<p>Oh, all this unnecessary arguing is making me feel embarrassed for UCLA. I:I Thanks you guys</p>
<p>Eiffel, you have very impressive stats, and I’d say you’re actually overqualified for UCLA. Your school might have a different way of calculating GPAs- I still don’t know how my high school calculated my GPA. Doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>UCLA’s standards are not as high as some people might think; I’ve seen this first-hand and on the College Board website that shows admission statistics. Your hobbies and extracurricular activities clearly show passion and motivation, and all you need to do is write a good personal statement essay and maybe try to raise that math SAT score if you’re up to it. Judging from the way you write your posts, I’d say you’re a well-spoken individual and eloquent (more than others, I’d say). And I’m not just saying all this to flatter you or anything, mind you.</p>
<p>You’ve got interesting activities under your belt, a decent SAT score, and you’re a CA resident. Go for it!</p>
<p>3.8 unweighted + 3 AP’s would probably be (slightly) lower than the average UCLA GPA. 2140 is above average. You could look up the combination on UC Stat Finder to get a general idea of the odds of getting accepted. Probably a bit better than 50/50.</p>
<p>You definitely have good chances. Very impressive stats (maybe try to improve your math SAT score?). Your ECs, too, are also impressive, especially with the two awards and scriptwriting for a TV series.
GPA and grade wise, you definitely need to calculate your UC GPA. Each HS calculates its GPA differently. I know people with weighted GPA of over 5.0, but only with around 4.1 or 4.2 UC GPA. UC only accepts up to 8 bonus points for honors/AP/IB total, and you definitely have more than that … so your UC GPA will probably be lower.
And yes, they don’t look at your freshman or senior grades during admission. But you still have to do well in your senior year to meet the Provisional Admission Contract if you do get accepted.</p>
<p>Do they really not look at freshman year? I never cared that much for myself when I was in high school and applying, but I’m worried for my slightly anemic younger sister who didn’t do well in her PE class. </p>
<p>I firmly believed they looked at each year… source please. c:</p>
<p>only count 8 ap or honors classes, anything more counts as a regular class…Its impossible to have a 4.7 UC GPA but its possible to just have a weighted 4.7 gpa, it depends on how the school calculates your crap
dont worry about ur sat, i got a 1990, 780 math 650 reading and 560 writing, ur ok dawg</p>
<p>The UC’s say they don’t look at the first year (it’s certainly not in the UC GPA), but I’m not sure UCLA/Berkeley don’t glance at it. I don’t know if you’re joking but you don’t report PE grades on the application.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for the encouragement and compliments, oyster and Fasttrack! I really appreciate your advice and supportive attitudes. And thank you ThisCouldBeHeaven and laserbase for your feedback and information as well.</p>
<p>Seems quite strange that the UC schools don’t care about freshman or senior grades. So, someone could take all regular classes those years and still get into a UC school? Does anyone know why they don’t look at those years and why they only accept 8 units of AP/Honors? Also, when I calculate my UC GPA, do I count 8 separate honors courses? Or only 8 points total? (I don’t know how I would do that because I got an A in all my honors/AP classes, so I’d have at least 10 points even if I only counted 2 classes…) :-/</p>
<p>It might be that they look at so many applications that they’ve cut it all down to the “important” or “intensive” years, namely 10th to middle of 12th grade.</p>
<p>One person I knew didn’t take any AP courses until her senior year and got a Regents scholarship for Cal. I suppose it depended on ethnicity? I actually planned to go to Berkeley and rejected it because of financial aid differences, but I noticed that LA and Cal seemed to look for different aspects in their admits. LA seemed more stats-driven, and there were more rejects to LA than there were for Cal. Took me by surprise. Basically to answer your question, yes, someone could take many regular courses and a few honors courses and no APs and get into a UC school. I’ve seen it happen more for Cal, but the same could apply to LA.</p>
<p>As for your grades… if the majority of your grades are As in high school, then you really don’t have anything to worry about for UC admissions. All these people talking about weighted/unweighted GPAs… really? I never cared for it while applying. Just went for the good grades. Oh and don’t fail any classes your senior year, though I’ll doubt you will. Getting your admission rescinded has got to hurt.</p>
And thank you ThisCouldBeHeaven and laserbase for your feedback and information as well.</p>