Is it pathetic that only 5 out of 460 from our school got into UCLA?

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That’s true, but UCs are state, public schools. They usually take GPA and numbers into MUCH MUCH more consideration than any private school does. You can almost definitely get into UCLA with great stats, but the likes of Harvard and MIT? Not so much. Oh, and like leila said, the UCs have a diff. way of calculating GPA.</p>

<p>@overachiever: Dang, Silicon Valley schools are usually freaking amazing. I know of about the same number of people who were accepted from my school, but my public noncompetitive school isn’t even that great in context of local schools… o.O I wonder if UCLA takes more kids from SoCal?</p>

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<p>The public school system is broken, especially in California.</p>

<p>Some schools are more broken more than others.</p>

<p>Don’t be influenced by the non-academic attitude-you must take the initiative in order to get accepted into the school or your choice! !</p>

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<p>lolz
My school is very pathetic. We usually have like 4 or 5 kids out of 200 that break 30 on the ACT. </p>

<p>Ohio schools<California schools.</p>

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<p>^ Actually I believe it is Ohio schools> CA schools. We’re like 48th or 49th out of 50, and I don’t think Ohio is 50th. However, CA public schools range from amazing to really, really, really bad (like far worse than the OP’s…). Funding is messed up.</p>

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<p>UCLA is pretty damn selective school. Hell, I was the only guy at my school in San Antonio , Tx, to apply–and get accepted into Penn State-University Park.</p>

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<p>IIRC, CA high schools aren’t that bad. The overall K-12 is near the bottom, but I think the high schools might be in the 20’s or 30’s.</p>

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<p>Speaking of funding problems, ohio still runs on the “levy” system. Where voters decide how much money their school gets. We haven’t passed a levy since 1992, so needless to say, we’re broker than broke. </p>

<p>[Lack</a> of funds has put Northwest in patch-up, recycle mode - Massillon, OH - The Independent](<a href=“http://www.indeonline.com/local_news/x231968954/Lack-of-funds-has-put-Northwest-in-patch-up-recycle-mode]Lack”>http://www.indeonline.com/local_news/x231968954/Lack-of-funds-has-put-Northwest-in-patch-up-recycle-mode)</p>

<p>This is no attempt to gain pitty from CC, I just want people to see how screwed up funding is in ohio. My school especially.</p>

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<p>@bmsa, the number should be higher for the OP since his school was in state.</p>