramatically increase. Because right now your grades don’t exactly correlate with your test scores at all. So just cross your fingers, there’s not much you can do now(besides write your essay). good luck :)</p>

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<p>youre gonna be fine dont worry about it at all, whats your gpa Weighted and unweighted?</p>

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<p>Hm…alright. Thanks for the input! As for my grades; let’s just say I didn’t expect the IB programme’s maiden run to be so…unorganized and just a lot of admin-student communication issues. <em>Sheepish smile</em> Don’t know if that’s a good explanation, though. Would applying early decision to Pomona, Scripps, or Pitzer help a little bit? I’m curious.</p>

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<p>@SH4DOZ</p>

<p>Unweighted: 3.5
Weighted: Not sure. School shows unweighted, but that’s with the summer school classes, the classes from 8th grade…it’s a little inflated. With all that junk, it’s about a 3.8 or 3.9; my ‘unweighted’ score is about a 3.5 anyways.</p>

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<p>'I’m still not too sure what schools might be great for me to apply to"</p>

<p>Have you considered UCLA?</p>

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<p>@mizvolta: Actually, that’s an idea. In addition, I’m not too sure what other privates or public colleges I can go to, because I’m most familiar with the ones here in California; I’m not sure about heading to the East Coast, though it’s a thought, and I’m curious to what other colleges might be an option.</p>

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<p>Holy Cross and Tufts are 2 very good Eastern colleges with strong science programs.</p>

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<p>Hey, guys, some updates:
GPA
3.5455
Weighted GPA
3.8864
Rank
87/665
My US History SAT II was a 760, not a 770</p>

<p>College List I might have:
Scripps</p>

<p>Pomona</p>

<p>McKenna</p>

<p>Pitzer</p>

<p>Harvey Mudd</p>

<p>Brown University</p>

<p>Stanford</p>

<p>UC - Berkeley, SD, LA</p>

<p>Swarthmore</p>

<p>Amherst</p>

<p>Northwestern University</p>

<p>University of Pennsylvania</p>

<p>Washington University in St. Louis</p>

<p>University of Chicago</p>

<p>Comment? The drop in my grades WERE from a mishandling of the IB programme, after all, and I took two college classes at Pitzer in history last summer.</p>