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Yeah, I am a CA resident, and I go to a ghetto public school. I am looking at UCB, Caltech, Stanford, or UCD. What are my chances?

SAT I: 1320 (690M, 630V) I could get my math up to 800 easily; in March I was just being stupid and going too fast (I missed 5). I can get my verbal up to 700.

SAT II:
Math IIC- 700
Molecular Biology-800

AP's-
AP Biology-5
AP Environmental Science-3 (self study)

ACT- 32

EC's-
Church Youth Group Leader (3 years)
School Math Team
California State Spelling Bee- 5th place in 2002, 7th place in 2001.
Fresno County Spelling Bee- 1st place in 2002, 1st place in 2001.
School National Geographic Bee Champion (2 years)
Bakersfield Math Competition- 3rd Place Team Competition
Volunteer at Alzheimer's Center (5 hours)
Volunteer at Poverello House (homeless shelter)-10 hours
JV Soccer- MVP 2004
3rd degree black belt in TaeKwonDo- Placed 2nd at AAU National Taekwondo Championships in 1998 for my weight division.
KHS Science Club
Interact (Rotary Club)
California Scholarship Federation
UC Irvine Talent Search Member (3 years)
1st chair "Tromboner" in KHS Jazz Band, Best Soloist Award 2004
National Honor Roll

GPA-
Unweighted 4.0
Weighted 4.143

Any input would be appreciated!

By Guoster (Guoster) on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 05:34 pm: Edit

Get that SAT I up and take the writing SAT II (scoring 700+) and u got a pretty good chance I'd say

By Sunset_Yellow (Sunset_Yellow) on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 06:04 pm: Edit

You have a good chance at UCB and UCD. Stanford, shaky for everyone, so I won't say much about it. Caltech, probably not, because it's so competitive to get in since each class has less than 300 people. Besides, I don't think Caltech cares that much about diversity or extracurriculars. If you really want to go to a tech school, I think you have a better chance at MIT if you can get your SATs up.

By Adidasty (Adidasty) on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 12:45 pm: Edit

Cool, thank you both!