<p>I have a 4.0 unweighted gpa. (4.75 gpa weighted)
Class rank: 5/400
SAT score: Math(700) Reading(470) Writing(530)<em>yea, my scores are really bad</em></p>
<p>AP Classes taken: US History, Eng Lang, Chemistry, Biology, Government, Eng Lit, Statistics, and Calculus</p>
<p>I’ve done tons of extra curricular activities:
Key Club for 4 years
Japanese club for 4 years
Art Club for 3 years
Origami Club for 2 years
Academic Olympics for 2 years
FBLA for 2 years
French Club for 2 years
Peer Court for 2 years
NHS member for 2 years
Tennis Club for 1 year
School Mentor for 1 year</p>
<p>Leadership roles:
Bulletein Editor of Key Club- 1 year
President of Key Club- 1 year
Vice President of Art Club- 1 year
Vice President of Origami Club- 2 years
NHS Executive officer- 1 year
Treasurer of Mentoring Program- 1 year
Northern Nevada March of Dimes Youth Council- 1 year</p>
<p>Sports:
Varsity Tennis and Swim Team</p>
<p>Others:
I’ve done 350 hours of volunteer work in my community.
I have employment experience.
I was a Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership ambassador
I was a American Legion Nevada Boys’ State delegate
I’m an AP scholar
I’ve won 7 academic awards from my school (probably not a big deal)
I have 4 varsity letters</p>
<p>About me:
Im asian
I live in Nevada.
Ill be the first generation to attend college.</p>
<p>Here are my college choices:
University of Washington
Ohio State University
Michigan State University
UC Davis
University of Michigan
UC Berkley</p>
<p><strong>Will my SAT score affect my chances of getting into these colleges?
Are my EC’s going to help at all?</strong> Please be honest with the responses Thanks</p>
<p>U Washington (assuming this is St. Louis) is a big reach with your SAT.</p>
<p>That SAT makes UC Berkley basically out of your reach, considering the fact that you are OOS and your ECs aren’t spectacular. You have decent chances in the rest.</p>
<p>sinister— University of Washington is in Seattle, Washington U is in St. Louis; easy mix up, I do it all the time
azn, UC OSU and Mich. are very difficult to get into for all OOS students. OSU, for example, is raising the minimum GPA, even for in states, to around a 3.5.
Your reading and math scores indicate that your GPA is inflated, which may further hurt your chances. If you could raise them to around 550/560 each, you’d have a much better chance. I can’t speak for MSU, but the other schools are going to heavily look at SATs. Just to be safe, I would pick a few “safe” schools that you KNOW for POSITIVE you can get into. Though the schools you list have appealing %s, they account mostly for in-state students; (UVa, for example, has a 30% quoto for OOS’s; they accepted nearly 50% of IS’s)
Your activities are fairly diverse, but they could use some depth. I would focus on the ones that convey a strong sense of leaderhip (NHS, etc) rather than those that are purely recreational (Origami, etc). Also, focusing on your extensive service experience will help. </p>
<p>Retake your SAT; 1170/1700 or take the ACT
Your SAT score is lower than median scores of all the schools that you listed. Keep in mind that school states exist to serve the citizens of their states; oos students have a much harder time getting into such schools.
Cal is beyond huge reach; UCD, OSU is reach. For all the other schools; you will have a decent (at most) chance.</p>
