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ok ive been reading hear for a lil while and i might cry because i see people with higher GPA's better classes higher SAT scores and more EC's than i have and they are a stretch to get into schools i want...i have a 3.8 GPA for junior year, i have about a 3.0 overalll (freshman and soph ..) i got a 1200 SAT and havent taken SAT II...my only ec's are just BSC(black student commity) and i played 1 year jv and 1 year var bball...next year my schedule will be
ap bio
ap comp science
english
econ/gov
spanish 4
pre cal
and maybe another elec...something like weight training but im in CA and i want to go to like UCLA, or another UC or USC, or maybe some historically black colleges. morehouse and howard etc. what are my chances

By Me1 (Me1) on Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 06:43 pm: Edit

Hey Don't worry. A lot of ppl w/1500+ SAT scores are aiming for ivy-level colleges. You can still get into a lot of good colleges w/your stats. Being black (u mentioned BSC so I'm assuming u are) can help u in a lot of colleges. Try to volunteer or participate in some activity this summer. If u didn't do SAT prep., u could try some (if u have the motivation, a book can work as well as a class). If your SAT doesn't improve, u can still get into some USC's w/that SAT. I don't know about the colleges u mentioned, but try looking @ their websites (generally nameofcollege.edu or try a search engine if that doesn't work) & look under admissions or class profile to see what stats. they require. Since you aren't aiming for Harvard/Yale/etc. (which there is nothing wrong w/that cos probably only like .000001% or so of ppl go there, u really don't need to worry so much). Good luck!

By 1swift (1swift) on Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 08:14 pm: Edit

thanks