<p>Well let me start telling you about me. I am an orthodox Jewish teenager with a large family. I go to school 6 days a week, sunday-friday from 7:30 AM through 9:15 PM (except Friday's), and on Thursday's we go till 10:15 PM. YES, THIS IS NOT A MISPRINT! And you might be thinking what might we be doing for all these hours. We pray, have breakfast, learn Jewish studies, lunch, Jewish studies, and then english(secular-not Judaism related) and then more learning, dinner, then more education. I maintaned a 3.9 gpa in freshman year, a 3.7 gpa in sophmore year due to taking the most advanced classes available and struggling with my porn addiction, which thank God I overcame( by the way do you reccomend writing about this in my college admission essay on the college application). And then right now in my Junior year I am taking the most advanced classes available( I'm taking Calculus!), and so far this year i have a 4.0 gpa. Also, this is the first year we are allowed to take AP's, and we have to self-study them in our free time, WHICH IS PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE! So, when i come home at 9:30 i have to stay up finishing schoolwork, and also doing AP's. I got 81% on PSAT(didnt take SAT yet).I am taking(self-study) AP psychology and AP english language and composition(which i have no idea how to do, please help!). Also, in my freshman summer i went to camp, and helped my mom with her work. Somphmore summer, our school offeres us summer school so i went there.( also planning on going there junior year, and these are the only two years they allow us to take it, I'd take more if they let). I also when i had like winter break, and other breaks in school i helped my Temple raise money(charity). I also spent my summer with our temple in a program where we help young Jewish boys and girls come closer to judiasim. AND our school does not have a counseler so I do not have anyone to really guide me(my parents are too busy) and i am the first child in my family going to college so do you think with all my background info, especially my school hours which restrict me from doing alot of extra-curriculars(also our school doesnt have any groups, and clubs we can be into, the only thing we have is a librarian and i volunteer there for my school), so any tips on what to do, how to do, all the who's what's and why's, just please help me! i am also trying to get into UCLA, i wnat to become a pharmacist. So please help THANKS ALOT! have to get back to studying....</p>
<p>Hello. Writing about how your religion and culture has shaped your life is a possible essay topic about which you can write. I would recommend writing about your background in an enlightening way (avoid things like “BECAUSE of my religion I COULDN’T <strong><em>" and instead write "THANKS to my religion, I was able to _</em></strong>”).</p>
<p>Also, I think writing about a porn addiction is too risque and inappropriate for an essay topic. Were you even at the appropriate age to watch porn at the time you did? Keep that in mind before you go telling everybody.</p>
<p>thanks alot, you rock! do u also have any advice on what i should do now while in HS to raise my chances?! THANKS AGAIN MAN</p>
<ul>
<li>check UC a-g course list to see if you fullfilled the requirements already</li>
<li>get good SAT test scores</li>
<li>get good SAT2 and AP scores. In May, you should take AP eng, AP Psy and AP Calculus test (if you are taking AP calc now).</li>
</ul>
<p>I think your attitude is great !
But, you need to keep in mind that staying up so late studying may not be a good sign. You should see some advices on how to study more efficiently. I find many peers at UCLA spending lots of time studying, but do not receive the results as they expect. You should try figuring out how to refine you methodology/study skill, instead of allocating more time to study instead of sleep. This would help you both short and long term</p>
<p>I recommend learning to use paragraphs.</p>
<p>Lol at porn addiction. More lol at considering talking about it in an application essay.</p>
<p>^why? I’m sure someone will understand…</p>
<p>^ I’m not sure if you are just trolling or stupid. I sincerely hope the former.</p>
<p>^Neither. I’ve known some people who talked about worse things than porn addiction on their essays and have gotten into this school with subpar gpas.</p>
<p>I don’t understand how porn addiction or random erections are bad things <em>trollface</em></p>