<p>I assume I'm the average for admitted students stat wise with
3.87 uw/ 4.4 w GPA
2200 SAT
Hooks: URM (African American) & legacy
I'll just assume my essays are solid but nothing spectacular </p>
<p>However my only ECs so far are
400+ hours volunteering at my hospital
3 years of piano (quit)
Tennis/golf outside of school
Membership in Key Club and American Red Cross</p>
<p>I've seen people with amazing stats not get into UCLA but people with weaker stats but a long list of impressive ECs. I'm pretty worried since I have below average ECs.</p>
<p>Note: At my school generally 20-30% of applicants are admitted. Also, if it helps my chances I might just apply undecided since Comp SCI majors have the lowest admission rates there.</p>
<p>Edit: Forgot to mention I'm in state. </p>
<p>I don’t know how true this is, but my AP English teacher told me that because of the sheer amount of applicants UCLA gets (over 100,000 this year - the most of any American university I believe), they tend to turn the applications process into a numbers game and don’t nitpick your extracurricular activities like other private schools would (but then again, so many people got rejected from my school lol we were practically a UCLA feeder until this year). However, keep in mind that I’m just some random guy on the Internet so please take my words with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>That being said, your GPA and SAT make you a competitive applicant at UCLA regardless (match/high match). Your extracurriculars are pretty average but I think you still have a good shot at getting in.</p>
<p>Also, applying undeclared might help your chances of getting into UCLA but is that really your goal? If you graduate from UCLA with a degree outside of your target field (ie Math), it might be more difficult to break into Computer Science, in spite of the fact that UCLA is well respected. Acc to my friends at UCLA, transferring into the Engineering college (where the CS program is) is almost impossible from Letters & Science.</p>
<p>@BlueWizard97
Well your comment got me thinking. What about it is hard btw? </p>
<p>Getting into UCLA or transferring into the CS program?</p>
<p>Well, I’m not exactly sure but UCLA is a top university which is why they receive so many applications. It’s the same application as the other UC schools so a lot of people just reach for it anyways (I mean why not, you already did the essays and the paperwork?) As for their CS program, it’s also very strong and I know a lot of people who are very strong at math/programming apply to it (a lot of people from my HS apply there every year for CS - and some of these guys have done some pretty crazy things like RSI, startups, etc). They don’t have a lot of spaces for transfers as a result and I’ve heard that the UC’s are obligated to use some of those for junior college transfers. I think you should give it a try though because, again, you have pretty competitive stats.</p>
<p>@BlueWizard97
I really love the school but the possibility of not being able to transfer in the major sucks.</p>