Chance at UCLA with mediocre grades

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>Public High School in Cali- meh...so so school</p>

<p>Sophomore year grades (not great):
graphic arts: A/B
english II H:B/B
Spanish II:A/A
Chem H:A/A
Ap world:B/A
alg II: C/C</p>

<p>4.0/4.0</p>

<p>junior year</p>

<p>pre cal:B-/A
ap chem: C-/A
Ap span: A/A
Ap Psych: A/A
Ap eng: A/A
AP US: A/A
4.5 / 5.0</p>

<p>Senior year schedule:
Ap Bio
Ap econ/gov
Ap statistics
Ap english lit
Ap studio art
Ap human geo</p>

<p>overall GPA (including freshman year): 4.2
Rank: 37 or so . Top 7%</p>

<p>Sat Score: 2300</p>

<p>SAT II scores
Math II: 750
Chem: 750</p>

<p>Ap Scores
AP:
world:4
chem:4
euro (self study):5
US:5
english:5
psych:5
spanish:4
env. sci (self study):5
national ap scholar</p>

<p>leadership:
President of DECA 10th-12th grade
NHS secretary 11th grade-12th grade
vietnamese student association: VP 12th grade
treasurer 11th grade
Academic Decathlon 10th -12th grade</p>

<p>Awards from Academic decathlon (11th grade):
1st place speech
3rd place interview
3rd place language and literature</p>

<p>thanks! : D</p>

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<p>I actually think you have a pretty good chance, since you have an upwards grade trend. The thing is, everyone is smart like you are, so you really have to “grab the bull by the horns” so to speak, in the essay.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>ah those aren’t mediocre grades, they’re pretty good grades IMO, cept for math</p>

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<p>yea you really flunked math man. i mean Cs in Algebra II is gonna look pretty bad. but unless ur applying to be a math major, you got nothing to worry about. ur in. esp. since ur in-state</p>