<p>Female, in state from a very prestigious high school in Northern California
Class of '09
SAT II:
US History: 730
Math II: 660
Act: 30
SAT: 2060
UC GPA: 4.0
Extracurricular:
-8 years piano
-3 years Guitar
-2 years tennis on school team, but i've been playing at a club level since I was 5 and I'll be doing track my senior year of HS.
-Volunteered at Temple for several years
-CSF
-NHS
- Key Club
- STAND! (A club helping those affected by the genocide occuring in Darfur)
-Volunteered at a local hopsice and for the American Red Cross & Cancer Society
-Cultural dance for 6 years
- Science Alliance for 3 years (I helped 5th graders from local schools on their science fair project)
- I've also tutored underpriviledged elementary/middle school children with their homework through a library program.</p>
<p>I've also taken a rigorous course load. Junior year I took 4 weighted classes, (2 AP's and 2 honors), Soph I took 1 honors class, and senior year I plan on taking 2-3 weighted classes. </p>
<p>You’re obviously more than fulfilled any UCLA requirements.</p>
<p>It really comes down to your essays and luck. When the majority of the other applicants have similar qualifications, the only way to differentiate and identify the best applicant, the essays will play a key role.</p>
<p>So make sure you write the best essays you can.</p>
<p>Yeah, I was hoping that my essays and teacher recs would help me out, but the UC’s don’t weight them as significantly as most privates do.
Anyone else have any comments?</p>
<p>Essays can be extremely important from what I gather from many at orientation this week, if you’ve had really tought family or financial or other personal struggles. They can sometimes make up for average grades (I met several people who got in with ~3.1 and low SAT reasoning yesterday) and lack of academic success in general. The application process truly is holistic at UCLA, making it so incredibly unpredictable as an applicant. It’s best to get your GPA and SATs as high as possible, though, and the OP’s SAT and Math II could use a little work. Nice extra-curriculars, though!</p>
<p>EDIT: Oh yeah, and DON’T FORGET that UCs don’t take letters of rec!!</p>
<p>essays can be very important, especially if they can explain some personal circumstances. my friend got in ucla with about a 1200 SAT (on the new one, mind you), 3.8GPA, because of a great and emotional personal statement.</p>
<p>definite match. but as everyone has been saying, anything can happen. college admissions are very unpredictable.</p>
<p>your SAT scores look fine – even your SAT II’s. let me tell you, mine were about the same and i got in for fall 2008. but then again, it’s up to you if you want to re-take. everything looks good so concentrate on your essays.</p>
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