Guidance councilor says I barely have a chance-- ucla?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm currently a sophomore at a medium sized school and I'm doing my college planning a year a head of time </p>

<p>3.8 wgpa
Ap bio with an 85
Taking APUSH, ap English, ap chemistry, ap physcic, ap psyc, ap English 12, ap calc
Taking my sats next year along with the Acts </p>

<p>Currently the only girl on the wrestling team, doing a wrestling club year round, doing a volunteer wrestling program to help other kids, volunteering at te children's hospital, volunteering at a local community home, getting a job in spring, and I'm trying to start a club for next year. </p>

<p>Oh I'm also a Hispanic female out of state</p>

<p>Chance me please?</p>

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<p>Well, she’s sort of right. You’re weighted GPA is just too low. The 85 doesn’t kill you. But you say you’re taking your ACTs and SATs NEXT year, you’re getting a job LATER, you’re starting a club NEXT year. And being out of state for the UCs…it’s pretty difficult to get in in state.</p>

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<p>You’d better raise your UCGPA up to 4.0-4.1… and aim for 2100+ on the ACT or 31+ on the ACT.</p>

<p>Can you pay full freight?</p>

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<p>I’m just turning 16 in a week that’s when I’m getting a job. The club is definite and next year is the earliest my counciler advised me for the sat and act. What can I change about my profile to help me?</p>

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<p>I think you’re asking the wrong question.</p>

<p>UCLA is a very tough nut for an out-of-state student to crack. And while your involvement in wrestling is a fine extracurricular, I don’t think it will be an extraordinary help to you in admissions. UCLA doesn’t seem to have a women’s wrestling team.</p>

<p>What you should be doing now–and in the beginning of eleventh grade–is developing a realistic list of reach, match and safety schools, rather than getting hung up on one institution.</p>

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<p>You need to nail the SAT. If you do 2100+ and have an unweighted GPA of of at least 3.3 then it’ll be a reach but not impossible.</p>

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<p><strong><em>edit</em></strong> my gpa is a 3.8 on a 4.0 scale. It’s about 4.0 on the 5.0 scale as of now</p>

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<p>Ok, try to raise that 4.0 to a 4.1-4.2 if possible. Score a 2100+ as stated earlier. Being an OOS applicant AND Hispanic will serve you well in admission. UCLA’s policy of not evaluating based on ethnicity/race is really a lie, and I have numerous friends to prove it.</p>

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<p>[Freshman</a> admission profile | UC Admissions](<a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/ucla/freshman-profile/index.html]Freshman”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/ucla/freshman-profile/index.html)</p>

<p>[University</a> of California - Statewide path](<a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/california-residents/admissions-index/index.html]University”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/california-residents/admissions-index/index.html)</p>

<p>The above links should give you a better idea of what you need to do. A UC GPA of 4.1 and a 30ACT would be average for a UCLA admit. Contrary to overachiever92’s anecdotal opinion, the UC system does not consider race, even if they did, being Hispanic at UCLA is far less unique than at other schools (~17% of the student population currently). </p>

<p>With roughly 39% of the students being from out of state, that shouldn’t be an issue. What will be an issue is cost. Many state schools offer limited scholarships to OOS students who are left to rely on loans to pay for school. You need to consider if the approximately $50,000 per year cost is truly worth it to you.</p>