<p>I know my GPA is horrible and will severely hurt my chances at any school I apply to, but do I stand a chance at all of getting into Cal? I didn't get a supplement</p>
<p>Asian male (fml)
OOS
Income bracket: 250k+
School: Very competitive, full of genius Asian kids, grade deflation, sends over a dozen kids to the Ivies every year
Rank: School doesn't report
GPA: 3.33 UW
3.8 W
Upward trend
SAT: 1540/2290
SAT II: 800 MATH II 790 CHEM
AP: 5s on chem, bio, calc ab, music theory, english lang&comp
Senior sched: AP Econ, AP stat, AP calc bc, AP english lit, rest are electives
ECs:
-Piano 9 years: Played in Carnegie Hall and other well-known halls multiple times, played frequently for local senior centers, did a bunch of recitals per year, tutored some local kids, got some awards (dunno how prestigious)
-Violin 7 years: School orchestra since 4th grade, played in outside ensemble which performed several times a year since 8th grade, also tutored local kids
-Academic league varsity team member
-Breakdancing: Did a bunch of shows for the school
-Scholastic Art and Writing competition Silver Key award
-Helped organize a couple of festivals for local Chinese community
-Volunteering as a teacher's assistant in Chinese school
-Volunteering in an environmental center (sampling/identifying organisms and crap)
-Internship in Credit Suisse (proprietary trading)
-Internship in Rutgers University 2 summers
Essays: They're very out-of-the box and should stand out. I'm pretty proud of them and the teachers I showed them to were all very impressed.</p>
<p>Quite honestly, I’m a little surprised you got rejected to LA. Kids from my school with worse stats/ECs got in (haha not making you feel any better). Perhaps it is your GPA, but I’m led to believe it may be your essays.</p>
<p>The GPA doesn’t look very promising, but the rest does. Anyway, it’s hard for anyone else to say really, since we don’t know for sure what they judge on. Your best bet (sorry to state the obvious) is to just wait the week…</p>
<p>Same boat my stats
So I sent my IEP, for some people it is called a 504 plan, to UCLA by mail. I was wondering if UCLA did not look at it because it does explain my GPA and it shows that I can overcome many adversities! So does this count as shedding new light on my application!! ?? SHOULD I APPEAL?</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 29C, E26, M28, R35, 29S
SAT II: 680 US History
Unweighted GPA: 3.6 W GPA: 4.21. UC GPA: 3.9 (I THINK)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 48/519
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language, Microeconomics,US History
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Physics , AP Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Euro
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Teen board member, on adult board, (both for a program that I do for 5 yrs) teachers aide at sunday school (5yrs), National Honors Society, indoor and outdoor track,baseball umpire, Agsci for 2yrs/ JSA/ young democrats of america
Job/Work Experience: part time and summer time job, tutor/mentor
Volunteer/Community service: teachers aide (500+hrs)/ nature center/ local,state, federal election polling and campaigning
Summer Activities: 3 summers of a outdoor educational program/ job full time now part time
Common app essay: amazing
Essays: GOOD
Teacher Recommendation: AMAZING!
Counselor Rec: AMAZING
Additional Rec: Lovely!
Interview: none
Other: I am an LD student with documentation/ upward trend in grades
Applied for Financial Aid?: NO
Intended Major: Polisci
State (if domestic applicant): CT
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity:
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):LD student documentation since 2 grade!!! sent it in but they my have not looked at it
SO… yeah same question any hopes?</p>
<p>3.8 weighted GPA would make Berkeley and UCLA into high reaches, though selectivity does depend on division and sometimes major applied for.</p>
<p>At private schools that “want to build a diverse class of unique individuals”, your primary extracurriculars being piano and violin may not exactly add to the diversity that they are looking for (piano and violin are the stereotypical “tiger child” extracurriculars that private school admissions committees likely see a lot of).</p>
<p>That isn’t entirely true. While Berkeley asks for high GPAs and test scores, they also take into account the general status of the applicant. Many applicants with perfect-to-almost-perfect SAT scores were turned down in the past screenings. If Berkeley would just based its admissions on numbers, Berkeley’s SAT scores would rival HYPSM. But as we all know, that isn’t true.</p>
<p>Something like 3.9 GPA, 4.1 UC GPA, 2000+SAT, decent ( for collegconfidential ; “good” where we live) EC’s and essay, reviewed for, but not ELC. Oh, and URM, for what it’s worth.</p>