Chances for UCLA?

<p>Stats:
Graduation: Early Summer, 2014, no grades "skipped"
3.65 GPA, previous two years had pre-IB, honors, and AP classes. Electives (2 freshman year; 1 sophomore year) are not honors and thus tended to reduce my weighted GPA even though I had A's in them.
Junior Year: First semester--3.7 GPA--ALL IB/AP classes
Other notable courses: Taking Calc AB junior year, will take "double-math" in senior year--Calc BC and Statistics, replacing my foreign language (AP Latin [I took IB Latin IV in junior year]; Taking double science sophmore (physics honors and chemistry pre-ib,) and for junior/senior years (Chemistry IB and Biology IB--Both had A's Junior year [B's for pre-IB chemistry in sophomore year) (Replaced my elective course in Sophomore year and my "Sixth Subject" (E.g. Comp sci, Philosophy, Psych, etc...) in Junior and Senior Years
SAT: (No subject tests)--750 M, 710 R, 700 W--2160 Composite--Not superscored--the scores were all from my first SAT test, and I haven't taken it a second time yet.
"Commended Scholar" on PSAT (probable, based upon a score of 203)
Class Rank: As of sophomore year, 15%; likely to be significantly higher by beginning of senior year due to 3.7 UW GPA in Junior year, while most other grades are going down due to significantly increased workload (IB and AP courses). Also, pre-IB courses tended to hurt my class rank because of their increased difficulty in spite of their same weighting value as honors courses.</p>

<p>SENIOR YEAR COURSE REGISTRATION (I've heard that this is a factor in admissions): IB Biology, Chemistry, Contemporary American History, English, Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Micro & Macro economics, AP Comp Gov--results in 8 AP tests and 5 IB tests (+ the extended essay and TOK assessment)</p>

<p>Significant Activities:
Member of the Joe Berg Society, Sophomore through Senior year
Great Decisions Member, serving as National Security Advisor
President/"founder" (revived after 2 years of inactivity) of the school's Young Democrats, 2011-2012, Member for the 2012-2013 school year (Established partnership with school newspaper and Teenage Republicans and organized a voter registration drive)
4th Place for regional science fair Mathematics; Special Award from the US Army at NEFRSEF
2011-2012 School Newspaper Contributor (Political article)
IB Magazine (School newspaper/magazine reserved for IB students) Contributor 2012-2013 (various opinion essays, drawings, and poetry in all four issues of the year)
IB Magazine Poetry Editor 2013-2014
Yahoo! Voices Contributor 2012-2014
2nd Place World Quest for Regional Competition Fall 2012
1st place in Hellenic History, 1st place in Greek Literature in Regional Latin Forum (February 2013 Competition)
Florida Junior Classical League (2013, First year competing, state level): 1st Place Greek Literature (Advanced) (Best of Show, indicating best score among all levels [1, 2, and Advanced]) 8th place History of the Roman Republic (Advanced)
Participated in the Regional ICME (International Crisis Meeting Excercise) under Jacksonville's World Affairs Council on Mali, as "Council to the President"
Will be competing at the national level at NJCL (National Junior Classical League convention)****
Attempting to get various political essays published over the summer****</p>

<h1>****Factors marked with these stars should be factored in a separate assessment of my chances as these goals have not yet been achieved, if they can be achieved at all (e.g. "Reach, Match" or if it does not affect my chances, "Reach, Reach")</h1>

<p>Participation Activities
Latin Club 2010-2011, 2012-2013
Participated in 2013 US Biology Olympiad competition
National Science Honor Society member
Participated in the February 2012 Regional MAO Competition
National Honor Society Member</p>

<h1>National Latin Honor Society Member (2011-2013)</h1>

<p>Volunteering:
Mayo Clinic, St. Vincent's Medical Center, Humane Society, and the public library</p>

<p>Revision: “AP Scholar with Distinction” award is probable, given my scores in European History (5), World (4), and predicted scores (Calculus AB [4+], APUSH [5], English Lang/Comp [4])
Does UCLA give extra weighting for “pre-IB courses”?
Sophomore and Freshmen year courseload details:
Freshman: 4 pre-IB/Honors, 2 standard, 1 AP–heaviest courseload available
Sophomore: 5 pre-IB/honors, 1 standard, 1 AP–could have taken AP psychology, but instead took a second science (Chem Pre-IB and Physics Honors), which may or may not be considered a heavier courseload than AP psych
NOTE: I am an OOS applicant, and will be applying for financial aid.
UC recalculated weighted GPA (assuming Pre-IB and Honors courses DO NOT receive any extra weight as they are OOS): 4.17 (Sophomore and Junior year only)
UC recalculated weighted GPA (pre-IB and Honors receive an extra half point): 4.35 (Sophomore and Junior year only)
UC recalculated weighted GPA (pre-IB and honors receive a full extra point): 4.53 (again, note that I am an OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANT)
Also, do I have a chance of getting into UCLA Honors??</p>

<p>I’m not sure if there is a difference in how GPAs are calculated for in state and out of state, but my counselor told me that only certain honors and AP classes give extra weight to the UC GPA. For example, any honors math classes before Pre-Calculus were not given any extra weight, anything before Chemistry Honors and AP World History did not receive extra weight either. I got into UCLA but no with Regents but still qualify for the Honors Program.
Getting in, I think, depends greatly on the strength of the applicant pool in your area. I had a 4.58 GPA (sophomore and junior year only) but was still wait listed (and later accepted), but that could be due to the fact that I went to a very competitive private high school in California. However, based on the strength of your academics paired with your extracurriculars/awards, I would say you have a good chance.</p>

<p>Whoa, I’d be surprised if you didn’t get in. I got into UCLA with much, much less on my resume; but I did pretty decently even though I came from an alright highschool in a notoriously bad school district. </p>

<p>In my opinion, just do well on your IB/AP classes and get someone to review your essays - I’m sure you’ll be accepted.</p>

<p>Thanks for both of your answers! The only thing here is that I am quite concerned about my UW GPA and class rank. From what I understand, it’s well below most other admitted applicants. Even my weighted GPA is practically crap if the UC system sees my Pre-IB/Honors classes as regular classes (and they aren’t even close in terms of workload…). I suppose going to a nationally recognized high school (Top 20 according to USNWR) might help though…
If any other posters would like to give their opinions, that would be great!</p>