[bigfatPANDA]

GPA : 3.79/4.00
SAT I - 530/590/490 (1610) - i may retake this, but i need to try and get a waiver.. >___>
SAT II: TBA
Class Rank: 59/489 (not even top 12 % T_____T)
Planned major: Undeclared (leaning towards science.. chemistry?)

Classes:
Freshmen -
Social Science, English, Spanish 1, Health, Geometry, PE, Biology
Sophomore -
World History, English, Spanish 2, PE, Algebra 2, Chemistry, Dev. Psych of Children
Junior -
US History, English, Spanish 3, Physics, AP Chem, Dev. Psych of Adolescence, Guitar, Math Analysis (pre-cal)
Senior - (switch from block to period schedule)
AP Gov/Econ, English, Honors Anatomy/Physiology, AP Calculus, Photography, Sociology of Urban Issues

ECs:
I'm not sure what counts as ECs.. but i'll put down w/e
Marching Band (2 years), Winter Percussion (4 years), Tennis (1 year), Interact Club (1 year officer, 3 years regular member), Senior Project/Action Plan (does this count? haha, we aren't required to do it at my school... so... )

I'm also in a Small Learning Community within my school which focuses on social justice and community action. My senior project is basically to pass my academy requirement so I'll be doing a community action complete with panels and portfolios, etc. I'm not sure if this helps with college though..

Applying to:
SF State, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, any recommendations? I live in East Bay and I would prefer to stay close.

I plan on getting 2-3 letters of recommendation.. I'm not sure how much those help though.

[pastels.]

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[skadoosh!]

can I try? I'm a junior though, but....

GPA : 4.0/4.0 (unweighted) 4.89 weighted
SAT I - N/A
SAT II: N/A
ACT: 34 composite (taken last year.)

Class Rank: 2/285
Planned major: Undeclared (thinking about statistics..)

Classes:
Freshman -
Tennis I
Adv. Math Honors
Spanish II
World Geo Honors
English I Honors
Biology I Honors
Talented Art

Sophomore -
PE/Health
Calculus AB AP (5)
Statistics AP (5)
English II Honors
Civics/Free Ent. Honors
Chemistry I Honors
Spanish III H

Junior -
American History Honors
Chemistry II AP
Chemistry II Lab AP
Calculus BC AP
Talented Art
English Language III AP
Environmental Science AP

ECs:
Mu Alpha Theta member for 3 years (does it matter if I win..becauseI dont. T-T but I was veryy active')
-Executive Board junior year
Beta Club member for 2 years
-Vice President junior year
Mayor's Youth Advisory Council
-Secretary
Volunteer hours - about 100 (local hospital, chinese school, Teen Court)
lotsa other clubs (Korean Student Association, International Students Association, Amnesty International)
Piano for 9 years (woo..)

Applying to:
I'm shooting for the ivies. :\
Is this wayyy too 'asian overachiever' to have a chance?


edit; not only ivies, just good schools like the ivies. johns hopkins, stanford, the like. ^^;

[shabushabu]

shabushabu what are you planning to major in? that can be a factor.
as for the uc's, try to aim for at least 3.5, that's what they take into consideration, lower than that and you're risking a lot. for merced that may be okay though, i'm not 100% what their average gpa is 'cause I forgot. goodluck on retaking the sat, hopefully you reach your goal ^^; the research project stuff you do can sound really good if you make it sound good!

I'm planning on majoring in Japanese Language/Lit or Korean Language/Lit. I might do premed requirements while majoring in those toooo, but I'm not majoring in those for an easier chance to get in. Majoring in just straight up Biology, etc, would make it easier, but I love both of those languages .

[michellek]

haha you have nothing to worry about getting into a good school. you're doing amazing as a junior so far (if you're maintaining a consistent record as of now) compared to most people. you have a really good chance for the ivies, but now that you mention "asian overachiever" it does bring up a point. a lot of asian kids across the nation probably have the same, if not more, impressive stats to show off. yes, being asian + applying to college = sad. try applying stanford and ucla too, even though you can probably get in an ivy, it just looks so shallow when ivies are the only schools people applied to. imo .__.

[DaAzNkIgGa627]

can I try? I'm a junior though, but....

GPA : 4.0/4.0 (unweighted) 4.89 weighted
SAT I - N/A
SAT II: N/A
ACT: 34 composite (taken last year.)

Class Rank: 2/285
Planned major: Undeclared (thinking about statistics..)

