Admit rate should be around 19% if they accept the roughly 18k they did last year.
My DD applied, here are her stats:
Name of UCLA school you are applying to: College of Letters and Science
Major: Political Science
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
Weighted GPA (capped): 4.2
ACT (breakdown): 34C (E 34, M 31, R 35, S 35, W 24)
SAT II: US History: 780; Literature: 740
Rank: top 15%
AP Scores: AP English Language and Composition: 5, AP United States History: 5, AP World History: 4
Courses you are taking senior year: AP Calculus, AP Government/Economics, AP English Lit, Digital Photography (to meet UC a-g visual and performing arts requirement), Leadership
Awards: Ivy League Connection scholar (won scholarship in our school district to attend UPenn summer program on Social Justice)
Extracurriculars: Class President - all four years; Mock Trial - 10th thru 12th grades; Student school board member - 11th grade; Youth Council for our city - 11th grade; Peer conflict resolution (invite only) - 11th and 12th grade
Volunteering: Yes, not sure how many total hours
Work Experience: None
Essays: She won’t show me but I’m sure they are strong
Ethnicity: AfAm and Caucasian (mixed)
Gender: F
State (if domestic): CA
Income Bracket: $75kish
Are you applying for financial aid?: Yes
Hooks (first generation college, underrepresented minority, legacy): URM
Also applied to: Tulane (accepted as Presidential scholar, honors college), Howard (accepted), UCSB, USC, Barnard, Columbia, Fordham, UPenn, George Washington, and Georgetown.
Quick note for any potential students needing a high GPA for grad school: UCLA is highly competitive and known for grade deflation. Grading is also highly professsor dependent so some students in one class may get mostly As while others will earn more Cs. Classes fill up quickly and due to the increase of enrollment it is hard to get “better professors”. AP credit also no longer counts for advance standing to get better enrollment times. Just know getting the 3.8+ for med school is going to be a lot tougher than most other schools.
Ucla is my dream school. Please chance me.
Intended major: applied math (school of L and S)
Unweighted GPA: 3.85
Capped: 4.15
Fully weighted: 4.77 (didn’t include classes like phys Ed, health, academic electives, etc)
Act: 32 composite
Sat 2: 790 math 2, 790 physics, 780 us history, 750 Chem
AP: 5 Calc BC, 5 ab sub score, 4 Spanish, 4 us history, 4 Lang and comp
Senior schedule: AP physics c (mech and e&m), AP stat, Calc 3 honors (dual enrollment), AP comp sci A, AP lit, wind ensemble
Extracurriculars: quizbowl (hsnct nationals 11th grade/ b team captain 12th grade), tri m music honors society 10th-12th grade, men’s choir 10th-12th grade, jazz band 9th-12th grade, pit orchestra 11th grade, martial arts 10+ years
Work experience: lifeguard 12 hrs/week
Volunteering: educating community about technology, teaching at martial arts school, underprivileged school NYC
Awards: 3rd place martial arts competition, nj seal of biliteracy, AP scholar
Skipped precalculus honors in summer before 11th grade
School: large public high school (700+ in graduating class)
Class rank: school doesn’t rank
Ethnicity: white/Asian
Income: 200k
State: nj
Gender: m
@ndoge99 This isn’t a ChanceMe thread! Sorry. Please post somewhere else.
Lol thanks I’m just so worried about decisions. Also realized one of my stats is incorrect act 31 not 32
@ndoge99 You have between a 0-100% chance of getting in. Seriously chancing is pointless.
@ndoge99 How did you prepare for Physics SAT 2?
Do all students enter into the College of L&S undeclared? Or do we get into our major right away?
@liwen6 Technically everyone is a “pre major” which is undeclared but you are on a path to declare on the condition you meet pre reqs. Most Biz Econ or Comm pre majors for example will declare something else because they failed to meet pre reqs and they are particularly impacted. That’s why major choice has no bearing on admissions for L&S.
