<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>Given your very long school day I think taking on any additional ECs would be a recipe for disaster. If you apply to a UC such as UCLA use the space provided for additional comments and your personal statement to explain, as you did in your post, the demands that already exist on your time. </p>
<p>I would not write about your pornography addiction in the personal statement. First a 3.7 GPA requires no explanation, Two, I am guessing that like most teenage boys you have a couple of “Playboy” magazines stashed under your bed and because of your strict religious upbringing you consider this pretty normal behavior an addiction. However, given what is out there, an admissions officer could imagine things that are downright scary.</p>
<p>You certainly have the GPA to be competitive for UCLA and that is the most important selection factor. A PSAT score in the 81% percentile indicates you will probably get SAT scores totaling about 1850. That, with your strong GPA might get you into UCLA but that is in the lower range of SAT scores for accepted applicants to UCLA. Unfortunately, I do not see how you can fit an SAT prep course into your schedule so just do the best you can.</p>