What are my chances of getting into a good college in CA?
I'm currently a junior in a blue ribbon, california distinguished school that is known for being very competitive & high achieving. Grades so far: Freshman: English: A / A World Cultures&Geography/Social Issues: A / B+ (1 semester each, respectively) Honors Geometry: A / A Integrated Science 1/2: A / A Beginning Drama: A / A Mandarin: A+ / A PE 1/2: A / A- Introduction to Computers: A (weighted GPA: 4.07) Sophomore: Honors Advanced Algebra: A- / C Integrated Science 3/4: A / B Intermediate Drama: A / A PE 3/4: A / A English 3/4: A- / D- AP European History: A- / B Mandarin 3/4: A+ / A (weighted GPA: 3.79) Junior: Poetry: A Advanced Drama: A Precalculus: B Chemistry: A- Stagecraft: A AP US History: B- Mandarin 5: A (weighted GPA: 3.86) 10-12 academic weighted GPA: 3.79 ***note: This year i am taking a challenging English course at the local community college to replace the D I got in English second semester of my sophomore year. I predict I will get an A-/B+. Also, I have a reason for the severe drop in grades in my 2nd semester sophomore year, but i don't know if colleges would want me to explain this hardship, and i don't want to seem like i'm "giving an excuse" if you know what i mean. SAT score: 2060 (700 critical reading, 660 math, 700 writing) haven't taken any SAT subject tests yet, but i predict the scores will be in the 600 range. (out of 800). I plan to take US History, Mandarin, Math 2, Math 1, and Literature. Semester-long Internship at hospital. Participated in a 14-day long community service program in Sichuan, China benefiting the victims of the 2008 sichuan earthquake. in total, about 500 hrs of community service from various events. <-- how much is that? a lot? a little? how much community service do most ppl have? Extra-curriculars: my main extra-curricular activity is drama which i have been very involved in, starring in my schools musicals, plays, acting as banquo in macbeth, etc, also doing a lot of tech work. member of badminton club, knitting club, asian club. i have been a peer tutor in freshman & sophomore years, where a lot of my community service hours came from. throughout sophomore year, i have also been tutoring children in mandarin. being a model and winning a beauty pageant, in doing so i have participated in many events benefiting the chinese-american community. i'm not sure if this is relevant but i have also been through many hardships in my life including immigrating to the US at the age of 2 from china and frequently moving to different parts of the country, parents divorce, being kidnapped, sexual assault at young age, house completely burning down, depression, and overcoming all of them. <-- should i mention these??? Nursing will be my major. and i am asian... which probably hurts my chances, especially because I live in CA, where I want to go to college.
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your stats seem decent but i wish you took more honors/ap classes cause those look amazing but you have decent grades I would recommending hitting the UC schools like davis and all (idk what the other ones are) i would try Berkley and if you really wanted to stanford, they choose 5% of their accepting class from california alone being asian does not put you at a disadvantage, schools cannot discriminate according to race but they can according to geography (example if you are from the mid-west you are more likely to get into brown university than if you are from the california new york area- assuming you are compared to a student who has the same exact stats as yours and are weighted the same) but i would recommend davis, and berkely and perhaps stanford (just warning you that their application fee is $95 for a school that accepts less than 10% of a 30-40,000 applicant pool- yeah kinda ridiculous they get about a million dollars just in application fee and and 93% of them get rejected anyways.. and these are kids with 36s on act and 5.0 gpa with 1,000 hours of community service and all) you cannot really pinpoint one thing that will for sure get you into your college
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