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oh sorry i misread a bit
you can probably get some regent scholars of you boost your grades up and also, a 3.5 before the start of junior year isn't bad at all. I started 3.4 before junior year and boosted it to 3.7~ with the help of some community college classes. Public schools such as the UC's don't even care about your freshmen year (apparently) and this seems to be true for my case because my freshmen year was pretty shitty and got me denied from privates but not from the UC's.
Top UC's like UCLA and Berkeley aren't easy to get into. UCLA is the most applied college throughout the nation but they accept only about 19-20% of those but if you have the test scores you can make it up. Also need a good essay
Also, there is the PSAT coming up. If you get into 99 percentile (roughly 2200 score) you can become a national merit scholar if your other academics are also fairly good.
you can also apply for some scholarships online, although some seem to be scams or plain shady. My friends tried out for a coca-cola scholarship and my friend, being korean, applied for a korean scholarship and got one
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On September 26 2008 06:33 il0seonpurpose wrote:
Its not that I wanna actually get in those ivy league schools, but it just gave me a glimpse of hope that money isn't something I should worry about.
If money isn't something to worry about, why not try to get into those ivies 
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Asian with 3.5 unweighted GPA? It's already gg for your ivy league dreams. Although one person at my public high school got into brown with a 4.0 gpa and only 1750 SAT, but she had a incredible hardship story. If you work hard this year, you might get into a decent UC like UC Davis or even UC San Diego. UC San Diego incoming freshman, for example, has a average GPA for 4.06 and 1940 for SAT.
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i got a full ride offer from a private school better than the best public school in my state (who is making me pay a good amount).
sometimes privates are better.
people are just retarded and don't bother looking.
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Yay atleast someone else out there has common sense!
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On September 26 2008 08:41 Kami wrote:
Asian with 3.5 unweighted GPA? It's already gg for your ivy league dreams. Although one person at my public high school got into brown with a 4.0 gpa and only 1750 SAT, but she had a incredible hardship story. If you work hard this year, you might get into a decent UC like UC Davis or even UC San Diego. UC San Diego incoming freshman, for example, has a average GPA for 4.06 and 1940 for SAT.
UCs get tougher and tougher everyday. fock!!
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But the fact that you live in South Korea (international) kinda guarantees you a spot at a top school as long as you're not a dumbass. American colleges love accepting international students.
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haha no faronel, well I live in america, i just like putting south korea b/c cuz I was born there.
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are you a US Citizen? if you aren't a citizen it will be even tougher to get financial aid. you are kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place. being asian doesn't give you great possibilities for financial aid unless there are some qualities outside of your GPA / SAT score that make you REALLY stand out.
with average grades, you aren't likely to get many merit based scholarships or other financial aid. my friend (hispanic) has worse grades than me (he's like 3.2 GPA I have a 3.8) - and he's basically getting a full ride at UCSD, and I get absolutely 0 financial aid. it's bm.
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well i have to get my green card, and if i get that then i can get financial aid.
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On September 26 2008 15:59 il0seonpurpose wrote:
well i have to get my green card, and if i get that then i can get financial aid.
just out of curiosity, how long have you been living in US?
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On September 26 2008 08:41 Kami wrote:
Asian with 3.5 unweighted GPA? It's already gg for your ivy league dreams. Although one person at my public high school got into brown with a 4.0 gpa and only 1750 SAT, but she had a incredible hardship story. If you work hard this year, you might get into a decent UC like UC Davis or even UC San Diego. UC San Diego incoming freshman, for example, has a average GPA for 4.06 and 1940 for SAT.
Wait, wait, isn't the SAT max score 1800?
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Yeah, you won't get in with 3.5 gpa. Unless you have found a new microorganism, or have gotten into the International Olympiad.
So start preparing for the Olympiad. Get a gold medal at nationals, and win the Internationals. You'll get in anywhere.
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Also, Harvard won't give you financial aid, because you don't even have your green card.
Non citizens have to be top notch in order to get in. Usually, the international students are much smarter than the US citizens at top universities.
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On September 26 2008 16:26 OneOther wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2008 15:59 il0seonpurpose wrote:
well i have to get my green card, and if i get that then i can get financial aid. just out of curiosity, how long have you been living in US?
almost 11 years, it sucks.
Again, I wasn't implying that I thought I could go to harvard, that lecture place I went to gave me alot of good info and somewhat hope that I can go to better schools if i study my butt off from this year to senior year.
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