help please... what are MY CHANCES?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>these are my stats:
male, ecuadorian, OUT OF STATE
act: 32 (i'm gonna retake)
SAT’S im planning to take are: math 2, chem., and spanish
unweighed: 3.63 weighed: 6.4 (because of all the ap's and college courses), im probably 2nd or 3rd out of my graduating class</p>

<p>(my excuse for having such a low gpa is going to a really hard school during my sophomore year, (like the nerdiest kids had 3.5-3.7 gpas), </p>

<p>have taken the most rigorous courses in the high schools i have attended (either all honors ,ap's, or dual enrollment)</p>

<p>freshman:
ap world= B</p>

<p>sophomore:
ap chem= A</p>

<p>summer:
cal1 (at Florida international University)=B
latin american history (at Florida international University)=A</p>

<p>Junior:
italian 1 ( at miami dade college)=A
italian 2 (at mdc)=A
italian 3 (at mdc) =A
fitness & wellness (at mdc)= A
human sexuality (at mdc)=A
college algebra (at mdc)=A
trigonometry (at mdc)=A
cal 2 (at mdc)=A
cal 3 (at mdc)=A
psychology (at mdc) =A
Ap Lit=B
AP cal BC= A</p>

<p>Summer: (currently taking)
differential equations (at mdc)
statistics (at mdc)
astronomy (at mdc)</p>

<p>Senior: (planning to take...) ---- both fall/spring semesters
ap language
ap us history
(fall)
principles of biology (at mdc)
geology (at mdc)
basic physics (at mdc)
discrete mathematics (at mdc)
advanced calculus (at florida international university)
(spring)
physics with cal 1 (at mdc)
advanced differential equations (at fiu)
stellar astronomy (at fiu)
2 other social science courses</p>

<p>... (i only listed the most notable courses i have taken) the courses i took during my freshman years were either pre-ib, pre-aice, or honors and were accordingly weighed...</p>

<p>swimming team
track & field team
soccer club (junior, and next year)
I skateboard since 7th grade, I wakeboard, and play tennis (don’t play for my school cause it does not offer it)</p>

<p>Helped in my local church, have done like 200 hours there
Helped in an animal shelter, 300 hours
Planning (with a group of friends) to help out in the community …</p>

<p>I have lots of work experience in this aircraft company for which I have been working for quite a while</p>

<p>Planning to apply to engineering …..</p>

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<p>I've never heard of a 6.4.....Still trying to figure that one out....:/</p>

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<p>well in florida once u have taken a certain number of AP or dual enrollment courses, your weighed GPA just keeps on increasing. i have no idea how it really works but thats how it is in all public schools here.</p>

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<p>6.4?! :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>Maybe you mean 4.6?</p>

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<p>lol no i mean 6.4.... it says it on my transcript...</p>

<p>didn't you guys read my previous post?///</p>

<p>there are a couple of students in my school that have gotten 6's gpas because of all the dual enrollment courses one can take.
here in florida, the vast majority of dual enrollment courses count as AP, and don't ask me how but after a certain number of weighed classes your gpa can pass the 5.0 .</p>

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<p>i am, however, sure that m weighed gpa will be much much much lower in the uc standards... but since i don't know how to calculate it.. im just posting wats on my transcript</p>

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<p>ur chances: so far, you haven't shown any signs of being original. hope your essays good.</p>

<p>good news: gpa counts for nothing XD mine was even lower 3.44 and i got into the pre-business school</p>

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<p>hey dude what do you mean by being original????
like winning some local competition or something?</p>

<p>i am currently doing this project in my community to help out the disadvantaged people in south florida... you think this would make me stand out?</p>

<p>if not, could you give me some ideas?? please.. thanks alot</p>

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<p>Don't let the super-crazy-intense-scary over-achievers in this forum get you down: you sound like you're doing fine. Taking tough classes, a LOT of classes, getting mostly A's, no C's or lower, some EC's. I need to hear more about this project and the extent of your involvement to say anything about it helping your chances, but potentially yes, it will make you stand out.</p>

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<p>me and my friends were planning to help out at "camillus house" (a non-prfit organization that provides shelter for the homeless people of miami dade county)</p>

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<p>you should figure out your uc gpa, so that people can figure out more about how your gpa compares to others.</p>

<p>an A- is an A, a B+ or a B- is a B, etc.</p>

<p>A=4.0 B=3.0 C=2.0 D=1.0 F=0
for non-AP/community college classes</p>

<p>for AP/community college classes, A=5.0, B=4.0, etc.</p>

<p>but you can only count eight, i think. after eight AP/community college classes, you have to start doing them on a normal scale.</p>

<p>since you're out of state, count your plain honors classes on the regular A=4.0 scale.</p>

<p>add them all up, divide by the total number of classes. only sophomore and junior year.
you're taking advanced math classes, i'm sure you can figure it out.</p>

<p>(someone correct me if i messed that up)</p>

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<p>dude this sucks if they only count 8 ap/college courses</p>

<p>cause so far i have taken like 28 courses (counting high school courses) so my uc gpa is going to be super low</p>

<p>don't they take into account the fact that i have taken so many college courses?</p>

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<p>he and do the summer classes one takes during junior-senior year go into ur uc gpa????</p>

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<p>ok so my UC gpa should be like a 4.8</p>

<p>is that good , bad, or mediocre ???? thanks</p>

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<p>I thought UC gpa's were capped at 4.5.</p>

<p>But anyway, recalculate your GPA using only Sophomore and Junior year.</p>

<p>A = 4
B = 3
C = 2
etc</p>

<p>Then add 8 extra points to the total and divide by the total number of classes you took during those 2 years.</p>

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<p>lol probably did something wrong then.....</p>

<p>ill recalculate it ...</p>

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<p>dammm its like a 3.9
this sucks</p>

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<p>Here are the stats from last year: <a href="http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2008/freshman_admit_profile_2008.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2008/freshman_admit_profile_2008.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Being from out of state you are held to higher standards than those of California residents.</p>