<p>while you guys are giving advice, could anyone give me some as well...........</p>
<p>I was rejected from harvard along with a few other ivies as a freshman.....
so i am going to attend ucla this fall, i plan on applying to Harvard as a sophomore transfer......</p>
<p>in high school:</p>
<p>my pros: </p>
<p>i had, 3.8 cumulative and 4.2 weighted GPA (ranked 5 out of 500)
I participated in football( CIF finalist team), soccer, and track...
I also volunteered at a junior high school for three years 500+ hours..
was in school asb (student government) and school newspaper.
I am also a Gates Millenium Scholar....</p>
<p>and yeah, i came to US, only three years ago in 2003 and didn't know anything about the system here. Also i am from a low-income family. </p>
<p>cons:
SAT I= 540 critical reading, 570 writing, 660 math (1770)
AP: two 3's, three 2's and two 1's.........
and i am indian..... so the low scores really hurt me...........</p>
<p>i am just not a good test taker.</p>
<p>So far my reason for wanting to transfer is my speculation of how hard it will be to be able to do research etc. at a large public university like UCLA. But its only a speculation, and since i haven't started going there yet it may change, and i might even change my mind about transfering, but its good to prepare, just in case.
Also as much as i hate to admit it, it is also partly the fact that they rejected me.</p>
<p>So yeah that was high school.....</p>
<p>I am going to be a science major, Biology in particularly, and from what i have heard, it is really hard to get a 4.0 as a science major at UCLA....
so if i can accomplish that, along with some decent EC's( i am still looking for some thing that would interest me.........) what kind of chances do have....... and what would make me standout???????? any advice is welcome.</p>
<p>also if somebody can tell me when the application deadline for transfers is, so i can have an idea of how much time i have to do something "distinguishing".</p>
<p>PS: I know....my sat's are low, i will try to take them again, but what else??????????</p>