<p>Hi all i'm a junior in high school and soon to be overwhelmed by a the arduous college application process. I would really appreciate it if someone can give me some insight on my chances of getting into UCLA and assuage my fears. i really want to get in. <em>sigh</em> umm as usual here are my stats as best as i can remember them off the top of my head
I plan on majoring in International Studies, economics, or political science</p>
<p>question: is it true that in applying for UCLA regardless of major it's good to take the SAT MATH level 2?</p>
<p>Asian-Male and California Resident</p>
<p>GPA = 3.923 unweighted
(not too sure how to calcuate UC GPA) but i'm guessing weighted it would be about 4.4 or 4.5
SAT1=1940 (a bit low T_T)
SAT2= pending but i expect 720+</p>
<p>Pretty Challenging clases
AP Art History
AP US HIstory
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics B
Ap Spanish Language
Honors English
(if counting senior year)
AP english
AP Statistics
AP Gov and Econ
AP Chem</p>
<p>EC's
Manager of Construction for my school's robotics team
Model UN
Mock Trial
Attended the National Youth Leadership Program
Interning for Congressman Tom Lantos</p>
<p>Volunteered to help out rural kids in China
Volunteered at the Chinese Hospital in SF</p>
<p>Wrote and published two books-one of them has english-chinese translation done by me
Translated the work of well-known Chinese poet- that's published a book</p>
<p>Interviewed and made first page in the Bao Ding newspaper(back in China) reader base of about 8 million people
Interviewed and made first page in the Lian Chi magazine(back in China) reader base of about 8 million people</p>
<p>umm that's the best i can think of right now since i'm doing it off the top of my head but some feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot ^_^</p>
<p>Those are a lot of AP's. Most UC's like to see sat2 math 2, so you should take it early next year. UCLA look's like a match for you. Those sat 1 scores are good enough for berkeley too (but if you want 2000+ go for it).</p>
<p>impressive. ^ I didn't take SAT II math IIC and got in. They want two sat II's of your choice. For now, I'd say slight reach... your sat I is low. Find your UC GPA and come back when you get your sat II scores. That will help us out.</p>
<p>D was accepted for UCLA this fall. Her gpa was very similar to yours, but she only took 4 APs and lots of honor classes, but her SAT was 2130. She took the SAT II Math 2 and scored 660, 720 on Lit. She also had a huge number of ECs, including varsity volleyball, musicals, clubs, church volunteer work, etc. My advice would be to raise your SATs. That would be your best shot. She took them 3 times with no prep course and improved each time.</p>
<p>Yeah, my scores were kind of low, but I still managed to squeeze my way through admissions.</p>
<p>My UC GPA was about 3.95 (3.58 unweighted) and my SATII Math 2c was only about 630 (I took it twice and got the same score...(my other was USHis=700)).</p>
<p>Plus, I only took 2APs during junior year, but I'm taking 4 now.</p>
<p>So, no worries, just try raising some scores and write some great essays for the UC app.</p>
<p>Your extra curriculars, especially the published books, will help you with privates. If you're able to bring up your SAT score in the 2100-2200 range, I bet you could get into a few Ivies. I'm speaking from personal experience from high school.</p>
<p>I can second that, I got into all of those (didn't apply to Georgetown) with the equivalent of a 34 on the ACT... you should be fine at both Cal and UCLA.</p>