I personally used baron’s book. I got lucky because my physics class junior year covered AP 1 and 2. Then I was in the second month of AP physics c mech and e&m when I took SAT so material was all fresh.
i’m oos and sent in app a few weeks ago ughh and i’ve been stressing
Name of UCLA school you are applying to: CLS (also planning to be a theatre minor)
Major: undeclared
Unweighted GPA: 3.935
Weighted GPA (capped): 5.08
SAT I (breakdown): 1540 (800 R+W, 740 M)
ACT (breakdown): 34C (36E,33M,36R,29S)
SAT II: 800 - Literature, Chinese, math level 1.
720 math level 2.
Rank: top 10% out of 4k + students
AP Scores: 5 - World History, Lang + Comp, Chinese
4 - Calc BC
IB Scores: none offered @ my school
Courses you are taking senior year: AP Lit, AP Stat, AP Physics, AP Poli Sci and electives (non AP/honors)
Awards: AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist. Some writing awards and acting awards but local crap.
Extracurriculars:
(in school)
- Newspaper - Editor in Chief this year - 4 Years
- Editor of two school literary magazines, founder of one, managing editor of satire magazine, partake in two other publications les intensely- 2-4 years
- Theatre, 4 Years. Part of the improv, drama clubs, directed the school’s annual comedy revue this year. Lead roles in most shows.
- VP of Student Council
- Choir - 4 Years - Got into an upperclassman only choir soph. year, conducted freshman boys choir multiple times this year, President of A capella/modern singing org in school.
- Varsity Boys Swimming/Diving - 4 years - Leadership Council this year
- Speech/IE - 4 years - event chair for dramatic interp and original comedy this year.
- Asian Students Alliance - VP - 4 years
- Students of Color Club - Board - 4 years
- Chinese Culture Club - Board - 4 Years
- GSA - Board member - 4 years
- Slam Poetry Club - President and Co founder - 3 years
- Key Club - 4 Years
- Interact Club - 4 Years
- Young Democrats - 3 Years
- Asian Youth Services - 3 years
- Human Rights Club - 3 years
- Senior Volunteering Project
- National Honor Society and Modern Music Makers Officer
(out of school)
- been involved in theatre since I was 10, have been in the main cast of the state musical, various lead roles in local and city youth productions, did the northwestern cherubs program.
- singing/pro voice lessons for 10+ years, in a few show choirs.
- write for some online publications
Volunteering: 400+ hours over six years
Work Experience: part time summer job tutoring
Essays: Did prompts 1, 2, 6, 7. 2 was by far my best one. For 1, I wrote about being president of the Students of Color club and discussed how in an overwhelmingly white school, how much backlash that club often received how i dealt with it etc. 2, I discussed how creative expression has been the way i’ve dealt with any hardship in my life, how i’ve been involved with writing and singing and acting for a long time and how it helped me through a depression diagnosis. failing tests, and conflict within family. really passionate on that one lmao. For 6, I wrote about English, and how important it was to me and how it fueled my love for acting/theatre etc, and how i want to pursue a career in journalism/creative writing. i’m worried it was a bit similar to two, but I think i managed to make it sound different or at least not like a carbon copy. For 7, I wrote about activism, protests i attended through the years in and around chicago/the north shore area, and advocating for causes in school etc
Gender: Male
State (if domestic): Illinois
Country (if international): US
Income Bracket: 120K - 150K (well off)
Are you applying for financial aid?: i got my fafsa but i have some local merit scholarships already and am applying for more. don’t think i’ll get need based aid.
Hooks (first generation college, underrepresented minority, legacy): both my parents are immigrants, i’m biracial (half chinese half white), jewish, and gay.
@victorw45: Impossible to have a capped UC GPA greater than 4.4. https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
Regardless, you look competitive for UCLA so Good Luck.
UC’s do not give need-based aid for OOS students.
Do you think I have a chance? I have been extremely stressed out because I have a very low SAT score for UCLA. Although my SAT score is low, my GPA is high because of so many extra community college classes that I took and aced in addition to a full time high school schedule with AP classes.
