Chance me for UCLA?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>I am a current senior who wants to attend UCLA/UCB. What are my chances for UCB, UCLA, and UCSD.</p>

<p>STATS:
SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800 M, 710 R, 750 W)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Biology, 800 Chemistry, 750 US History
GPA (Freshmen to Junior): 3.72 UW, I took the most challenging courses available to me, all honors/APs
UC GPA: 4.09 W Capped
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20% (school ranks unweighted)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), European History (4), Chem (5), Calc AB (5), US History (5), English Lang and Comp (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP US Gov, AP Physics B, AP English Lang, AP German 4, AP environmental science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Bronze at California Jr. Taekwondo Championships</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Violin (10+ years) Taekwondo (10+ years, Junior instructor, teach classes, cerified referee by US TKD Association) School Orchestra (invited to play in other states); Amnesty International (officer); NHS
Summer Activities: Volunteered in Taiwan for a month teaching English to disadvantaged kids
Job/Work Experience: parents' business, served as translator and helped with paperwork
Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours from hospital volunteering, 160+ hours from orchestra out of school (raised money for natural disasters; fundraising committee)
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public (more than 700 Seniors), API 890+
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: more than 150K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

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<p>UCLA: match
UCB: match</p>

<p>You said you’re a California resident, right?</p>

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<p>@Smarty</p>

<p>mhmm! Socal to be exact.</p>

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<p>You should be fine.</p>

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<p>The UC GPA is low compared to average acceptances, but I agree your whole application can be a match. Make sure to write powerful personal statements, which is an opportunity to highlight one or more of your activities.</p>

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<p>What’s your uncapped weighted?</p>

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<p>4.50 Uncapped</p>

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<p>Unless you are in top 5%, I think it is almost impossible to say without knowing the major you plan to apply</p>

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<p>I’m planning to major in bio. College of l&s.</p>

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<p>You’re on the bubble. Good test scores and UC GPA but UW gpa is on low end for acceptance. Top 20% rank in HS is will not favor you getting into UCLA & UCB. Need to be in Top 5% of HS class or higher. Thousands will apply with same basic stats & extracurriculars. The deciding factor is going to be writing an excellent personal statement.</p>

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<p>How long do they even spend reading each essay?</p>

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<p>I don’t know about the holistic review process at UCLA, but an article on the New York Times for an application reader at Berkeley reveals about eight minutes are spent on the initial screening. Impression? Not a lot of time, so make your essays memorable.</p>

<p><a href=“Lifting the Veil on the Holistic Process at the University of California, Berkeley - The New York Times”>Lifting the Veil on the Holistic Process at the University of California, Berkeley - The New York Times;

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<p>Solid chance for all 3. No idea how UCLA sifts through their 100k+ apps though.</p>

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<p>All applications are read in their entirety by professionally trained readers hired by UCLA. </p>

<p>The holistic review process uses two readers to score the personal statement of each applicant. </p>

<p>Although UC admissions are essentially based on GPA and test scores, the personal statement gives the two readers information of the proper context to consider the GPA and test scores of applicants. </p>

<p>As long as the two readers scores do not differ by much, the scores are averaged. If there is a large difference between the two readers scores, a senior reader who is a full-time employee of the admission office scores the personal statement. </p>

<p>There are no set standards for scoring the personal statement. It is totally subjective.</p>

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<p>Personal statements will be the deciding factor for you. For all majors under College of Letters and Science, your choice of major is not of our concern for you to get admit or not. (You can even pick Asian study or some other and we will not see it when we read your app.). Your GPA and SAT are good. So, please tell me you have already started your essay and gone through couple reviews already.</p>

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<p>You have a solid chance at SD, but your GPA is on the low end for LA and Cal.</p>

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<p>I would strongly advise you to choose a major (even in L&S) that RELATES to a passion/goal you describe in your essays. 90%+ of the other applicants to UCLA/UCB have similar if not better stats than you. Thus, as others have said in this thread, the real deciding factor will be the essay: make sure you describe how a few, important ECs have shaped you as a person, created a long-term goal or passion, and possibly foster a positive impact on UCLA/UCB’s campus.</p>

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<p>Match for both</p>