I attend UCLA and am also Viet, Chinese and French. I had a 3.8 in high school and was not accepted at UCLA although I was accepted by Berkley and Irvine. I was set on UCLA, so I attended Pasadena City College and transfered there.

Some say that UCLA has a rep for not accepting many Asians nowadays because there is a majority of Asians attending UCLA and that they are trying to accept more of the Hispanic population. I’ve also heard that you have a better chance of getting into UCLA if you are a transfer student.

I can’t vouch for all the other colleges, but I am positive that your SAT scores account for a majority of your acceptance along with a high GPA.

Good luck with everything!

Take heart young friend. Your life is not over. You have several options. The first is do choose a course of study that is in demand – accounting, engineering, nursing, etc. If you do that you’ll probably get an OK entry level position somewhere. About 3 yrs after that nobody will care all that much about where you went to college. It’ll be much more about your work experience and knowledge of your field. Other option is grad school. Redeem yourself in college and do well. Then go on to grad school. Your undergrad university won’t really matter in that case. I went to a bad undergrad school. Then took several bad positions of work. THen went to a good grad school for my MBA, got out and got some good work experience (got a bit lucky). I’m doing very well now (six figures). It’s not over for you and you have time to make some good choices. Best of luck.

What is your SAT? What is your class standing? I don’t know if your school being the top 100 will make a difference, unless you are in a magnet school or something and actually had to apply and qualify to get into the school. I think you are a strong candidate for most of the colleges on your list. The exceptions might be UPenn, Michigan, and UCLA, but only because these are VERY competitive schools and it is hard for anyone to get into them, they have so many promising candidates. However, these schools are pretty big, so you still have a good chance. Good luck! and don’t worry about WHERE you will get in. worry about filling applications, and leave the acceptances to the admission committees.

A lot has changed since I applied so I can’t say for sure, but not knowing your SAT score makes it difficult. More important then your grades and extracurricular activities is the ability to form a compelling narrative out of them.

UC schools use an index that combines GPA and SAT score so without the SAT there is no way to tell. For USC nothing you have listed would disqualify you from admittance, but nothing you listed is enough to guarantee it either.