Curious Junior Wanting To Go TO UCLA...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everyone. Yes you all probably remember me posting a thread 6 months ago or something asking about UCLA. But the thing is... that next year I'm going to be a junior and basically its my final year to prove myself. Now with these stats so far, I'd really appreciate it if you'd read through it and tell me what you think (yes its long...):</p>

<p>Freshman:
English (Regular 1st Sem): A
English (Honors 2nd Sem): B+
Biology: B/B
MUN (1st Sem): B
Cultural Geog (2nd Sem): A-
Spanish 2: A/A
Geometry Honors: B+/B+
Academic Decathlon: A</p>

<p>Sophomore:
English Honors: B/B
Physics Honors: B/B
AP European History: B/B (Probably a 3 on the AP Test)
Algebra 2 Honors: B/C
Spanish 3: A/A
Health: A
Academic Decathlon: A</p>

<p>Extra Cirriculars:
-Spanish Club 9
-Interfaith Club 9,Secretary 10
-Key Club 9
-CSF 9,10
-Started up a teen council for the city for teens to get involved with community service etc... (I'll be Co-President through senior year)
-Academic Decathlon 9,10 (9: won 1st place speech, 5th place lit; 10: won 5th place lit)
-Write a column of the local newspaper (monthly)
-Will be volunteering at a hospital from this summer through senior year
-NHS Junior and Senior year (most likely I'll get in)
-If I make the JV team (most probably) Tennis 11-12</p>

<p>Junior Classes:
English 3 Honors
Chemistry Honors
AP US
AP Bio
Math Analysis</p>

<p>Personal Situation:
Emotionally and verbally abusive father during freshman year, thus throwing me into a state of depression; Summer of freshman year parents get separated, mom puts restraining order on dad... limited visitation throughout sophomore year... dad refuses to pay support... mom doesn't work... single parent household... summer (this summer) dad abandons us and stays in another country indefinitely.</p>

<p>For those of you who read through all that, thanks. I know it was long. Anyway, my first choice for college is UCLA. I know my grades are not at ALL what they look for in applicants. And truly, that C in math second semester was a real let down... but at one point my mind just stopped focusing on school and it drifted off into my family situation. I don't know how much my personal situation will account for anything when it comes time to apply... but I just want to have someone's imput- do I still have a shot? And if I do, what do you guys think would be good to strengthen my application? Junior year is my last shot. I'm going to give it my all and try to get straight A's. If any of you have any ideas or comments, I would greatly appreciate them. </p>

<p>Thank you so much for reading through all that :)</p>

<p>PS: I don't know how much this affects anything... but I'm a South Asian female in Southern California.</p>

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<p>starrynight:</p>

<p>Need UC GPA, SAT scores, class ranking.</p>

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<p>i get my report card in a few days- ill put that down then. also, idk if you caught it but i'm a sophomore going to be a junior so i don't have sat scores as of now.</p>

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<p>huh, wut do you get on your report card? u already posted you grades for sophmore year?</p>

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<p>haha yeah i know my final grades but i need the report card which shows me my rank and gpas</p>

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<p>o, dats kool, we dont have that at all, all we get is our final grades</p>

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<p>dude...your situation is too complicated...man....i do not know what to say....just one thing. RELAX.....one thing i should add is that u got too many b's in regular classes....</p>

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<p>haha k ill try to relax... but with admissions these days idk! oh those b's were in honors classes... but yeah i know its bad still</p>

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<p>we need the UC gpa. take ur freshman out..they dont look at it for caluclations</p>

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<p>you have a class called "Academic Decathlon"?</p>

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<p>k ill get the gpa asap. yeah academic decathlon counted as a class... it was like preparing for the competition</p>

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<p>ok well i guess my school decided to be lame and didnt write anyone's uc gpa down on their report card. but my weighted gpa for this year turned out to be 4.09 if that does anything.</p>