upcoming senior in need!!

Applying to College
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<p>-upcoming senior
-california native (oakland)
-low income
-raised by single parent
-african american
-3.64 gpa
-10-12 rank out of 444 is 84
-4 years of cross country and track
-captain of cross country and long distant track team
-volunteers @ local library (30 hrs)
-worked @ local grocery store
-won oakland all star scholarship of 1000 dollars
-awarded by the african american student task force since 8th grade
-awarded by the african american initiative for participation in ap classes
-after senior year would have completed 9 ap and honors classes
-after senior year would have taken every science class my school could offer
-sat 1: 1500
im interested in studying atmospheric science, meteorology, earth sciences</p>

<p>i want to stay on the west coast, mostly california and i already have an idea of which colleges i wanted to attend: ucla, ucberk, ucdavis,usc, ucsantacruz, uwash, sf state, san jose state, u utah, maybe cornell but i dont think i have the stats. </p>

<p>what do you guys think of my choices and what do you recommend based of what i want to study</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

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<p>is your sat score out of 1600 or 2400? And if so what are the scores in each section?</p>

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<p>errr its out of 2400 cr: 530 math:510 writing: 490
but i plan on taking it again</p>

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<p>help! plz guys!</p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot at many of these schools, and I base this on your achievements. UCLA and UC Berkeley are probably reach schools, though. I don’t think you need to worry. When you think about it, you can’t change the past, so why are you so concerned about this? I think you have a good chance though.</p>

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<p>well most of my friends are over 4.0 students and have awesome SAT scores, and they want to go to some of the same colleges I want, so I just wanted to know where I stood. Oh and I just got my SATII scores</p>

<p>Biology: 470
APUSH: 530
Math II: 510</p>

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<p>In general, when deciding whether to retake, you can use the CollegeSearch on collegeboard.com and then see the average SAT scores for the colleges, to see how you stack up.</p>

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<p>awesome thanks! are there any other colleges I should consider?</p>

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<p>Well, your scores are really, really low for UCLA and UC Berkeley, and some of the other schools on your list. Only about 1% of their freshman classes had scores in that range. The fact that you’re a URM might help, but frankly, I think you have a slight chance at best at UCLA and UC Berkeley. The other UC schools are a bit of a reach or matches. Dunno about the rest, sorry.</p>

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<p>try the ACT. it’s a substantially different test, and it’s accepted by almost everyone.
i’d definitely be more than slightly concerned about scores, though.</p>

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<p>thanks i plan on taking the ACT senior year</p>

<p>btw i visited davis today it was really nice, i hope can get in</p>