<p>omg, u guys all did so well in CR!!! :D</p>
<p>Bring up thread… it’s almost time to submit applications.</p>
<p>hey, we have like 20 days…:)</p>
<p>Mixed race (white and Mexican) female from middle-income family
First-generation college student
Currently attending a California public high school</p>
<p>Rank: 1/746 [making me eligible for ELC]
GPA W: 4.53
GPA UW: 4.0</p>
<p>SAT I:
2060 (610M/760CR/680W)
[Probably not my best, I’m planning to retake Dec 1 and get somewhere in the 2100-2200 range]</p>
<p>SAT II:
Lit: 780
U.S. History: 720</p>
<p>APs:
World History: 3
AB Calc: 3
U.S. History: 4
English Lang & Comp: 5
Psychology: 5</p>
<p>[This year I’ll be taking AP tests for English Lang & Lit, Statistics, Government, and Biology]</p>
<p>EC:
Varsity cross country and track, 9th - 12th grade
-I wasn’t in a leadership position per se, but the CC/track teams at our school are VERY new (this is the fourth year) so all the original runners have had a big part in shaping the program
No other major EC’s, except for a few random community service oppurtunities, however I have a few hobbies I am very passionate about (photography and writing) which I’ve devoted a lot of time to.</p>
<p>Awards
Nothing major, but
-AP scholar with distinction
-National Merit Commended
-And a few local awards for academics and athletics</p>
<p>Essay 1 I plan to write about coming from a mixed race background, what I’ve learned from this exposure to different cultures, etc. etc.
Essay 2 I think I’m going to talk about building the CC/track program at my school, and our success (our school became league champs the third year, even though we were up against very competetive schools with well-established programs)
…maybe a little generic, but I’m thinking some more interesting ideas will form during the writing process.</p>
<p>So what do you think?</p>
<p>Caucasian OOS female</p>
<p>GPA: 3.6 UW / 4.0 W
Rank: roughly top 10-15%</p>
<p>ACT
32 composite</p>
<p>SAT I
2100/2400 or 1420/1600 (700M/720CR/680W)</p>
<p>SAT II
Biology E: 790
Math I: 740
US History: 680</p>
<p>APs
Biology: 5
US History: 4
English Lit & Comp: TBD
Government: TBD
Calculus AB: TBD</p>
<p>Honors classes
Freshman lit
Biology
English lit
World history
Chemistry
Spanish III
Spanish IV </p>
<p>ECs
Literary magazine: 4 years, treasurer (not too major, but have had a short story published in it)
Model UN: 3 years, honorable mention
Speech team: 2 years, varsity, medaled
GSA: 2 years, executive board
Quiz bowl: 1 year, varsity
Temple youth group: 1 year, secretary
A fair amount of unofficial tutoring (alg. I & II, trig, physics, pre-calc., Spanish, and English), roughly 5 hrs/wk</p>
<p>Work experience
40 hrs/wk over the summer as an Estimator. Responsibilities: review blueprints, send price quotes to vendors, convert data to a new computer system.
Other part-time jobs, including babysitting and working concessions for the park district, for 6-10 hrs/wk from summer '04 to summer '06.</p>
<p>Awards
National Merit Commended</p>
<p>So…any chance at all?</p>
<p>emtheros:</p>
<p>UCLA: Safe Match</p>
<p>mechales:</p>
<p>UCLA: Match</p>
<p>Asian male from SoCal</p>
<p>GPA: 4.25 (W 10-12), 4.17 (W 9-12), 3.98 (UW 9-12)</p>
<p>Rank: not sure, should be top 10%</p>
<p>SAT I: 2160 (680 CR/780M/700W)</p>
<p>SATII
710 Math II-C
710 US History
670 Chemistry</p>
<p>APs
5 English Lang
5 US History
4 Chemistry
APs this year are Physics, English Lit, American Gov</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Yearbook 11-12 (Copy Editor 12)
JV Cross Country 12
Band 9-11 then Chorale 12 due to scheduling conflicts
Piano (12 years, got CM Level 9 with Honors for Piano and Theory)
Chinese school 10-12
Took a macroecon class at a community college
and then a variety of other community service/club/leadership stuff but nothing major.</p>
<p>Work Experience:
Summer work at a company that makes external hard drives and multimedia players, 2 summers and over 300 hours.</p>
<p>Awards:
National Merit Commended
AP Scholar
some local academic awards</p>
<p>A lot of my major extracurriculars and volunteering are in my junior and senior years because I transferred in from an International School in Europe my sophomore year.</p>
