Chance Me UCLA, USC, BC etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Intended Major: Political Science with a Minor in either Cinematic Arts or Journalism

GPA:

  • Freshman Year: 88.2 - There were circumstances that would explain the lowered GPA (if needed)
  • Sophomore Year: 90.7 - Did better Second semester than First
  • Junior Year: 96
  • APs/Honors: AP Euro, APUSH, AP Gov, AP Lang, AP Psych, Spanish 3 Honors, Pre-Calc Honors (School doesn’t offer many APs. 2/3 of them can only be taken senior year unless you are 2 years ahead in either a math or science).

ACT/SATs:

  • SAT: Taking in May
  • ACT: 34 (E - 35, M - 33, R - 34, S - 34)
  • SAT IIs (I know they aren’t needed for USC): US History, Literature, Not Sure (Most likely Math I or II)

ECs:

  • Co-founded my city’s chapter of the Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence - Large time commitment. Help to organize rallies and marches as well as raise awareness for gun legislation. NOTE: Not fully against guns, just certain types of guns (Assault Rifles)
  • Youth Leadership [Insert City Here] - Helped to teach us about our community, the leaders in our community and how to become better leaders. Did a service project throughout the year where we raised money and volunteered at a nonprofit in our community.
  • Varsity Golf (3 years), Squash (2 years, though since it started as a varsity sport), and Tennis (2 years)
  • Model UN: Pretty self explanatory, one a few delegate awards. Chance of leadership position next year.
  • Youth and Government: Went to state capital to do a “mock legislature” with other schools in our state.
  • Young Democrats Club: Will be president next year. Met to discuss current political events as well as debate the Young Republicans (A significantly larger club).
  • Broadcasting Club: Broadcasted several sporting events for my high school.
  • American Civil War History Club: Met to discuss the Civivl War. Battle strategies, Kahoots etc. Chance of officer position next year.
  • Went on a service trip to the inner city for 6 days to work in a Soup Kitchen, School and “Mall”. May write essay on this.
  • Decent chance I will be going to Kenya this summer to work in a hospital for 1-2 weeks. May write essay on this if (and hopefully when) it happens

Other:
State: New York
High School: Private, Jesuit
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White

Schools:
UCLA and USC are my top choices as of now. I will be interviewing this summer at USC. The other schools are (in no order) BC (Legacy), Notre Dame, Georgetown, Loyola Marymount, NYU, University of San Francisco, Santa Clara, UCSD, American (Legacy), UCSB, Fordham. I also may apply to Dartmouth because I am a Legacy and it’s worth a shot.

I know my freshman and first half of sophomore year grades were low, but hoping my Junior and First half senior year grades, ECs and ACT/SATs can help make up for them.

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From solely looking at all the EC’s and ACT score, I think you have a very good chance for BC and UCLA. UCLA can be a little tough, but I think you will be OK.
If I were you, I would not worry about UCSD or Fordham. I am not that familiar with other schools on your list so someone else might provide a better answer.
Again, these are just my personal thoughts. An outstanding college essay will make it even better.

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The UC’s use your sophomore and junior grades for admission.

Your senior year is supposed to maintain your grades, but they don’t use them for admission purposes.

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You are a competitive applicant. If you are in the top 10% of your class, then your GPA is fine. You don’t need to take the SAT since the 34 on the ACT is a great score. Get two 700s+ on SAT subject tests. Try getting more leadership positions, really make an effort to become a leader in Model UN. With good essays, you could get accepted to any of these schools

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My school does not release class rank.

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OOS GPA for UCs is calculated differently-only AP/IB/DE classes earn the weighting.

Are you willing to pay the 60,000 if you’re accepted?

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@doorrealthe My school doesn’t release class rank. The problem is that many of my school’s clubs don’t really have leadership positions.

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