Background: I really want to go to UCLA! I live in the South, and I go to boarding school. I recently got into UT Austin, and I know that both UT and UCLA have out-of-state acceptance rates of 28%.
I’m a female, and I’m applying for civil engineering.
I understand that my GPA is a little lower than it should be, but I also go to one of the top schools in the country. Before I moved to this school, my previous high school didn’t have a teacher hired to teach Algebra II and Pre Cal, so I sat in the library for an hour every day and taught myself both courses independently out of a textbook. Then, after being accepted to my current boarding school, I took the math placement test, placed into AP Calc, and made a C in the course. I explained this in my personal statement, as that is what accounts for my lower GPA.
Weighted GPA: 4.7/5.0
UC GPA: 3.7/4.0
SAT: 2080 Superscored (680 CR, 690 M, 720 W); not superscored I have a 2060
APs: Junior year: Calculus, Chemistry, US History, English Lang, Comp Sci,
Senior year: Stats, Physics, Biology, Spanish, English Lit
Essays: 9/10 (extremely well written, but not a sob story)
Activities:
-Interned in civil engineering lab last summer (I got paid)
-Interned with local business, did their marketing, created and managed their social media pages
-Varsity volleyball for 4 years, captain my senior year
-Club volleyball team for 7 years
-Varsity tennis for 4 years, region player of the year
-Secretary of GSA
-Yearbook committee for 4 years
-Did over 160 hours of community service, including with the Junior League
-Beta Club, 4 years
-National Honors Society, 3 years
I also was a National Merit Commended Scholar.