Chance for Getting Into UCLA?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, I recently decided UCLA was my first choice. I plan on majoring in engineering, but I've heard the College of Engineering at UCLA is hard to get into. I'm just wondering what my chances are.</p>

<p>SAT*:
Critical Reading 700
Math 750
Writing 560
*Should I retake the SAT and try to score higher on writing?</p>

<p>SAT II:
Chemistry 720
Mathematics Level 2 700
U.S. History 690</p>

<p>ACT WITHOUT Writing*<em>:
English 32
Mathematics 33
Reading 34
Science 33
Composite 33
*</em>Should I retake the ACT with writing?</p>

<p>And one last question. I've read that it's easier to apply to UCLA's College of Letters and Science and then transfer to UCLA's College of Engineering after the first quarter. Should I plan on doing this or should I just apply to the College of Engineering directly?</p>

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<p>Are you in-state or out-of-state?</p>

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<p>In state, but I go to an elite boarding school in Connecticut. My grade average is a B+, but I’ve been taking difficult classes and my school is high end.</p>

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<p>A gpa around 3.3ish (a B+) will be tough to use to get into UCLA. But first and foremost, you need to get a better score for your Math SAT 2. Engineering is very math intensive, and a 700 honestly isn’t that good a score.</p>

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<p>First, yes, retake the writing score. For every school.</p>

<p>Second, absolutely do not try to transfer into engineering from another major. This does not work at UCs.</p>

<p>Your biggest issue may be the grades from your school. While private schools look at them in context of the rigor of the school, prep school kids are known to be at a disadvantage at state schools because they are generally formulaic in approach given the huge numbers of applications.</p>

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<p>No chance with that GPA. Sorry. Just apply anyways.</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t say your chances are zero, since I know someone at my school who got rejected by all UC campuses except for UCR yet somehow got into UCLA. if I recall, her GPA was around a 3.4 (weighted) and many kids with 4.0+'s from our school got rejected so I am not really sure how it happened. she is not a recruited athlete either and did not have good test scores, and applied for the psychobiology major.</p>