UCLA Acceptance?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>I posted this in another forum, but I think it may go here.</p>

<p>I am a junior in High School with the year ending in a few months. It is time for me to choose a college and I think I have. UCLA just interests me. It is in the perfect place (a nice, big city), it is a large school, it is not close to home, and it has what I want to major in. Basically, everything I could want. I really want to know if I can get in.</p>

<p>Current GPA- 3.25 Not the best, I know but I still have an easy semester left and I plan to take a full senior schedule of easy classes to get it up. I see a lot of people talking about weighted and unweighted and I know nothing about that. I think it has to do with how hard your classes were like AP or IB. The GPA posted is UW. Hopefully I can pull it up to at least a 3.5</p>

<p>IB classes (AP)- IB Analysis 2, IB Calc (next year), IB Physics</p>

<p>SAT/ACT- On the P-ACT, I scored well in math (29) but not being able to finish in the reading brought my composite down to 22. PSAT I am unsure about. In Senior Sem (taking a year early) we did a practice one for fun really and I got a 600 in math. He shortened the time on each section by 5 min and I am sure I could do better. I am taking both within this school year and will take them again next year.</p>

<p>Extra Curricular/volunteer work- Baseball, Basketball (not for High School though :/), Oregon Humane Society (haven't yet but plan to for Senior Seminar)</p>

<p>So do I have a shot? I really have my heart set so if I don't can you recommend stuff for me to do to get me accepted? Also, I live in Oregon so if out of state affects it at all, then it doesn't help me much. Thanks people.</p>

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<p>I really hate to be the downer as the first poster, but right now, you do not have a shot. I mean, miracles do happen, but you really need something extraordinary to happen.</p>

<p>The GPA is going to be really hard to raise to a decent level this late in your high school career, and the ACT is entirely too low.</p>

<p>Out-of-state will make it A) more competitive for admission, and B) about twice as expensive.</p>

<p>Schools you might consider with your stats are Arizona, Arizona State, and Oregon (not sure how close that is to you).</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>OOS and those lowish stats makes it really hard when competing with in-state California residents. If anything, work hard on the personal statement to try to get the adcoms to look past those stats and admit you on what potential they see or hardships you faced.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I have a bunch of Ivy league level friends choosing UCLA over their other schools simply because its cheaper, so its harder for oos to get in unless they’re amazing.</p>