Classes:
Freshman -
Tennis I
Adv. Math Honors
Spanish II
World Geo Honors
English I Honors
Biology I Honors
Talented Art

Sophomore -
PE/Health
Calculus AB AP (5)
Statistics AP (5)
English II Honors
Civics/Free Ent. Honors
Chemistry I Honors
Spanish III H

Junior -
American History Honors
Chemistry II AP
Chemistry II Lab AP
Calculus BC AP
Talented Art
English Language III AP
Environmental Science AP

ECs:
Mu Alpha Theta member for 3 years (does it matter if I win..becauseI dont. T-T but I was veryy active')
-Executive Board junior year
Beta Club member for 2 years
-Vice President junior year
Mayor's Youth Advisory Council
-Secretary
Volunteer hours - about 100 (local hospital, chinese school, Teen Court)
lotsa other clubs (Korean Student Association, International Students Association, Amnesty International)
Piano for 9 years (woo..)

Applying to:
I'm shooting for the ivies. :\
Is this wayyy too 'asian overachiever' to have a chance?


edit; not only ivies, just good schools like the ivies. johns hopkins, stanford, the like. ^^;

Just dominate those SAT II's, and if you keep up what you do. You will have no trouble being competitive for Ivy League admissions.

[jennie-o]

Hey guys! I'm pretty embarrassed to post on here, because your stats are allll so high. & this is my first post, so I'm sorry if there are any mistakes or anything! (I'm sure I'm following the rules though!)
Anywho, I've been pretty desperate, because my grades are so awful... and I too come from a family with quite high expectations (being that all of my 4 siblings were accepted to UC's and are either 1) pharmacists or 2) still in graduate school ). Sadly, I'm that one child who has lost her place... and I'm not even interested in the medical/medicinal field! HEH! my parents don't know that though (aiming to major in political science <3)
& I neeed heeeelp!

So here are my grades..
(Should I even bother posting freshman year?)
Grades: First Semester / Second Semester
Freshman
Spanish 1: B+ / A
World History Honors : A / A-
English 1 Honors: B+ / A
Biology 1: A / A
Algebra 2: B / B

Sophomore
Health (summer school): A
Spanish 2: A- / A-
AP European History: C / B (I got a 3 on the AP exam... LOL)
Chemistry P: C / C (I HATE YOU, CHEMISTRY... my "oh gosh i can't do science" epiphany)
Dance (PE credits so not counted toward GPA): A+ / A+
Trigonometry: D / Statistics: A (Trig/Stats is one year; 1st & 2nd semester, respectively)
English 2 Honors: A / A+

soooo my sophomore year's first semester GPA definitely took a plunge with a 2.91... weighted (you don't want to know my unweighted GPA...). I really did raise up my grades though by second semester (3.6) so now my Academic Weighted GPA is 3.26. AHHHH...

oh gosh. What are the chances of getting into a UC with a D?! Is it even possible?!
I can't believe I failed Trig, and by TWO PERCENT (should I talk about it in my personal statement?). Sadly, I'm retaking the course this year (as a junior), but fortunately(? in my perspective), I got "that" teacher who's known to be "the easiest A ever".. so I think my 2.91 GPA is guaranteed to change into a 3.4ish (replacing that D with an A).
(also, trig is definitely waaaaaaay easier the second time around)
I'm aiming for a 4.0 (WEIGHTED) GPA this year.

Junior Year Schedule
0. AP US History
1. English 3 Honors (which is now on a weighted scale! WOOT!)
2. Trigonometry (one semester)
3. Spanish 3
4. ASB/Leadership/Student Government
5. AP Psychology
6. AP Probability/Statistics
OH YEAH! 0-6, baby! Well, by second semester, it'll be 1-6 (I can't handle 0 period!!!).
Sooo I'm aiming for a B in APUSH, English, AP Psych, & AP Stats (I know I'll get an A in at least one of these bad boys though... cough, AP Psych <3).. and A's in Trigonometry (although these grade points are added to sophomore year), Spanish, & ASB... Thus leading to a weighted 4.0 GPA.

which, if I do get a 4.0 GPA this WHOLE year, my lame GPA would be up to... ([3.4+3.6+4.0+4.0]/4)=. 3.75!!! Pretty good in my opinion... (3.5+ is considered an honors student at my school & 3.75 is high honors).

