<p>okay wow, you’re sat scores are not garbage don’t even listen to that, you’re sat scores are amazing, especially if you didnt pay thousands of dollars for sat prep which i’m sure half the people on this website did. I got in and I had lower SATS than you but a better GPA, a lot of people got jipped so don’t feel alone. I know it’s total bs, my best friend who is a super minority with amazing grades and a decent SAT score didn’t get in where some random girl with a 1500 on her SATS did. I don’t think they were focused so much on scores this year as they were on… softer things like you’re essays and your extra curriculars. You’re essay probably sounded generic or something of the sort to them, and since there are thousands of well qualified applicants like yourself they had to make the cut. UCLA tends not to do well with appeals so if I were you I would wait for CAL and then make my appeal. Good Luck though! I hope they reconsider for you.</p>
<p>Any opinions on whether or not I should appeal with my stats?</p>
<p>88.8 Unweighted average (school does not weight). Taking 4 AP’s this year, took one AP and a College course last year. 2140 SAT (1490/1600), and a 32 ACT (36 on Science).</p>
<p>I’d go into my essays and EC’s, but thats all really subjective. I thought they were pretty good.</p>
<p>I know an appeal isn’t based on your stats, but on new information. But I’m sure the core stats matter enough in the appeal process of whether or not they’ll change the rejection.</p>
<p>I was going to base an appeal on a grade change from a class in JUNIOR year, (4.32 gpa from just sophomore and junior year now) so it’s not senior grades and discuss in detail my involvement with my communications intern and how that translated into my chairmanship. </p>
<p>The primary reason I was so upset about not getting in is I was planning on being in my cousins life more. He’s nine and has parents who care more about their next buzz and how many people see them drive down Santa Monica Boulevard in their Bentley than improving their sons kindergarten reading level. My aunt drinks a bottle of wine an evening and is both a major marijuana and cocaine user (the woman is 6 feet tall and weighs 105 pounds). My cousin is a smart kid, but has no direction and they live less than a mile from UCLA and i want to be the ONLY positive influence in his life. Who knows, maybe 10 years from now he’ll be getting his UCLA acceptance letter if I can help him get on the right track.</p>
<p>Oh, and I know my SAT scores aren’t great. I did pretty well on reading got a 760 once. But I couldn’t seem to bring up my math score, and the one time I did, my writing score went way down. I’m a much better writer than that. My AP grades have been three 5’s, two 4s and a 3. The three was in a class I didn’t even take.</p>
<p>Your SATs aren’t garbage. I got into UCLA with lower scores (CR: 640, W:620. M:580). My SAT 2s aren’t so hot either. One 620 and one 750 (a language that I self-studied). I also have no hooks, like URM, whatsoever. I say that you should just go for it and appeal. Get it out of you and know that you did everything that you can do to get into your dream school. Exhaust all of your efforts so you’ll never wonder about what ifs. So what if you really have no chance to get get your your rejection overturned? At least you tried.</p>
<p>i’m surprised that there are so many garbage students from ucla. if you’re proud of a 1500 sat I/sub 700 sat II then you are garbage yourself. the only real excuse for those kinds of test scores is if you’re an athlete. the people who got in with the 1500 sats make up the majority of the people who fail out of college. take a look at yourself and just accept the fact that you’re the type of student that either:
1.takes easy classes/ge’s that don’t even make sense
2.fails out of college
3.has <3.0</p>
<p>this is strictly with regards to sat scores, not gpa</p>
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<p>If there are teachers out there giving A’s both semesters for kids simply passing the test, then…wow…that is just…</p>
<p>Why? Less than 9 percent of kids got a 5 on the test, I think if I can fall in that 9% then an A makes sense.
Oh, and passing means at least a 4.</p>
<p>To answer a past question, my friend came in from a CC (Pasadena City College).</p>
<p>I suggest you don’t waste too much of your time on the forum though if you want results fast; sending an appeal as soon as possible helps your case in the long run (if you still feel that you have an appealing case, which I don’t think I have the right to judge).</p>
<p>I’m going to send it out as soon as possible. But I need a signature from my principal, and we’re on spring break until the 4th of April. The letter is written and my recommendations are finished, I just need a new transcript with a copy of the grade change and the date of it signed by her. 
