chances at UCLA, SD etc? + consider privates?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I really want to go to a UC and I have my eye at UCLA mainly. Although i would be just as content with others like SD SB I and so on so forth. My stats are</p>

<p>-over 4.15 gpa weighted with 9th grade, 4.08 without 9th grade w/ PE but 4.13 w/o pe 10/11th grade</p>

<p>ranked 60/456 so im top 13 percent of my class</p>

<p>-20+ semesters of honors/AP courses (11 AP/Honors courses total)</p>

<p>SATs: 1850 in march but retaking this Oct aiming for 2000+</p>

<p>SATIIs: 730 math2 620 His, retaking in Nov aiming 750 math 700+ his and Bio</p>

<p>ACT- first time got 30, retake? not sure yet</p>

<p>AP Scholar with 4 in Bio, 4 in us history, 5 in calculus AB and BC, 2 in Spanish</p>

<p>Senior year: AP eng lit, AM. Gov H/Econ AP, Stats AP, Phys Hons, Music Theory AP</p>

<p>Summer courses: 2005- intro to business i got a B</p>

<p>2002-English 1A-F - I took this course in summer of 8th grade going to 9th grade. My mom force me and it turned out to be a mistake. 1A is college level english. Im hoping to explain in personal statement perhaps? Is omittance a possibility because I was not in Highschool at the time?</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars- 10th, 11th- Track and Field, no awards
9th-CSF club
9th, 10th, 12th-Key CLub
12th-LAOKS club
12th-AASU club</p>

<p>Link Crew-helping freshmen orientation and leadership (30 hours)</p>

<p>Community Service: worked at library for almost a year(61 hours) helped people find books, shelve books, customer care</p>

<p>Outside school: piano-since 5 to present(17)
- Senior Medal for participating in CM 4 years of HS
- Practice 7hrs/week+
- participate in CM testing and auditions each year</p>

<p>Karate- 11-16(age)- no awards
- one step away from black belt before stopping</p>

<p>Work experience: Job since fall of senior year-present 20hr/week all days of week</p>

<p>Peer tutoring-helping students in math, spanish for 11th, 12th grade
Currently having 44 hours total.</p>

<p>Speech and Debate- our school is number 1 in the state or nation or whattever, 2 years 9th and 10th grade.- no awards</p>

<p>What are my chances of getting into the UCs? which ones? can someone email me at <a href="mailto:dehtran@gmail.com">dehtran@gmail.com</a> thank you. Also, are there any privates i should consider? I really wanna get into UCLA what steps should i take to reach that goal?</p>

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<p>I think you need to make sure you know how to calculate the UC gpa.
They only use 10th/11th year uc approved courses.
so right now, it looks you have a good chance, but not sure about UCLA.</p>

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<p>dehtran:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Slight Reach
UCSD: Match
UCI/UCSB/UCD: Safe Match
UCSC/UCR/UCM: Safety</p>

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<p>hey flopsy, what should I do to better my chances with UCLA? personal statement, sat scores 1 and 2 perhaps?</p>

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<p>Increase your SAT I score to at least 2000.</p>

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<p>UCB/UCLA: reach/slight reach
UCSD: slight reach
UCI: match
UCSB:safe match</p>

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<p>Anyone else ? can anyone tell me my cahcnes honestly? I am kinda fretting out on this college stuff and i hope i can get through it in one piece. Any response will be greatly appreciated</p>

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<p>might i also add that our school has an api score of 866. I dunno if thats considered great but hey thats a fat jump from our score of 830 last year and our administrators say that a 30 point jump in the 800s is considered incredible if not phenomenal</p>

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<p>an api in the 800's is phenomenal
i go to a school in southern CA with an enrollment over 3,000, our API is 686 and we made a 14 point jump this past year, and we're considered average (or a little below)</p>

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<p>Eh, my school's API for 04 was 912....</p>

<p>No joke.</p>

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<p>you musta went to monta vista then. anyways anyone else wanna tell me my chances? any input will be appreciated greatly</p>

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<p>hey can anyone take a look at my stats real quick and tell me my chances for the following colleges:</p>

<p>New York University
Boston University
Stanford
University of Pennsylvania
Santa Clara University
University of Southern California</p>

<p>Any input is aprreciated.</p>

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<p>bumpity bump bump bumpity bump</p>

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<p>You are not in range for Stanford and Penn. NYU, BC, USC are also not matches but I guess you'd have a chance at those with great recs and essay. BU and Santa Clara are matches. You have no safeties and very much need some.</p>

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<p>ok how bout the UCs? any chances with LA?</p>

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<p>so considering my stats how do these schools look?</p>

<p>UPENN
University of Michigan:ann arbor
Universiyt of southenr california
New York University</p>

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<p>So my new stats are edited as follows</p>

<p>My new sat1s scores are now 560 CR, 740 math, 700 writing For a combined total of 2000. What are my chances with UCLA now?</p>

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<p>whats api?</p>

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<p>In California, we have to take standardized tests the government makes us take to see the level of academic performance at our schools. API is the score a school gets based on how well the students peform on the test. So if your school's API score is above 800, then it means the school is doing an excellent job in teaching you the stuff you need to learn to meet a certain standard. BTW, my school has the 4th highest API.</p>

<p>To dehran, your gpa is good, however your ec's and sat scores a lacking. You should try to pull up your SAT scores to around 2100. Your CR score is really dragging you down. And even though you have a variety of EC's, it doesn't look like you excelled in any of them. Unless you can write a killer essay that makes you stick out from the rest, your shot at the ivies and UCLA you listed are iffy.</p>

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<p>yeah i see well as far as pulling sats to 2100 goes, its not gonna happen because that is the last time im taking sat 1s. Now sat 2s im gonna take in december and im goni got pull up my history grade for sure to at least 700 and math to really high 700s. I'm also taking lit and expecting 700 or so in there. You're right i dont seem to excel in any ec except piano. I'm really into piano and have been for over 10 years. </p>

<p>Any other viewpoints?</p>