Chance me at UCLA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My dream school is UCLA. I plan to major in nursing as an undergraduate and applied to their School of Nursing. UCLA is the only college I applied to. If I don't get in, I'm going to community college then transferring to UCLA. </p>

<p>My stats:
3.85 GPA, weighted
All my low grades were in sophomore year, when I got pneumonia, which I explained. Don't know if they will accept that excuse, though.
2010 on SAT: Reading 660, Math 650, Writing 700
SAT Subject Tests: Math Level II 740, US History 640
AP Scores: 3 on AP European History, 5 on AP US History.</p>

<p>My personal statement wasn't that great; I got a B on it as an assignment in my English class (we literally had an assignment to write a College Essay.) But my personal statement for the nursing supplemental app was really good. </p>

<p>Overall, I have taken 50 semesters of college preparatory classes.
I am in the top 20% in my class, but my school is a really challenging public school in California. Our API is 884. </p>

<p>Senior year I am taking challenging courses: 3 AP/honors first semester and 2 of them second semester because I dropped Honors Physics, which I replaced with an elective. I'm worried because that means I will only have 1.5 years of lab science, but I hope they won't notice/look past it? My freshman and sophomore year science classes had labs almost every week, but for some reason they are not considered lab sciences by the UC system. </p>

<p>AP/honors I have taken: I have taken 11 semesters of AP/honors courses, but some of them are not UC-approved.</p>

<p>I'm pretty sure that my letters of recommendations were good. </p>

<p>I did an internship for Kaiser the summer before senior year, and plenty of community service. </p>

<p>Is the nursing school easier to get into?</p>

<p>Looking at this Profile</a> of Admitted Freshmen, Fall 2009 - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions , I see that I am slightly above average on some fronts and below on some others. But the thing that worries me the most is GPA, lack of taking a lot of APs, and only 1.5 years of lab science :(. They keep the stats on the nursing major very vague so that doesn't help, either. </p>

<p>Be honest. Am I borderline, or should I just give up all hope? Or do I actually have a pretty good chance of getting in?</p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot, but your SAT is a little low. Good luck!</p>

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<p>As Rolando4 said, your SATs do seem a little low and you haven’t listed or don’t seem to have too many extra-cirriculars. I’m not that knowledgable on UCs but UCLA doesn’t seem like it’s a piece of cake to get into for even the most qualified of students. You may get it; you may not. Doesn’t hurt to give it a try, or look to other universities as options. UCLA isn’t the only good school in the US.</p>

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<p>No. Sorry, but I’m just being honest. Unless you are a minority or have some other X factor, I don’t see it happening.</p>

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<p>Thanks to all who responded. I wasn’t accepted.</p>

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<p>^Aw, I’m sorry to hear that. But hey, I’m sure you’ll find other opportunities elsewhere; it’s not necessarily where you go that matters, but what you DO wherever you go.</p>