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CHANCES for college?
Question:Please evaluate my chances at...
University of Chicago
UCLA
USC
UC Berkeley
Duke
Carnegie Mellon
International applicant (Korean but US citizenship)
SATII: Math IIC: 800 Chem: 800
SAT I: Verbal: 700 Math: 800 Writing: 780 Total: 2280
9th
World History (B/A)
Physical Education (A/B)
Biology I (B/B)
Ceramics and Crafts (B/B)
General Literature (A/A)
Precalculus (A/B)
Journalism I (A/B)
Communications (B/A)
9th grade GPA: 3.4375
10th
Biology II (A/B)
U.S. History (A/B)
Studio Art (B/B)
U.S. Lit (B/B)
Statistics (A/A)
Life Sports (A/A)
Calculus (A/A)
Chemistry (A/A)
10th GPA: 3.625
11th:
AP Chemistry(A/A)
AP European History (A/A)
Gov/Econ (A/A)
Writing (A/A)
Physics (A/A)
British Literature (A/A)
AP Statistics (A/A)
AP Calculus AB (A/A)
11th GPA: 4.00
12th:
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
AP Physics
AP European History
AP Psychology
World Literature
PE
Workstudy
Answers:
you are into whichever one you want! univ of chicago shouldn't be on that list. It is a joke full of rich liberal arts kids whose futures involve mommy and daddy heavily. carnegie melon only if you want engineering. Duke if you want pre med. with your scores, go to the best school for the field you want to go in. Don't go to a second rate program just b/c you like the university recognition. Unless you are middle class white male, you shouldn't pay to go to any of these schools with your resume.
I'm not familiar with the admission processes of the private colleges you mentioned, but I can give you some pointers for UC schools.
You can take a look at the profiles of UC admitted students for Fall 2007 (GPA, SAT, ACT, SAT II, and other statistics) at: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/ed... starting on page 37.
To prepare for Berkeley and UCLA, you should complete the a-g requirements (ask your counselor for the approved courses at your high school or check online at http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/ ), study and do well in your high school courses and standardized tests (SAT and/or ACT, and SAT II), take as many honors and/or AP courses as you can handle, participate in educational preparation programs available at your high school (see a list on my blog), and commit to one or two extracurricular activities in which you develop leadership skills (more is not better, quality is better than quantity).
Berkeley and UCLA will weigh the following components of your application (in the order of importance): 1) your essay (Berkeley publishes a guideline on how to write your personal statement at: http://students.berkeley.edu/files/admis... ) about your academic achievement, talent or extracurricular activities that highlight your motivation, dedication, and/or initiative to achieve, your potential to contribute to the university, and any special circumstances like hardship; 2) your grades and any grade trends (improvements are better than just maintaining a high GPA); 3) your test scores, including SAT and/or ACT, SAT II; and 4) number of AP courses completed compared to the number of AP courses offered at your high school. Other factors are taken into consideration, but to a lesser extent.
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