<p>Weighted GPA:
9th grade- 3.3 1st semester, 3.6 2nd semester
10th- 3.5 1st, 3.8 2nd (1 accelerated class)
11th- 4.0 1st, 4.0 2nd (2 AP classes); unweighted would be 3.6 for both semesters</p>
<p>SAT- 1790 (I’m probably not going to retake it)
SAT II- 640-bio
(I’m going to take more subject tests)</p>
<p>Ecology Club-4 years; have been treasurer and secretary
JV swim-1 year
CSF member-3 years
Helping Hands Club-2 years
Yearbook-2 years; business manager
public library volunteer-80 hours during summer, 12 hours during school year (I was required to serve at least 10 hours for school… so should I list my volunteer hours as 80 or 92?)
Boys & Girls Club volunteer- 68 hours during summer</p>
<p>Erm…I once won Most Dedicated Member in Ecology, but can that count as an award/achievement?</p>
<p>PS- I am debating whether I should try for UCSD. I know it’ll be a reach, but I have a feeling that by some miracle, I’ll make it. So please chance me for UCSD too?</p>
<p>If I were you, I would just apply to each one of those colleges and see what happens. You might want to check out some more of the Cal States just to add to your odds. By the way, “chance me” threads are one notch above worthless. What would be more valuable to you is to ask us to pair you up with a few more schools, based on your major interests, your personality, whether you are from Nor Cal or So Cal, or anything else you feel is important in finding a school you are compatible with.</p>
<p>UCSD is a high reach but supposedly they’re taking a more holistic approach to admissions now…as opposed to the point system they used to use…so apply…UCI is more or less a match for you, if not a slight reach. Same as with UCD. SC and Cal Poly are safeties</p>
<p>Pomona-Yes
Riverside-Yes
Santa Cruz-Yes
Irvine-Maybe/No
Davis-Maybe/No
San Diego would be kind of a high reach.
I had very similar stats to you when I was a senior last year and these were similar to my results. I’d still apply to all of them because you really don’t know what’ll happen, but definitely expand your list more by picking some Cal States and some privates that you know you’d have a good chance at getting into because with budget cuts it can change things a whole lot.</p>