Also, my officer positions are: Historian for Badminton Club, ICC Commissioner for Class of 2011, Public Relations Commissioner of ASB, and Chess Club president... mhmmm! Chess ftw.
The clubs I shalll be in this year: Kiwins, Key Club (member already), Marine Science (member), Comic Book Club (member), Mock Trial (member in 9th grade.. trying to get into it again), Vietnamese Club, Chess Club (member), Student Government (member), Class of 2011 (member), NHS, CSF (member), Badminton (member)
heh.. that's not too much.. right!? I guess I should be steady with my clubs but there are so many cool clubs at my school, I just have to join 'em!

Also, I (along with my friend) run Pennies for Patients, Project Angel Tree, Red Ribbon Week/Blood Drive, Canned Food Drives, etc. at our school.
I'm so kewl(.. not really).
I'm quite the fan of community service

and this would prob affect things: I'm Asian (100% Vietnamese, loud & proud!).

Colleges I want to get into (ordered by how much I want to attend there):
UC Irvine (first choice!!!)
UC Santa Barbara (fell in love after OCL camp... if you were there this summer, holler!)
UC Davis
UC Merced
UC Riverside

I'm really rushing this, since I have to start/finish my AP Psychology project due today . And I have to leave for school in less than 2 hours!!!

What should I try doing? What SAT score should I aim for? etc. etc.

Sorry this was lengthy!!! BACK TO WORK NOW!

[iMMA D0Rk XD]

colleges
applying to all the uc's, my bigger questions are my chances for the TOP TIER uc's - la, berk, sd
usc
george washington
rutgers camden
northwestern
university of pennsylvania
maybe NYU, BU
(random i know!)

majors
political science, pre-law, something along those lines

courses
freshman: world history honors, french 1, geometry, biology honors, english 1 honors, photoshop/keyboarding, pe
sophomore: algebra 2, french 2, chemistry honors, english 2 honors, pre-calculus honors, AP Human Geo, pe
junior: web design, english 3 honors, french 3 honors, calculus, AP Environmental Sci, AP US History
senior: AP english lit, AP US Government, AP Statistics, choir, student government, t/a

all A's and B's, the only C i ever got was 1 semester of pre-calc in soph year

rank
135 / 733
but my school is helllllaaa competitive like you wouldnt believe -____- where everyone is obsessed with padding their resumes

GPA
unweighted: 3.7
weighted: 4.27

test scores
sat: 1810, retaking october
sat ii: 610 us history, retaking maybe

AP HumanGeo - 4
AP USHistory - 4
AP Environmental - 3

extra curriculars
key club, 2 yrs
csf, 3 years
nat'l honor society, 3 years
french club, 3 years
opsmile, 2 years, cabinet 1 yr
debate, 1yr maybe 2
student gov, 1 year

volunteer work
100+ hours @ local schools, library, senior center, festivals, health walks, parades, campaigns
i also do a political internship for the assembly


let me know, thanks guys!

upenn is kinda hard for you to get into but i think you could get into univ. of notre dame and washu (i know these weren't your choices but most ppl get into here , assuming ur asian cuz asians there are a minority)

usc i think you could get in and ucb too

GPA : 3.79/4.00
SAT I - 530/590/490 (1610) - i may retake this, but i need to try and get a waiver.. >___>
SAT II: TBA
Class Rank: 59/489 (not even top 12 % T_____T)
Planned major: Undeclared (leaning towards science.. chemistry?)

Classes:
Freshmen -
Social Science, English, Spanish 1, Health, Geometry, PE, Biology
Sophomore -
World History, English, Spanish 2, PE, Algebra 2, Chemistry, Dev. Psych of Children
Junior -
US History, English, Spanish 3, Physics, AP Chem, Dev. Psych of Adolescence, Guitar, Math Analysis (pre-cal)
Senior - (switch from block to period schedule)
AP Gov/Econ, English, Honors Anatomy/Physiology, AP Calculus, Photography, Sociology of Urban Issues

ECs:
I'm not sure what counts as ECs.. but i'll put down w/e
Marching Band (2 years), Winter Percussion (4 years), Tennis (1 year), Interact Club (1 year officer, 3 years regular member), Senior Project/Action Plan (does this count? haha, we aren't required to do it at my school... so... )

I'm also in a Small Learning Community within my school which focuses on social justice and community action. My senior project is basically to pass my academy requirement so I'll be doing a community action complete with panels and portfolios, etc. I'm not sure if this helps with college though..

Applying to:
SF State, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, any recommendations? I live in East Bay and I would prefer to stay close.

I plan on getting 2-3 letters of recommendation.. I'm not sure how much those help though.