Name of UCLA school you are applying to: College of Letters and Science
Major: German, Alt Major: History
Unweighted GPA: 3.86
Weighted GPA (capped): 4.07
Weighted UC 10th - 11th GPA UNCAPPED: 4.55
In addition to a full time high school schedule, I have also taken and aced 14 community college UC transferable classes during 10th - 11th grades, and I will be taking 8 more in my senior year (see below)
SAT I (breakdown): 1260 NEW SAT (this is approximately equal to a 1760/2400 on the old SAT, and I realize that this is my biggest weak spot in my application)
SAT II: None
Rank: School doesnt rank, but im in top 9% of my school ELC
AP Scores: AP Euro - 4, AP Eng Lang - 5, AP Env Sci - 4, AP HUG - 5, AP USH -5
Courses you are taking SENIOR YEAR:
AP Macroeconomics - full year
AP German - full year
AP Stats - full year
English Lit - full year
TA period - full year
Business Law (CC Dual Enrollment Course) - Fall Semester
Art History (CC Course) - Fall Semester
Russian 4 (CC Course) - Fall Semester
Oceanography (CC Course) - Fall Semester
Philosophy (CC Course) - Fall Semester
History of Middle East (CC Course) - Spring Semester
German History (CC Course) - Spring Semester
Modern Literature (CC Course) - Spring Semester
Awards:
- Presidents Volunteer Service Award Gold
- National German Exam Level 2 - Gold
- National German Exam Level 3 - Gold
- House of Representatives Certificate of Recognition for volunteer service
- AFJROTC National Medal and Commendation
Extracurriculars:
300+ hours total volunteering as a lead docent at a museum
After School tutor
President of a club
Work Experience: Student Worker in the school library
Essays: I think my essays were really weak. I wrote them very close to the deadline and I still cringe when I re-read them. 4/10
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
State: CA
Income Bracket: 130,000
Are you applying for financial aid?: YES
Hooks: - First Generation American, neither of my parents has a Bachelors degree (only my mom has an Associates)
Comments: Essentially, I have a weak SAT score and weak essays, but my uncapped GPA is really strong, plus the fact that I aced 14 community college classes while having a full time high school schedule in 10th - 11th grade shows that I took an extremely rigorous curriculum.
Do you think I might have a chance at UCLA with my weak SAT score?
@need2go2UCLA First things sweet username lol. I don’t chance but what I can tell you is this:
UCLA and the other UCs place a heavier emphasis on GPA over test scores because GPA shows long term work ethic. That works in your favor. L&S is holistic vs the way admissions are almost solely numbers based in HSSEAS (I can provide details of that via PM to interested engineering applicants). That also works in your favor if you’re ECs and essays are strong. Best of luck and don’t worry too much. If ucla isn’t meant to be then they don’t deserve you anyways. You’ll have a blast at whatever school you attend. If you have any other questions feel free to ask.
Name of UCLA school you are applying to: College of Letters and Science
Major: Earth and Environmental Science
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA (capped): 4.64
ACT (breakdown): 30 (35 English, 32 Math, 27 Reading, 25 Science, 8 Essay)
Rank: top 9%
AP Scores: European History:5, US History: 4, Biology: 3, English Language and Comp: 4
Courses you are taking senior year: AP Physics 1, AP Microeconomics, AP Government, AP Calculus AB, AP English Lit and Comp
Awards: Cross Country and Track, GPA Awards
Extracurriculars: Varsity Cross Country and Track, Volunteering, clubs
Volunteering: Volunteering organization, CSF, NHS
Work Experience:
Essays: maybe 7-8/10
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
State (if domestic): California
Income Bracket: 180,000
Are you applying for financial aid?: yes
Hooks (first generation college, underrepresented minority, legacy):
probably won’t get in lol
I am wondering why many people said quite high their UC GPA (capped) ?
that means up to 8 semester extra points, right? (G10–G11)
@ttkk48 Some people most likely were giving their uncapped GPAs.
103,000+ applicants . . . and you can hear a pin drop in this room 
My scjool has only % grade , not letter grade so I am wondering how uc gpa is calculated.
Any grade 90 or more is 4. Then add and divide to see. If all your grades are 90 and up, 4.0.???
It is correct??