What CA colleges can I get into?

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<p>What colleges do you think I have a good shot of getting into.
Its the summer of senior year and as of now I have a 3.2 unweighted and a 3.4 weighted.
I took the SAT once and i got a 1450, but I plan to retake it.</p>

<p>Freshman year I took: Biology, computers, AVID, health, PE, journalism, English & geometry.
Spring college class: Guidance</p>

<p>Sophomore year I took: AVID, chemistry, Algebra II/Trigonometry, Honors English, Spanish I & Honors Modern World History.
Fall college class: Public Speaking
Spring college class: Intermediate Algebra
Summer college class: English 50</p>

<p>Junior year I took: AVID, Pre-Calc (First Semester), US History (Second Semester), Spanish II & Photography.
Fall college class: English 1A, College Algebra & US History ( got a D in this class and made it up and got a B+)
Spring college class: Pre-Calculus
Summer college class: Cultural Anthropology</p>

<p>Senior Year: Government (First Semester), Econ (second semester), AVID, English IV, Anatomy/Physiology & Financial Algebra.
Fall college class: Calculus I & Physical Anthropology
Spring college class plans: Calculus II & English 1B</p>

<p>Grade wise I’m and A/B student I’ve gotten two Cs and 1 D in a college class, but made it up and got a B+. </p>

<p>Sports: None
Community Service: TA at elementary/middle school, blood drive & hospital. 200 hrs.
Clubs: Freshman year: Students for Christ & Young Medical Scholars.
Sophomore Year: Students for Christ
Junior Year: Young Medical Scholars, Solar Cup (Club Rep) & National Honors Society (Secretary)
Senior Year Plans: Young Medical Scholars, Solar Cup (Club Rep), National Honors Society (Secretary) & I might start my own club with my friend.
Awards: Honor Roll, CSF, Certificate of Knighthood & Second Place in school wide Quest project (Junior Division).</p>

<p>In college I plan on majoring in Biology to pursue my goal of becoming a dermatologist. I want to be a dermatologist, because since I was a baby I have been suffering from eczema. I grew up wondering why I was different from everyone. I always felt bad for myself, but one day in our freshman AVID class we had to do a project about our future. I didn’t know what I wanted to be. I started “googling” random careers then I stumbled upon “dermatologist.” At the time I didn’t know what a dermatologist was so I read on and learned that this was what I wanted to be. I figured It was the career for me, because ever since I could talk I always told people I wanted to be a doctor and having eczema inspired me to help others suffering from other skin diseases. I then put those two factors together and since then becoming a dermatologist is what I aspire to be.</p>

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<p>I’m an in-state student by the way! :)</p>

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<p>Are you looking for Publics or Privates? Small/Large/Rural/Urban?? How much can you and your parents afford?? EFC?

  1. For the UC/CSU system, you need to calculate your UC/CSU gpa, see link: <a href=“Cal State Apply | CSU”>Cal State Apply | CSU;
    Based on your posting, your GPA and SAT are very low for the UC’s but you might have an outside chance at UC Merced.
    Cal States, I would suggest the following; Channel Islands, Dominguez Hills, San Bernandino, San Marcos, Stanislaus, East Bay, Sac State
    For Privates: Whitter, Azusa Pacific, La Verne, Redlands
    I would plug your STATS into the SuperMatch feature on this website and see what possiblities you get.</p>
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<p>In addition to the list above, add Sonoma - a really nice campus. With some improvement in your SAT Chico and CP Pomona maybe CSULB are probably within reach.
Good luck.</p>

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<p>CSULB is impacted and your grades are not competitive.<br>
I would say San Marcos, Bakersfield, Dominguez Hills, Channel Islands, and the previously listed privates.</p>

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<p>CSUs in Bakersfield, Channel Islands, Dominguez Hills, East Bay, Monterey Bay, and Stanislaus are not impacted, so you will be admitted at the CSU minimum (competion of a-g courses, and (for in-state students) meeting this chart: <a href=“Cal State Apply | CSU”>Cal State Apply | CSU; ).</p>

<p>Others have varying levels of impaction, so admission is not certain. See the following:
<a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/sas/impactioninfo.shtml”>http://www.calstate.edu/sas/impactioninfo.shtml&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/sas/impaction-campus-info.shtml”>http://www.calstate.edu/sas/impaction-campus-info.shtml&lt;/a&gt;
Admission is based on the eligibility index calculated here:
<a href=“Cal State Apply | CSU”>Cal State Apply | CSU;

<p>You do not have to major in biology to do pre-med, although you need to take the pre-med courses alongside any major to apply to medical school.</p>

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<p>I think you have a good chance at a lot of Cal States and also UC Riverside, and Merced. You should also consider Mount St. Mary’s and Chapman. </p>

<p>Just a precaution, Dermatology is one of the most difficult fields to get into for medical school. You need to be one of the top students in your college because it is a very competitive field. </p>

<p>Make sure to take your SAT again because it can improve your chances to getting into a college. </p>