UCs don't take letters of rec. and berkeley is going to be hard for you to get in if you raise ur sat scores. and for ucsd google for their points spreadsheet cuz ucsd accepts ppl by a points system, so write ur app based on that

[xoflora]

Hello, I need some honest opinions on my chances at schools I'm interested in :x

GPA : 4.0/4.0 (unweighted), 5.74/6.0 weighted (my school goes by a weird scale, I've taken all A level/AP courses besides electives and P.E.)

Rank 3/440

SAT I: R-710 M-750 W-780 = 2240

SAT II: Haven't taken yet, signed up for Math 2, U.S. History, and Bio for October. Will it hurt me severely to not submit SAT II's?

ACT: 33 (I think my SAT score is slightly better in comparison)


CLASSES (gotten all A's so I'm not going to put my grade)

Fresh:
Advanced Freshman English
Spanish 2
Advanced Alg 2/Trig
Advanced Phys/Chem
Gifted World History
Freshman PE
Intro to Multimedia
Graphic Design

Soph:
Advanced Sophomore English
Advanced Spanish 3
Advanced Precalc
Advanced Biology
AP US History
Health
Drawing 1
Advanced Communication Studies

Junior:
Advanced Jr. English
Advanced Spanish 4
AP Calc BC
Advanced Chemistry
AP Gov
AP Microeconomics
PE
Gifted Seminar
Response to Emergencies

Senior:
AP Lang & Comp
Advanced Spanish 5
AP Stats
AP Bio
AP Psych
PE

AP Scores:

US History: 5
Calc BC: 5
AB Subscore: 5
US Gov: 5
Microeconomics: 4


Activities

Chinese School on Saturday for 9 years
Viola- 5 years but quit once I got to high school, so it's probably not worth mentioning
LeadAmerica conference for medicine & healthcare- July 2009

School clubs

Badminton- 3 years- 1 year on freshman team, 2 years on JV
Cross Country- 2 years- 1 year on freshman, 1 year on JV; got injured so I had to quit
Yearbook- 4 years- 1 year editor position
School Newspaper- 1 year (just joined so I don't know if it's worth mentioning)
National Honor Society - 2 years
Spanish Honor Society - 3 years
Mu Alpha Theta (math honor society) - 3 years

Volunteering

Convalescent Center - about 30 hours
National Honors Society- 10 hours, probably not worth mentioning
Tutoring - about 40 hours
Planning on volunteering at an animal shelter in October but that's a bit late to make it onto my apps probably.. they only take volunteers who are 18 or older :/

Work

I've worked for my parents at our restaurant for about 40 weeks a year, 5 hours a week for the past 5 years..
It takes up a lot of my time which is my excuse for my lack of extracurricular activities.

Other

National Merit Semi-Finalist (Finalist standing isn't announced until February I think)
AP Scholar with Honors

Recommendations: I think they'll be average-good.. I'm not expecting anything SPECTACULAR though.
Essays: I'm pretty confident in my writing so I think this will either help or not affect me (hoping it won't hurt me.. haha)


Planning on majoring in psychology or economics (pretty certain on one of these two majors), and medical school after undergraduate.


Schools I'm interested in:

Northwestern University (probably ED)
University of Chicago
Vanderbilt University
Carnegie Mellon University
Wash U. in St. Louis
Carleton University
University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign
USC (not sure if I want to apply yet)

Would I have a good chance at making it into the above schools? I kind of find them fits, but I'm not sure if they'd be reaches :/
Also, would I have any chance at schools like Stanford, Columbia, Princeton, Duke, Amherst, or Swarthmore?
My lack in confidence is what is deterring me from applying to these schools currently :x
Help would be much appreciated, thanks!

[SP0NJiE]

Gah, nobody seems to read my post
And I already re-posted a few times. Nvm, I'll just take down my stats.

[taaaaay]

Would I have a good chance at making it into the above schools? I kind of find them fits, but I'm not sure if they'd be reaches :/
Also, would I have any chance at schools like Stanford, Columbia, Princeton, Duke, Amherst, or Swarthmore?
My lack in confidence is what is deterring me from applying to these schools currently :x
Help would be much appreciated, thanks!

You should apply to the schools you mentioned above. You have good scores, just deliver a good resume.

[xoflora]

You should apply to the schools you mentioned above. You have good scores, just deliver a good resume.

Thanks Hopefully my essays will be enough..
I definitely need to get moving on those D:

[ArJaii]

updated, scroll down... sorry! D:

[Trinity <3]

180 on PSAT? that's about a 1800 on the SAT's right? :/ You should work on that. Though your GPA may be high sometimes both would be a LOT better.

