Chance me for UCLA?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.9</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.64 on a 5.0 scale</p>

<p>SAT: 1920 (680 CR 620 M 620 W)</p>

<p>ACT: 33 (34 M 30 R 33 E 33 S 30E/W)</p>

<p>AP Tests: World History (3), Spanish Language (5), Chemistry (4), English Language (4), Spanish Literature (4), US History (2), Macroeconomics (TBD), US Government and Politics (TBD), Calculus AB (TBD), Biology (TBD), English Literature (TBD)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Basketball for all four years, two years on varsity. Basketball is the most time consuming sport on campus and our league is the strongest public league in the state. Earned Most Improved Award in 11th grade and Scholar Athlete Award every year.</p>

<p>National Awards: National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction 2013</p>

<p>Community Service: 30 hrs at my local park, 10 hrs helping out my basketball program during summer league games.</p>

<p>School Type: Top 25 largest public school in the nation</p>

<p>Personal info: First-generation Mexican-American living in Southern California. Income for family of 4: $35,000</p>

<p>As far as strength of schedule, I would have to say I have taken most if not all of the hardest classes my school offers.</p>

<p>Essay strength: I'm pretty darn proud of my essays.</p>

<p>This is just a quick overview of myself. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks :)</p>

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<p>Personally I think you have a pretty good shot at UCLA provided your essays are as good as you say they are.
Your ACT is good (I would have only submitted the ACT if I were in your position), and your GPA is excellent. However UCLA sometimes rejects qualified applicants due to the sheer volume of applicants it gets each year -UCLA is the most applied to school in the nation. Nevertheless, with your stats i think you will get in somewhere good. </p>

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<p>Its a reach, but you still have a shot. UCLA is a huge gamble because there’s just so many applicants, no one can ever know exactly what they are looking for. I assume your UW GPA is on a 4 point scale, which puts you in a pretty good position. Your SAT is probably on the lower side, though. Great EC’s. Best of luck.</p>

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<p>@shk909 why would his SAT matter? His ACT is a 33, essentially equivalent of a 2200 on the SAT which is a respectable score for schools more selective than UCLA.</p>

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<p>@shk909 Correct me if I’m wrong, but I heard schools want you to send all of your scores and they’ll just focus on your best one out of the bunch.</p>

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<p>@thehomiealan not all schools require that. Only some do; UCLA is not one of those schools (I believe…)</p>

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<p>@jr2015br what i mean is that they want to see all of the scores. i heard a couple of counselors at my school say that.</p>

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<p>What they “want” to see is up to each school. Even those schools that require all your scores sometimes use computer programs to calculate the highest score rather than actually looking at your entire testing history. Nevertheless it is in an applicant’s best interest to put his best for forward whenever he can ie. only submit his/her highest scores when given the chance. The uc system asks for SAT or ACT scores meaning that you can submit either one test or the other, but if you choose to submit the SAT you must submit all SAT1 scores. </p>

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<p>@thehomiealan But why should he work to improve that SAT when he already has a great ACT? And just to seem like the best student possible, its encouraged to only send your best scores. Unless its an SAT and you want to send a multiple scores even if one is lower because there’s one specific high section you want to show admissions. </p>

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<p>If possible don’t send your SAT. I think its a low reach. Good luck
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1621493-sophomore-on-the-right-track.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1621493-sophomore-on-the-right-track.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Yeah, no. Schools don’t care if you send one, the other, or both. </p>