<p>I talked to my counselor about applying to UCLA. I am a junior in high school as of right now and I'm planning to apply to most of the UC's.</p>
<p>When I told him about my plans to apply to UCLA, he said that I had virtually NO chance of getting in because of my ethnicity (I'm Asian) and because I'm out of state. Is this true?</p>
<p>Also, I have pretty good grades and I'm planning to take the ACT in June (my predicted score is a 30-31). Please help me out!</p>
<p>I know several OOS Asians who were accepted at UCLA. For OOS, the tuition and fees are VERY high and pretty much no aid --only limited funding for residents. </p>
<p>It depends on what you mean by pretty good grades. Could you elaborate? SAT subject test scores? Ap scores?
Plenty of Asians get into UCLA. It’s not necessarily detrimental to be Asian, it’s just beneficial to be an URM. It’s definitely reasonable to get in OOS. As long as your stats are good, you’ll be okay!</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter if you’re URM or Asian for admissions.</p>
<p>Apparently race and ethnicity blind. I remember we learned about some court case about it in government. </p>
<p>I know they officially say that they don’t do affirmative action, but just anecdotally and from stats posted on here, URM’s definitely have an advantage in terms of stats.</p>
<p>Pretty much. Officially, no. Unofficially, yes. </p>
<p>Apparently “race-blind” can have varying meanings/interpretations that are perfectly legal.</p>
<p>However, while it does give URMs and advantage, it’s not big enough to put ORMs at disadvantage in return, unlike other colleges.</p>
<p>That’s pretty weird of your counselor to say that. As long as you have a 3.8+ GPA and 30+ ACT, you have a good chance for UCLA.
Regarding race: it’s illegal, but they do check for ‘hardships’. Somehow being a URM falls under that, but being Asian should not make it harder for you to get in. The UCs are disproportionately Asian compared to other colleges.</p>
<p>@pinktokki – let ucla admissions decide if are in, or not.</p>