How long you have played an instrument would not consider an EC if you didn't join anything i.e. A symphonic orchestra or something. Your CM merits will be considered on"certificates" or rewards or something on the Application. Your school EC's are great though, and volunteer work is pretty sturdy

Just work to boost up those SAT scores and SAT II's and you'll be good with getting into a lot of the schools. I think the UC's are a given though. When your SAT''s are 2000+ or 2200+ you'll be okay with the Ivies and Stanford and such.

btw take the Jan SAT's I! Study hard!

[ArJaii]

How long you have played an instrument would not consider an EC if you didn't join anything i.e. A symphonic orchestra or something. Your CM merits will be considered on"certificates" or rewards or something on the Application.

Hahah the main reason I did badly on the PSAT's was because I didn't take it seriously and study or anything... but ever since then I've started studying, I'm definitely planning on taking the SAT I early next year.

So playing the piano wouldn't even count as an EC? Even if I have a teacher who can write my a letter of recommendation or anything? Oh and I played at some recitals too... but that would probably just count under awards too huh. D:
...hopefully I can join jazz band or something at my school, hopefully it is not too late..

[Yuenie]

You can include piano as one of your activities on the common app, since you take lessons for it and have done it extensively.

[MeMi]

O, goshness >_< I feel so late for doing this since I'm (gasp) a senior right now doing my apps already. I want an outside opinion that's not my friends (They totally think I can make any college I apply for some odd reason) or my parents' (they think opposite).
So (huge gulp of air) here I go.


STATS

GPA : 3.3/4.0 (a bit low =_=, I'm fail as an azn)

Rank 173/744 My school's pretty large

SAT I: 1900. I'm not going to retake, just keep it like this.
In fact, I'm taking the ACT in december.

SAT II: Lit: 700 US: 640

CLASSES
Junior Year (academic classes w/o the extracurricuars)
English H.
Physiology
Trig
USAP
Mandarin 5/6

Senior Year
English Reg (AP class filled, but I'm still going to take the Ap test)
Enviro AP
Stats
Advanced Drama
Gov AP

I'm not taking lang & w/ this year's AP classes, I'll only have 4 APs. It's fine by me b.c. a lot of our APs are sciences & some were cut due to budget cuts D:


EXTRA CURRICULARS

Tutoring at local library: 3 years
Journalism Intern: 1 year
LA Youth: 1 year
Breast Cancer Research @ USC Norris Center: 2 years

School clubs
Tutoring Club: 4 years - President
FBLA - 2 years
ERAS (Environmental club) - 3 years; was secretary & historian
BioMed (Biomedical research club) - 4 years




Volunteering

Library: 150 + hours
Breast Cancer Research: 120 + hours



Other

I'm A California Arts Scholar, California Commended in the arts, won some science competitions,
written some things for LA Youth & I'm also a student panelist for the local newspaper (unpaid, but o, well)
I've received volunteer achievement awards from the library.


Recs - the teachers I asked knows me very well. One for nearly 4 years & the other for about 3 and the third for supplementary is the advisor for my tutoring club who knows me very well so I'm certain I'll have really good recs.

Schools I'm applying to:

Ithaca College
Emerson College
Syracuse U
American U
University of San Fran
& Scripps College <- This, I personally think is a long long shot.
UCIrvine
UCDavis
UCSB
UCSD

Majors: I want to major in English & Journalsim although for UCI, I'm going for Literary Journalism. If there's no journalism program, a second major with a relation to media.

So, yeh, I'm so bare compared to everyone else D:
Which do u think i might make?

[Dorkiilove]

GPA: 3.3 UW, 3.7 UW. ;-; Yes I know its fail!*
UC GPA: :x I think its around 3.6 UW

* :x GPA is a bit low cause I moved frosh/sophmore transition year, and so my grades were a bit crappy.

SAT: 2100 [760M,650W,690CR] Fail again. ;-;
SAT2: 690 US History; 790 Math2c
--

APs Taken:


Euro History:
US History:
English Literature:
Calculus AB:
Calculus BC:
Chem

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Extra Curriculars!:

-Completed Level 10 Piano Syllabus (Highest Level) [6-7 years]
-City Orchestra, top group [4 years]
-Kiwins Club: Project Manager; Volenteering Club[3 years]
-"Reaching Out" Club: Treasurer; Help to raise money for Children in Africa for school supplies[3 years]
- Best Buddies Club: Member, we just spent like 1/2 days per week with disabled children and hang around with them.[2 years]
-Science Olympiad Member[2 years]
-AP Scholar with Honor
-Volunteer at the library and around our community ( 300+ hours)

---
Prospective Schools:
UCDavis
UCI
UCSD
UCBerkley [Hahaha, its worth a shot?]
UCLA <3
USC <3
NYU
Northwestern
University of Chicago

[ArJaii]

GPA : 3.6/4.0 (unweighted), 4.5/4.83 weighted (my school goes by a weird scale, I've taken all A level/AP courses besides electives and P.E.)

