Chance at UCLA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Well, junior year is done, and my tepid performance may hurt me.</p>

<p>UC UW GPA: ~3.6-3.5, depends on if you count some Community college classes I took for fun</p>

<p>UC Uncapped W GPA: 4.4</p>

<p>AP scores:</p>

<p>Bio: 5
Euro: 5
US: 4
Physics B: 4
Eng comp: 4
Music Theory: 4</p>

<p>And here's the bad:</p>

<p>Calculus: 2 (i am considering deleting the score, and taking calc at the comm. college this fall)</p>

<p>My UW GPA is low because I got 7 B's this year. I was in 4 AP classes and an honors class though, and did a sport (varsity volleyball).</p>

<p>SAT Math II: 750 (Didn't study, I want to retake it..)
SAT I: 2080 (I didn't prepare at all, plan to retake, got an 8 on my essay)</p>

<p>EC: I play piano, and have won a few competitions and a scholarship. I did panel for certificate of merit. I got perfect marks sophomore year, in piano. I also do taekwondo, and have a black belt. I have done both of those all four years of high school. Finally, I am in NHS, FBLA, and CSF--although I heard those really don't mean anything at all, unless you're an officer, which I am not.</p>

<p>I volunteer at a hospital anywhere from 2 to 4 hours a week, in the emergency room. I have also been playing piano at a local assisted living home.</p>

<p>Strengths:</p>

<p>W UC GPA of 4.4</p>

<p>I will have over 40 semesters of honors/AP/college classes, twice the average of admitted students (20).</p>

<p>I am ELC, ranked 4 in my class.</p>

<p>I live close to UCLA.</p>

<p>So, in all, I feel my only weakness is my relatively low UW GPA. </p>

<p>Right now, I am taking General Chemistry II, the one after AP, at a local community college, and aspire for an A. I took chem I (AP equivalent) at the community college last summer and got an A. I feel having a year of general chemistry will show something. My parents' income is high though (Bush's tax cuts affected us)</p>

<p>So, I plan on getting an A in Chem II, and drastically improving my SAT scores, to increase my chances of admission. So, if I get a 2300 on the SAT, does it look good for UCLA, and will it cancel out my horrid grades junior year?</p>

<p>THANKS!</p>

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<p>Did you include freshman year in your UC gpa? Cause if you took 40 semesters, thats ~20 classes equaling ~10 per year and you said you took 4 APs and an honors class.</p>

<p>UC gpa does not include freshman year. If you didn't include it, then disregard this post.</p>

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<p>Oh yeah, and I am taking 5 AP classes and 2 community college classes this year:</p>

<p>English 12 AP
Spanish 4 AP
Statistics AP
Econ/Gov AP
Psychology AP</p>

<p>CC:</p>

<p>Calc I
Microecon</p>

<p>And I plan on doing well in those classes, if at all it will affect my chances. Would a 5.0 sway UCLA if I were "borderline", if it was 1st semester of senior year? Thanks!</p>

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<p>Eh, I included algebra 2 honors and geometry at the college, freshman year.</p>

<p>I meant semesters of honors/AP/college classes that I took or will have taken from grades 10-12.</p>

<p>If you want to know that, the exact number is still around 40, since I forgot the CC classes I am planning on taking next year.</p>

<p>=]</p>

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<p>You don't send a midyear report unless they request for it and due to the sheer number of freshman applications (it was ~57,000 last year + transfer applications) they just don't have the time and manpower to evaluate a midyear from everyone.</p>

<p>Also, you need 2 SAT IIs.</p>

<p>Get that SAT score up as high as possible and you have a decent chance.</p>

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<p>to be honest, if you have good ECs and your personality shines through your essays, i would not be worried. i had mediocre AP scores-- my highest was a 4 and my lowest was a 2. my SATs were mediocre as well, but my ACT was fairly good. i had a 3.89 weighted GPA and was ranked 60 out of 600 in my class. i was that laid back girl who didn't really care if I got two semester D's in chemistry and math. i was good at what i was good at, which was english. also my ECs were band and forensics for all four years. that's what got me admitted to ucla i believe.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input! What I am worried about is the fact that UCLA is obviously the most popular school on this website, and in reality too, and by basic supply/demand, the price goes up, so I would therefore need more to offer.</p>

<p>But yeah, I only want to go to a UC school, and from what I've heard of Triton Eye at UCSD...it only makes me want to go to UCLA even more (I'm not serious, the reason I want to go to UCLA is because my parents would get rid of my dog if I couldn't come back on the weekends. I love my dog.)</p>

<p>Now, I need to work on that personality!</p>