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Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>hey, sorry but i'll just get to the point. so i'm a junior in CA, who is curious about my chances. it's been a rough last 2 years, with my mom having to move away and my granmother being really sick (both in my essay) so in anycase, here's my profile:</p>

<p>[ *] ACT Composite: 33
[ *] SAT IIs: Span: 770 Lit: 710
[ *] AP's: Span: 5 Eng: 4 US Hist: 3
[ *] UC GPA: 3.83(to give you an idea of how hard my courses were, i got a 3 out of a possible 4 rating on difficulty that my school has)
[ *] ECs listed on app: football, track, clubs
[ *] Job/Work Experience: did finances for a family friend's company (receipt stuff) and also had a job at a toy store lol
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): already started so they should be good
[ *] Teacher Recs: better than great
[ *] Counselor Rec: great
[ *] School Type: Private, does not rank
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] 2 summer courses at a local comm. college- pysch and creative writing, both got A's.
* also got 4 awards at our honors convocation, but not sure that means much really. </p>

<p>thanks for the help</p>

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<p>Your hispanic..Underrepresented minority (such status is a HUGE, HUGE boost for UCLA)..you should get in, 100 % with those stats. Also, UCLA is very big on people who have suffered HARDSHIPS such as yours.</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

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<p>not a huge boost at ucla at all actually (being hispanic), but i think ur in next year regardless</p>

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<p>You look pretty strong as it is so I would say you're on the right track to getting in.</p>

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<p>kevinre:</p>

<p>UCLA: Match</p>

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<p>i n</p>

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<p>no letters of rec for the uc system</p>

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<p>UC GPA is actually 3.86 sorry, my mistake.</p>

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<p>actually i'm just dumb. it's a 3.81 sorry disregard the last post i made.</p>

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<p>r30028, I thought there were rec's for transfers. Not sure though, but you're definitely right about that for freshmen.</p>

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<p>yea i dont know about transfers, i was talking about freshman because i think hes a junior in hs</p>

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<p>No recs for transfers either.</p>

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<p>i'm curious and you all strike me as people who know the ucla system better than i (i know nothing hah), does ucla look more at gpa whereas an sc looks more at test scores?</p>

<p>(my friend just got rejected with 2170 sat's, and a 3.9 uc gpa)</p>

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<p>by sc do u mean usc?...they're both supposed to be holistic but idk...i got into ucla with really low scores, a good uc gpa, lots of ecs and a kickbutt essay (on hardship)..i'm also 5 diff races, so that may have helped...but i'd say you'd get in, just keep up on being well rounded.</p>

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<p>yeah usc. thanks for the input everyone. </p>

<p>what was your gpa gbv13? if you don't mind me asking</p>

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<p>Agreed. You are a pain in the neck. Now, go massage mine, *****!</p>

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<p>does being a minority help in the UCLA admissions process, or does it do nothing</p>

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<p>it does nothing</p>

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<p>The UC system is prohibited from considering race or ethnicity in admissions. They do give extra points for being economically disadvantaged or being from a low-performing high school. Here is a list of the comprehensive review factors, and they are considered in the order given: University</a> of California - Admissions</p>

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<p>
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Your hispanic..Underrepresented minority (such status is a HUGE, HUGE boost for UCLA)..you should get in, 100 % with those stats. Also, UCLA is very big on people who have suffered HARDSHIPS such as yours.

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UCs still have AA going? I thought that was dropped a while ago.</p>

<p>EDIT: Poster above beat me to it.</p>

<p>Nevertheless, you do have a chance at UCLA.</p>