I wish I could send it off tomorrow.</p>
<p>wow ur really involved:) I got lower SAT scores but i still got in</p>
<p>I got rejected with 680 R, 700 M, 800 W and 33 ACT. 730 Spanish and 740 US. 4.13 UC GPA, a lot of community service (mainly helping women and children who are victims of domestic violence), and a lot of involvement in my school’s music program. Something I didn’t mention in the UC app was that until this last summer I was intending on majoring in music in college, so I was taking more music classes. As a result I couldn’t take as many AP classes because my school has scheduling issues with music classes v. AP classes. I feel that my GPA would have been higher with those extra AP’s, but I shouldn’t be penalized for following a dream that I wanted at the time. Is my argument good at all?</p>
<p>u were gipped…those sat scores are good…hopefully u got into berkeley…but hey dont feel bad…ucla is waay overhyped…gl wit ur decis</p>
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<p>Then why try for the first 6-7 months of your AP classes and not just cram for the AP Exams in the 1-2 months leading up to May? And what about AP Classes where nearly everyone gets a 5? Isn’t giving everybody an A a bit ridiculous?</p>
<p>Doing well in an AP Class requires somewhat different skills than doing well on an AP Exam, as most AP students would tell you.</p>
<p>very true^, same thing with college doing well in a chem class different from doing well on chem on mcat/dat</p>
<p>Should I appeal? I felt really depressed when I got rejected, considering my brother goes to UCLA and most of my friends got in. And most of my friends were shocked I got rejected. -.- and some people with lower stats got into UCLA
Stats:
Weighted GPA:4.36
Rank: 9 out of 615
SAT: 2150, Math:750, Writing 720, CR:680
SAT II scores: Math II:760, Chemistry: 730, US History: 680, Lit:610
ACT Score: 33, Reading:35, Science 30, Math 34, English, 32, essay:9
AP Scores: Calculus AB(5), Chemistry (4), US History (4), English Language (4), World History (4)
I volunteered +100 hours for Rose Parade Decoration and library.
I also have leadership because I’m Editor of my school’s literary magazine and I’ve been active in NHS, CSF, and Math Club.
My essays were also well written =/</p>
<p>Edit: I also took several college classes(all UC transferable+straight As) and I sent my college transcript to UCLA…</p>
<p>Total-I think you might have some luck with an appeal based on the stats you listed. Nothing lost in trying.</p>
<p>appeal that total u definetley deserved it i know some idiots from my high school who got in and they prolly had way worse stats…dont feel depressed…coll admiss is random and besides UCLA sux anyways</p>
<p>@totalcaprice, appeal if you have “new and compelling” information.
@mgertz1392, appeal. </p>
<p>@missionewokzzz, the class consisted of listening to lectures, and turning in a labor intensive notebook which required hours of cutting and pasting and describing art pieces in depth. </p>
<p>The test was 9 essays that were very similar to the classwork. The goal of the class, as stated by my teacher, was to prepare us for the test. Obviously, I was prepared. </p>
<p>I’ve taken 11 ap classes, and the goal of nearly all has been to prepare us for the AP test. I was prepared. Also, regardless of whether that’s a fair system, with the information I was given by my teacher, getting a B and studying to get the 5 was the smartest option for me.</p>
<p>@total: i have to agree with sydneymviera. though your stats are truly impressive, unless you have NEW AND COMPELLING information that makes you academically stronger, your chances are incredibly low. UCLA emphasizes this, and without it, I’m sorry to say your chances are low.</p>
<p>I must say, however, to consider the other colleges you’ve been accepted to and those you are still waiting to hear back from. If after you hear back from all these colleges you still want to appeal, then go for it. But there may be a better fit out there for you (UC Berkeley, Ivy League, etc.)</p>