Rank 5/214

SAT I: R-690 M-640 W-790 = 2120

SAT II: Biology: 670... I also took US History, Math II, and Literature but I'm still waiting for the scores.

ACT: taking this weekend O:


Fresh: Got straight A's so I'm not gonna enter each one individually.
World Civilization
Spanish II
Health
Geometry Honors
Introductory Physics
English

The only Honors classes offered this year at my school were math honors and spanish 4 honors o____o
and no AP's were offered.

Soph: Again, straight A's : D
Drawing and Painting
English II Honors
Biology Honors
Spanish III Honors
Music History
Algebra II Honors

I basically took all of the 4 honors classes offered this year, and again no AP's were offered except AP spanish.

Okayy, Junior year I started getting things besides A's so I'll list 'em...

Junior:
AP Lang & Comp - B+
AP US History - A-
Chemistry Honors - A-
PreCalculus Honors - A-
Cross Training - A
Sports Medicine - A

The last 2 were to fulfill graduation requirements.. my school has a TON of PE and arts requirements its crazy :/

Senior: I'll be a senior next year so I don't have my grades yet
AP Literature
AP Government/Politics
AP Psychology
AP Calculus AB
Honors Physics
Introduction to Law

Andd I'm still waiting on my Language and US History AP scores

Activities

Piano - Level 9 Certificate of Merit, I shall be level 10 by March next year
Model UN - Joined Junior year
Speech and Debate - Joined Junior year
Concert/Marching Band - Joining Senior year, probably not worth mentioning

School clubs

National Honor Society - 2 years
Spanish Honor Society - 1.5 years
Student Leadership - 3 years
School Literary Magazine - 1 year (had to quit because student leadership was on the same period)
Jefferson Awards - 2 years (senior and junior leader)

Volunteering

Soup Kitchen - 10 hours
Tutoring - 30 hours
National Honors Society- 20-ish hours
Hospital - 400 hours

Other

National Merit Semi-Finalist (Finalist standing isn't announced until February I think)
Mathematics Award 2008-09 School Year
Notre Dame Global Issues Seminar Nominee
Bank of America Leadership Program Nominee

Recommendations: I think they'll be good, but I don't talk a lot in class so there probably won't be anything overtly profound for them to say...
Essays: I'm a pretty good writer, especially after that brutal AP Lang/Comp class, plus I have a good counselor LOL.

Planning on majoring in law or bioengineering, not quite decided yet ahaha.

Schools I'm interested in:

Northwestern University
University of Chicago
Claremont McKenna College
UC Los Angeles
UC Berkeley
New York University
Duke University
Georgetown University
Columbia University
Dartmouth

Ugh, methinks I am too ambitious LOL. I was doing perfectly well until my grades took a dive this last year :c
Be honest, and blunt guys! I don't mind even destructive criticism when it comes to college; I just want an honest opinion!
Oh and I go to private religiously affiliated school so hopefully that might make my application more unique? ahahah.

[xoflora]

To ArJaii:

I think you have a great shot at all the schools you are interested in!
I definitely thought all the schools I applied to were a long shot also, so I know how you feel But I ended up being accepted at most of them, including a few on your list. PM me if you need advice or anything about those schools and I'd love to help
Aim to get straight A's during senior year. It might've been a good idea to take AP Bio if you're interested in bioengineering, but it's no biggie.
I see that you're interested in Claremont McKenna College. Have you looked into any other LACs? It seems like a lot of the schools on your list are big-name institutions, so maybe there are some lesser known schools out there that are more fit to your taste.
It will probably be a good idea to re-take the SAT and try to improve your math score next time unless you do really well on the ACT It's also probably a good idea to have at least 3 SAT subject tests with scores above 700.
Oh and one last note, but it's always a good idea to keep in touch with the teachers you're closest to so it doesn't seem like you're using them just for their rec letters. Oh and also, I would recommend you either ask teachers that know you best, or teachers that taught a subject you're interested in majoring in.