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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] He thinks his list is too long already.

Bay Area public school:

Intended Major: Biochem/Chem

GPA: 3.73 UW, 4.2W -

No class rank

Freshman: 3.41 UW 3.75W (5 B's 1 C) -&gt; Sophomore: 4.0 UW 4.33W (all A's) -&gt; Junior: 3.92 UW 4.59W (1 B+ in meaningless class)

SAT: 1580 // 780/800

APs: Micro 5, Macro 4, Stats 5, Bio 4, Chem 5, BC 5 and planning on taking APES, Physics 1, Lit;

ECs:

Tennis Varsity Captain (our team is current league champion)

ChemE internship (1 year)

Tutoring organization head officer(3 years)

DECA Chapter Officer and placed as a world finalist twice, 2nd at states once (3 years)

Founder of Biology/Chem Club at my school with large presence on campus (2 years)

Private tennis coach (4 years)

Shadowed physician (2 months)

Commercial laboratory assistant (1 year)

Tufts

Emory (ED1)

WashU

Rice

Northwestern

Vanderbilt

UNC Chapel Hill (EA)

University of Michigan (EA)

Cornell University

Stanford University

UCLA

UC Berkeley

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You absolutely need safeties. Bay Area high school alum here who graduated in 2010s.  UCs are not safeties but also it is not difficult to apply to all of them at once (no separate essays, just check the box). Before your applications are due (around October), you will know if you are in the special top 10% program in the UCs that will guarantee admission to one of the lower-ranked UCs (excluding Berkeley and LA). If you receive that, then I would proceed with your list without safeties. If you don't receive that (because it signals your son is not that competitive compared to his peers), then you absolutely need to change that list unless you are okay with not getting into any schools.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but those stats are unfortunately normal by Bay Area standards. Based on the stats, your son might get into some of those schools. When I went to college, a single B on your transcript, let alone a C, knocked you out of the running for Berekely and LA. [/quote]

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