I am an out-of-state applicant from Indiana that applied to UCLA. I was wondering if any past or current applicants, current students, or anybody who has knowledge regarding acceptance criteria for UCLA could provide some insight on my chances of getting accepted. It’s been my dream school since the fourth grade, and I can’t wait for the March decisions to come out!
SAT: 1930
ACT: 29
GPA: 4.3 Weighted, 3.85 Unweighted
Extracurriculars: Student Council (Freshman and Sophomore Class President and current Student Council/Student Body President), DARE role model, Representative of the Students for my town’s Community Foundation, Varsity Football, National Honor Society.
Awards: AP Scholar, All-State Academics, Sophomore Prince, Homecoming King, Kiwanis Scholar, and a couple others.
I thought I wrote some solid essays, and I do come from an unordinary circumstance because I have a brother with autism.
All input is highly appreciated! Thank you! Go Bruins!
Your test scores look to be slightly below average for accepted applicants and your GPA is about on par. However if you wrote solid essays as you mentioned and if the admissions committee happens to agree that you had to deal with extraordinary/extenuating circumstances then you’ll have a decent shot. It’s really a crapshoot, given the number of applicants. Out of state applicants do have a higher acceptance rate than in-state, but I’m not sure what the average GPA/scores of in-state vs. out-of-state are. As people say, since the UC is a tough situation financially they may be more willing to accept out-of-state and international students who have to pay $50k in tuition/year…so consider if that is really worth going to UCLA.