<p>So what are chances for UCLA and also for UCLA HSSEAS (mechanical engineering major hopeful)?</p>
<p>amoobis:</p>
<p>UCLA: Match (non-Engineering), Slight Reach (Engineering)</p>
<p>asian girl from southern california =D</p>
<p>GPA: 4.40 (W 10-12), 4.26 (W 9-12), 3.98 (UW 9-12)</p>
<p>Rank: not sure (school doesn’t rank), but definitely in top 4%</p>
<p>SAT I: 2290 (770 CR/780M/740W)</p>
<p>SATII
Chinese–800
Biology E–790
U.S. History–770</p>
<p>APs
European History–5
English Language–5
Chemistry–4
Biology–5
US History–5
APs this year are English Lit, American Gov’t, and Art History</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Newspaper Staff 11-12 (Editor 11-12)
Tennis 10-12 (JV Captain 11, Varsity 12)
Link Crew 11-12 (Link Crew Leadership Team 12)
National Honor Society 10-12 (Publicist 11, Secretary 12)
also member in Students for Social Responsibility and Youth Action Team
volunteered for over 100 hours at library over 3 summers</p>
<p>Awards:
National Merit Semi-Finalist
AP Scholar with Distinction
Principal’s Honor Roll 9-11
Heritage Awards (highest honors offered by high school)–4 awards for Science, English, Math and History</p>
<p>So what are chances for UCLA? >_<</p>
<p>Nimbus:</p>
<p>UCLA: Safe Match</p>
<p>Would anyone please chance me for engineering? :)</p>
<p>see here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/417100-very-brief-high-grades-few-ecs-uc-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/417100-very-brief-high-grades-few-ecs-uc-chances.html</a></p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>^You’re fine.</p>
<p>Asian Male
OOS (Massachusetts): 1-2 from my school will apply to UCLA per year</p>
<p>*Going for Business-Econ (To go into Business)</p>
<p>Regular Weighted GPA: 4.73/5.00
“UC” GPA: 4.58 (I think)
Rank: ~25/360 (Second 5%, so not in the top 5% but in the top 10%)</p>
<p>SAT: 2350 (800M, 800CR, 750W) – Taken Once
SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 760 US His, 750 Physics, 780 Math IC, 730 Bio</p>
<p>APs: Taking BC Calculus, Physics C, US Gov, Self-Studying for Econ (School doesn’t offer)
Took: AP US History (5)
*Note: My school doesn’t offer AP’s to underclassmen and only AP History to Juniors.</p>
<p>ECs:
- Mock Trial: 11-12, Case Team Leader
- Hospital Volunteering (200+ Hours)
- Boy Scouts: Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader
- Investing Club: Founder & President
- Math Team: Captain
- Science Team: Captain
- Club Soccer</p>
<p>Other:
-Invested Work Savings into a stock account
-Worked as a legal assistant at a law firm through sophomore and junior years</p>
<p>Recs: A decent one from a Chem Teacher, an excellent one from an English teacher, and another excellent one from the GC.</p>
<p>Essays: Assume they are average/good (Very business focused).</p>
<p>Alright that’s it, any thoughts? Will my OOS and “Asianness” hurt me?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>^ur uc gpa is 4.4 (the capped max)
the world will end if you don’t get in…seriously</p>
<p>Wait, the UC cap is 4.4? Wow i’m confused as hell.</p>
<p>But still, i’ve heard stories of true super-asians getting dominated, and those were in-state kids.</p>
<p>Looking good. You’ll probably end up at a better school or one along the same ranks.</p>
<p>i am worried that i will get rejected from UCLA or UCSD because of my grades. I got C’s both semesters in a class and calculated that if i hadn’t taken the non-required course i would have had a 3.9 UC GPA. Now, because of the C’s i only have a 3.7. Is there any way i can explain this? I really regret taking this course.</p>
<p>Which course? What’s your intended major?</p>
<p>GPA: 4.05 UC GPA
SAT: 1840
Instate
Rank: 23/555
Was not accepted for ELC simply because of the honors/ap cap. People in the rank of 50’s at my school were accepted because they simply got more As Soph/Junior in regular classes</p>
<p>Very good essays.
I currently have 2 jobs, both average out to be around 20 hours a week.<br>
Founder of National Honors Society at my school and several other clubs. </p>
<p>Basically, a Lot of ECs i care about. Judge me on my stats. Thanks ;)</p>