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Yakult · 2007-06-08, 22:56

So as another year comes to a close... specifically my junior year, I've been thinking about colleges to a certain point where it's the only thing I care about. I've been running around Google looking for blogs, acceptance posts, and other things so that I could compare my current high school achievements to others and make myself feel better even though I'm sure I have no chances for schools such as Stanford.

So anyways, I'm going to describe what I've "achieved" in high school so far and I was hoping you guys could tell me what kind of colleges would be available to me? I mean I'm still going to apply for my dream schools although I'm sure I'll be flat out rejected. (and please don't laugh at my grades :P I'm sure theres people way smarter than me on this forum (: )

Spoiler for High School Profile:

My main worries are that my GPA is too low.. although my transcript shows immense improvement since my Sophomore year. Another thing that bothers me is that apparently colleges look for dedicated in one's extracurricular activities (Especially schools like Stanford!). Lastly, I hear of other students who get awarded grip loads of awards, yet I only have one -real- award... Do I even stand a chance to be accepted to a school such as Stanford? or should I stick to universities such as USC/UCLA?

End of whine fest =|

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Yakult Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005	Low GPA Miracle Stories (College Acceptances) So as another year comes to a close... specifically my junior year, I've been thinking about colleges to a certain point where it's the only thing I care about. I've been running around Google looking for blogs, acceptance posts, and other things so that I could compare my current high school achievements to others and make myself feel better even though I'm sure I have no chances for schools such as Stanford. So anyways, I'm going to describe what I've "achieved" in high school so far and I was hoping you guys could tell me what kind of colleges would be available to me? I mean I'm still going to apply for my dream schools although I'm sure I'll be flat out rejected. (and please don't laugh at my grades :P I'm sure theres people way smarter than me on this forum (: ) Spoiler for High School Profile: Location: Southern California (Los Angeles) Ethnicity: South Korean GPA: 3.7 Weighted (Pretty low... I was too into anime/video games during my Sophomore year) 3.1 Unweighted SAT 1: 2310 SAT 2 Math 2C: 800 SAT 2 Chemistry: 780 SAT 2 US History: 790 APs Taken: -AP World History -AP US History -AP Statistics -AP Chemistry Extra Curricular: -Kendo (Since the beginning of Sophomore year) -Traditional Korean drumming (Since the beginning of Sophomore year) -Part of a community service club (Since the beginning of Sophomore year) -Peer tutoring at my school (Since the beginning of second semester of Junior year) -Academic Decathlon member (Since the end of second semester of my Junior year) Community Service Hours: 150+ (An estimation) Awards: -The President's Volunteer Service Award for 100+ hours Planned Senior Schedule (Because apparently a rigorous course plan helps): -H French III -AP Government -AP English Literature -AP Calculus BC -AP Physics -AP Macroeconomics By the end of my Senior year, I would have finished... -5 years of mathematics -4 years of English -3 years of lab sciences -3 years of social studies -3 years of a foreign language The reason that I'm lacking years in my lab sciences, social studies and foreign language section is because my school makes students take integrated science, world cultures, health and life skills classes during their Freshman years My main worries are that my GPA is too low.. although my transcript shows immense improvement since my Sophomore year. Another thing that bothers me is that apparently colleges look for dedicated in one's extracurricular activities (Especially schools like Stanford!). Lastly, I hear of other students who get awarded grip loads of awards, yet I only have one -real- award... Do I even stand a chance to be accepted to a school such as Stanford? or should I stick to universities such as USC/UCLA? End of whine fest =\| Last edited by xris; 2007-06-28 at 16:10.