UCLA is my DREAM school. Help!

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<p>White Female (CA resident)</p>

<p>GPA: UW 4.0 W 4.45 </p>

<p>Class Rank: 7/400</p>

<p>Test scores! </p>

<p>ACT: 33 (E36 M33 R33 S30 or E35 M32 R34 S30) Also, which ACT score should I turn in since they have the same composite?</p>

<p>SAT I: (Since they have to see it...) 2070 (710M 680R 680W)</p>

<p>SAT IIs: 740 Lit 660 M2 (sad, I know. I'm retaking! Should I retake Lit as well?)</p>

<p>AP tests: English Lang 5 Calc AB 5</p>

<p>AP classes:</p>

<p>Jr Year: English Lang, Calc AB
Senior Year: English Lit, Stats, Chem,</p>

<p>(My school has... 8 AP classes total... The other three [Art History, Latin Lit, and Comp Science] weren't really options for me as I took French and am severely disabled in both art and computers)</p>

<p>I took all Honors both sophomore and freshmen year, but...? I don't know if that matters.</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars! Bear with me, they're sort of varied and random and... I don't know. I love them all.</p>

<p>Dance:
For 5 (will be 6) years I've taken studio dance classes about 8 or more hours a week (includes ballet, jazz, pointe, and lyrical)
2 (will be 3) years: Member of Studio's Ballet Repetory (for more experienced dancers--like a younger company)
Part of the School Dance Company Momentum (Soph, Jr, Senior hopefully) that practices a min of 4 hours a week
Summer after Soph: Attended Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet's Summer Intensive for 5 weeks (danced around 6 hrs a day)
Summer after Jr: Attended California Ballet's Summer 2 week intensive (7-8 hours a day)</p>

<p>Writing/Journalism: I'm always reading or writing... I don't really know how to express that on an application (help!) but...
Newspaper: 3 years (soph, junior, senior) sophomore year: copy editor, junior year: people page editor and copy editor senior year: feature page editor (hardest page layout wise)
Soph: Won district writing contest for 3 entries (poetry and 2 response to literature)
Jr: Won district writing contenst for Personal Narrative entry
Won English Department award Freshmen year</p>

<p>Mock Trial (Soph, Junior, Senior) Progresses from 4 hrs a week to 20?
First year prosecution attorney
Second year defense attorney (we won district!... and, my half of the team won all our matches at state. Not relevant, I know!)
Senior year? Some kind of attorney. Maybe I'll try pretrial.
Mock Trial takes a ton of time but... I also don't know how to show it.</p>

<p>Interact Club (Frosh, Soph)</p>

<p>Played Violin for 9 Years... (I quit this year, I know it's awful.)
Was a member of the Youth Symphony for about 7 years. </p>

<p>National Merit Commended Scholar</p>

<p>Alright so, what are my chances at/which school suits me out of:
Berkeley! UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, USC, Claremont Mckenna, Scripps, Pomona, Northwestern, NYU,</p>

<p>And, while I love these schools, it's turned into a "whyshoudIevenbotherapplying" situation (give your opinion as to whether they're worth the application money and time!):
Columbia (I WISH.) Stanford, Yale, Brown, Georgetown, (Pomona could go here too), Northwestern's journalism school</p>

<p>Thanks tons! I really have no idea where I stand anymore... Feel free to add any recommendations for me!</p>

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<p>your sat scores, gpa, and rank are very similar to mine when i applied last year..and i got into la, cal, usc, and ucsd so if you keep up the grades and write good essays you have a good chance of getting in. the other schools on your list i didnt apply to so i cant help you there.</p>

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<p>A lot of my stats were below yours and I managed to get into UCLA. Keep up the work that you are doing (academic and extracurricular) and like devitt said, write good essays. I would say that you are competitive, but remember that you have to stand out of 47,000 applications.</p>

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<p>What were your extracurriculars like? Do you think I'm okay as far as all that goes?</p>

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<p>I'd also recommend you add Boston College to your list, since you're considering Georgetown. You look like a good applicant overall for all the schools on your list. Your good ACT score will make up for your SAT I score. Good luck.</p>

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<p>you don't need to worry, you'll get in.</p>

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<p>you wlil probably get in, but don't be surprised if you're not. most likely, however, you will.</p>

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<p>yes, i agree, most likely you will.</p>

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<p>happygolucky,</p>

<p>UCLA/UCB: Match
UCSD: Safe match</p>

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<p>happygolucky7:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Match
UCSD: Safe Match
UCSB: Safety</p>

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<p>you're a match at LA/Berk and basically in at the rest...just relax</p>

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<p>Am I the only one to spot this red flag?
UCLA dream school... applying to USC?
mmmm USC offered me that stupid National Merit Scholarship and I gave them a big middle finger. A small gesture of my UCLA love =]</p>