POOR numbers, great ECs. Any luck?

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<p>gpa: 3.13 (dont hate, i screwed up)
weighted: 3.61
female
asian -_-</p>

<p>CLUBS

  • M.O.R.E (Mentoring Opportunities and Reading Enrichment)
  • Working with Elementary kids on reading and building positive relationships
    o President (2009-2010)
    o Treasurer (2008-2009)
    o Public Relations (2007-2008)
    o Website Coordinator (2006-2010)
    o Member (2006-2010) 80+ hours
  • French Club
    o Member (2006-2010)<br>
  • ECGA (Environment Preservation)
    o Member (2006-2010)
  • 2010 Class cabinet
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  • FBLA (Future business Leaders of America)
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    o Sectionals 2009
  • CASC (California Association of Student Councils)
    o Outreach Director (2009-2010)
    o Member (2008-2010)
  • For All Mankind (Non-profit Organization)
    o Cabinet (2009-2010)
  • CSF (California Scholarship Federation)
    o Member (2009-2010)</p>

<p>APPLIED ARTS

  • Marching Band (2006-2010)
  • Head of Uniform Committee: In charge of committee which handles all the marching uniforms, hats, plumes, for competitions/football games (2009-2010)
  • Member (2006-2010)
  • Double instrument: Flute & French Horn/Marching Horn
  • Symphonic (Concert) Band (2006-2010)
  • Advanced ensemble (2008-2010)
  • Full Orchestra (2009-2010)</p>

<p>SPORTS

  • Tennis team (2006-2010)</p>

<h1>1 Doubles Starter (2007-2009)</h1>

<p>COMMUNITY

  • American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life; Team IB’s T-Shirt Designer (2009-2010)
    Participant (2004-2009) 72 hours
  • Serenity Infant Care (Foster) Homes Volunteer in Covina, CA (2009-2010) 100+ Hours, Babysitting, Library Work, Care packages</p>

<p>CASC

  • Benefit Concert in the park, raising money for genocide in Somalia (2008)</p>

<p>For All Mankind Nonprofit Organization (a 501 C3 Non-Profit Organization)

  • Benefit Concert at MT. San Antonio College- raising money ($5,000) for health aid in Philippines, with mainstream musicians: AJ Rafael, Derek Portea (2009)
  • Fashion Show Runway model – silent auction to raise funds at the concert</p>

<p>Church Volunteer Services

  • Annual Autumn Festival: A Halloween carnival for the little children that attend the church, to keep them safe and off the streets on Halloween. I helped at the booths passing out candy and instructing how the games work (2004-2007)
  • Winter Homeless Shelter: Runs for two weeks every year in December; I help scoop and pass out food, set up their sleeping quarters, and socialize with the guests for 2 Friday nights. (2004-2007)</p>

<p>Employment (Tutoring)

  • Private tutor with a 6th grader, 3 Days a week in all subjects ($15/hr + $40 bonus in winter of ‘09) (2009-2010)</p>
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<p>cal states and uc’s</p>

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<p>Ucs- ucla, cal, uci, ucsd</p>

<p>privates/outofstate
uop, boston u, nyu, rutgers</p>

<p>or… Community college haha</p>

<p>MAJOR: anthropology</p>

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<p>thanks i guess, i dont know if thats good or bad</p>

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<p>In general, the California public colleges weight ECs less than privates.</p>

<p>I admittedly don’t know what GPAs you need for the UCs this year. If your 3.61 weighted is UC weighted, not private school weighted, you might have a pretty good chance at the UCs you are interested in. Do you have a decent SAT score?</p>

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<p>My SATs are not the hottest :frowning:
My courses are all honors/ap all 4 years</p>

<p>Do the admissions office at the UCs consider the major we are applying for, intensively?</p>

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<p>You might want to wander over to the UC website, plug in your classes and grades and see what they think your GPA is. The UCs only count soph and junior year, and not all honors or AP classes weight up. So your UC GPA may be higher or lower than you think.</p>

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<p>What is the difference between UC weight and private school weight?</p>

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<p>In addition to what UCDAlum82 said about how UCs only count 10th and 11th grade of hs, they only count the UC approved courses that goes towards your A-G requirements ( you can check if your hs classes are UC approved by using this: [University</a> of California Doorways Home](<a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/]University”>http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/) ) opposed to private which has their own individual system of calculating the applicant’s gpa.</p>

<p>I also noticed that you didn’t include any CSUs on the list of schools you’re interested in. You should try a CSU that services your area because i know that they give first priority to those people and that the eligibility index standards are a little bit lower (according to the CSULA and CSUF admissions office when I called them regarding me, apparently i wasn’t in CSUF’s area and my numbers were borderline). Just be aware that CSUs don’t look at ECs.</p>