Please Chance Me :)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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I’ll follow the stats format on the decision threads :slight_smile:
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Global Studies

[ab]Academic stats:[a/b]

GPA: U/W 3.91 W 4.38
Eligibility in Local Context?: Yes

Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): N/A
Comments about course load (including senior year): AP Calc AB & BC, AP Statistics, AP Literature and Composition, AP Government, College Apps Seminar, Financial Algebra (Total of 10 APs throughout high school)
SAT (total and sections): 1370 (690 Math 680 Reading)
AP exams (scores in parentheses): (5) APUSH, (5) AP Psych, (4) AP Euro, (4) AP Lang
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Seal of Biliteracy, AP Scholar with Honor, NHS Life Member

Subjective:

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars: CSF President, Founder/President Student Business Union, Head Organizer of TEDx licensure at school, Public Relations at a non-profit, junior campaign manager for a local campaign in 2018, Student Ambassador, President of Varsity Academic Team
Job/Work Experience: Jamba Juice 1 year, Starbucks 1 year
Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours

Essays (topics, details):

  • One was about being CSF president and how it’s allowed me to encourage my peers to making the community a better place by donating spare time, purpose, all that stuff
  • Another was about my passion for the TEDx program at my school, how we recovered from almost losing the program as a whole because of institutional support
  • My dad had cancer throughout high school so just talking about how I realized my need to inspire others and empower others even through seeing my dad get weaker every day
  • Looking at the world differently because I’ve lived in Pakistan and how creating a curriculum for an impoverished school there changes the way I perceive my chances at education here.

Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): CA In State
Country (if international applicant):
High school type: Public

Gender: Female

Applied for financial aid?: Yes
Highest level of parent education: Masters
Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both
Income bracket: 30K- 70K

Reflection

Strengths: Essays and ECs
Weaknesses: GPA and SAT ;(
Accepted: UCSD, SDSU (WBH), (We find out UCSB today), CSULB, UHM (full ride)
Waitlisted: -
Rejected: -

Honestly, I can’t change anything but I’m just curious :))

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bump I got into UCSB

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What school are you applying to? Also what’s your UC weighted capped GPA?

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I got rejected haha, but I’m filing for an appeal. I applied to Letters and Sciences and according to the GPA it’s a 4.2? If anyone can tell me visible weaknesses within my stats that would be awesome because having a third eye look at my application will probably allow me to address the proper things in my appeal!

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UCLA does not want a rehash for your application. They want you address any new and compelling information not originally presented in your application.

From the website:
** UCLA does not set aside space in our class for students who appeal admission decisions. Therefore, though all appeals are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, the number of decisions reversed on appeal is very low. We advise you to consider the following carefully before you decide to draft an appeal. Every application has gone through an extensive reviews. Therefore, for an appeal to have merit it must bring to light new academic and personal information, as well as information pertaining to extenuating circumstances, that had not been present in the application—information that clearly shows the student to be stronger than had been earlier evidenced. High grades received in the senior year, recently acquired awards, or an increase in activities are not a basis for the reversal of a decision.

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@Gumbymom So I shouldn’t bring up weak points and why they may have been that way? I overviewed but didn’t go into detail about my family situation, including an illness and disability in my application because I was told that detailing family financial disabilities and illnesses would deviate from the effectiveness of my application, however I feel like I should expand on my situation because it is such a big portion to my life. I have all the supporting documentation and I want to file the appeal so that I know I did everything possible…

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It is fine to expand upon your family situation with supporting documentation, but you do not want focus on the weak points of your application. You want show that you have were able to excel despite these issues.

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@Gumbymom thank you so much! I appreciate and am thankful for your response!