Chance me for UCLA?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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Hello there! I’m an upcoming senior whose dream school is UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering. What are my chances for UCLA and UC Berkeley? Thank you! (-:

STATS:
SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
SAT II: 750 Math II, 720 Biology
ACT: 34
GPA (Freshmen to Junior): 3.97 UW (1 B in WHAP in sophomore year) - I was one of the few students who took the most APs in my class
Weighted GPA: School doesn’t do weighted
UC GPA: Not sure
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4%ish (school ranks unweighted)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), World History (3), Chem (4), Calc AB (5), English Lang and Comp (4)
Senior Year Course Load: ERWC (English 4 basically), AP Government, AP Calc BC, AP Psychology, AP German, PE 2, Art
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Distinguished Key Club Vice President, German achievements
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Key Club - Freshman Class Director (9), Vice President (11), MNT Coordinator (11), District Tech Editor (12)
Interact (9-12) - Board Member (9-10), Youthact Coordinator (11), Co-Media Officer (12)
Youth Act Council (10-12) - Secretary (12)
Started a program and club that provides feminine necessities to women in need, Co-founded and co-president (11-12)

Summer Activities:
COSMOS 2016 - Biomedical Sciences
GAPP German Exchange Program - Lived with a host family in Germany for a month
UPenn Engineering Summer Academy 2017

Job/Work Experience: Milk tea store, Political Campaign Internship (~80 hours)

Volunteer/Community service: Key Club 200+ hours, Interact 150+ hours

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Large public school (~4000 students), located in a ghetto area
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Less than 60K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation, low income

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Congratulations on having great grades, test scores, course rigor, extracurriculars, and leadership. You have it all. I am not qualified to judge, but I think you are a shoe-in for UCLA. In my opinion, Berkeley is too unpredictable for making a guess, but you certainly deserve to get in.

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You have the stats but STEM in UCLA is unpredictable.
(Low) match!

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Everything seems good but your test scores (sat and SAT2), and AP scores seem poor. I’d say you have about 50% chance, its all about who’s applying that year, and demand for the major. If you chose a less practical major you’d definitely get in, but your test scores could use some improving. Plus you’re asian, so you get negative affirmative action points. Imagine how many asians out there did more than you, and have much better test scores and ap scores. I’d say 50% is reasonable. P.S., how could you not have taken AP physics, either general or light/electricity when you’re going into engineering? Wow.

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Lmao a 34 ACT is UCLA 75th percentile so it definitely isn’t low. @mlsdream89

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@mlsdream89 Probably not very nice of you to have made so many assumptions about the type of school and testing standards I come from, but I appreciate the feedback. (i.e. school does not offer AP Physics)

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Well his intended major is engineering, not some liberal arts or not-practical degree that doesn’t give a high rate of return after graduation.