<p>UCLA is my dream school. Is there anyone out there who has been accepted into UCLA &can supply me with tips &suggestions on how to get in? Thanks!</p>
<p>What is your UC-GPA?</p>
<p>What are your test scores?</p>
<p>Will you be applying to the College of Engineering?</p>
<p>Are you in state?</p>
<p>if you’re OOS, can you pay full freight (about $50k per year)?</p>
<p>UCLA Freshman Admission Profile Fall 2010</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/campuses/files/ucla.pdf[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/campuses/files/ucla.pdf</a></p>
<p>A UCGPA of more them 4.0 , which means mostly A’s, including a few A’s in AP classes (or UC proved honors), 15 or so honors or AP classes, 45 or more completed A-G’s. I think SAT scores count for less, but 2000+ would be nice. In the past subject test scores above 700, a second one could be 650; not sure how that will change. I assume some good EC’s and essays as well. Of course hundreds, if not thousands get in with less, but these things seem to improve your chances.</p>
<p>Confession; This is based on the “research” I did, trying to come to terms with my D not getting in…(smile)</p>
<p>Just get a high GPA and SAT and you’ll get in. </p>
<p>It’s a state school so your stats don’t have to be too high and your ECs can be mediocre if you have the stats to make up for it.</p>
<p>The average student admitted to UCLA has a 4.38 WGPA and a 2080 SAT, with more weight being put on the GPA than standardized testing.</p>
<p>You need to write a strong and compelling admission essay. The essay is one of the most important parts of the application.</p>
<p>A few things you should keep ahead of:</p>
<p>UC gpa isn’t really relevant: It’s just a marker for you to qualify minimally in addition to your SATs, and if you qualify minimally according to the UC index, you won’t get in, typically. But keep on top of the A-G courses in your soph and jr years, and monitor your grades within these. You should have just about all A’s in these both on w and uw scale.</p>
<p>Admissions is under ‘holistics,’ which means under the general view of the applicant. Also, gives an excuse for the admissions staff to admit anyone it wants because the admitted applicant is viewed as a better fit for the U over someone else who may have rejected with much higher stats. So just beware of this aspect. But overall, not to be contradictory to P-1, the general trend is towards higher-stat admissions within the app pool, even though UCLA rejected 35 with > 2100 SATIs from one hs, with average uw gpa of 3.68.</p>
<p>Some of the above ‘leapfroggin’ for the total app pool and even within an individual hs is because of essays (I think I’ll keep the term without the ‘g.’)…I"m guessing. As UCB noted, if you have a compelling family situation, eg, … you work 15 jobs to help your family survive … you overcame an illness that shot down your grades your soph year and your grades are on an serious upward trend … you can write about it and the admissions staff will seriously consider it wrt your eventual admission.</p>
<p>Generally grades >> SATs as possibly noted in P-2. Average uw gpa is 3.80 and + … for fall of 2010, 3.81… but your chances of being accepted would fall dramatically if you have < 4.00 wgpa. In other words, if your hs has loads of AP, you better take a good portion of them. If it doesn’t have a lot of AP, just a few, don’t worry about it – take all of them, or start taking classes at the local community college, to make up for your hs’s probable poor quality. </p>
<p>Because of the above, much of UCLA admissions is based on the applicant’s hs. The student will be viewed with his/her high school’s status within its ranking within an API rank from 1 to 10. The lower ranking schools have lower rank, say, 4-7. The higher ones are usually 9-10. You can find this at statfinder, which the other UCB linked. Beware, though, statfinder is somewhat out of date.</p>
<p>If you go to a lower-ranked hs, the admissions staff will take factor this in: </p>
<p>This means you can be admitted more holistically, with lower scores and slightly less uw grades (your w grades wouldn’t ascend very high because of the lack of APs). It’s the U’s way of keeping diversity strong wrt economic background because Affirmative Action, admissions wrt race, is outlawed in CA. But we know that there are more underrepresented minorities at some of these underperforming hss.</p>
<p>So, just keep your grades strong s/b near straight A’s; keep the essays in mind, write about your accomplishments, etc, and if you have a compelling angle, include that; take the SATI’s and a good amount of II’s, even though UC’s going away from these; and if you go to a disadvantaged hs, consider taking classes at the local cc. That’s all I can think of off the top of my head.</p>
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<p>Real quick on this quote, ‘going away from these’ is meant for the II’s. I don’t think UC will knock them all out, but may instead consider them less. I think UC already does.</p>
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<p>Should be 4.0 if non-A/P and 5.0 if A/P or close wrt overall average.</p>
<p>EC’s: You should have some, don’t be devoid of them completely; in other words, don’t just rely on straight stats.</p>
<p>“UC gpa isn’t really relevant: It’s just a marker for you to qualify minimally…”</p>
<p>That’s intersting. I think of UC GPA as the single most important factor for UCLA. Not in terms of minimal qualification, but in terms of how it reflects the grades you got with a rigorous curriculum. The way I calculate it, there is just no way to get the “average” admitted freshman 4.3 or so UC GPA, without taking a lot of AP’s ( honor’s classes seem less and less common at high schools because ther seem harder to get approved), and getting good grades in them. And you have to have started doing this, and taking lot’s of A-G’s by sophmore year. </p>
<p>I agree that the high school you attend makes all the difference in that regard. The average UCLA student has taken more than 50 semesters of a-g’s, and I believe they tend to come in with enogh AP’s to start as sophmores.</p>
<p>You make some excellent points…</p>
<p>And if UCLA were admitting under straight stats without regard to hs quality, UC gpa would probably be the prime consideration, followed by a combination of SATI and II and EC’s.</p>
<p>Let’s note that UC gpa is just A-G, soph and jr years on a weighted scale with caps to the weights. When I say, UW gpa, I mean UW A-G, or UW UC gpa. So there are two prominent gpa markers presented to the admissions readers: UW and W UC gpa and they might look at the other non A-G’s also. </p>
<p>If App 1 had a high UC but only a 3.6 UW and App 2 had a lower UC but a 3.8 UW, I think App 2 would be more admissible, even combined with a lower SATI. The reader will note the more pedestrian UW gpa and reject App 1 because of this, as noted by the average frosh having a 3.81 UW gpa in 2010. </p>
<p>You can even find this stuff in some from the outdated statfinder. By geography, all the admits in year 2009 came in with a 3.75 minimum UW A-G. The lowest was from LA county, and most of that was UCLA taking a larger geographical bent towards admissions, even if UCLA is a state school.</p>
<p>Overall, again, the readers will factor in the quality of the school to even out the disproportionately high W gpa’s students can accumulate from excellent schools, some hss schools having many students approaching 5.0 on a W final scale.</p>
<p>Just wanted to add that an indivdual grade can shoot someone down for admission, usually, the prospective student having obtained a mediocre grade in something close to his/her chosen area of study. Generally A’s are needed in these, 5.0 on an AP scale.</p>
<p>Also, UCLA is fairly strict on senioritis. Students should run through the tape, not let up before it.</p>
<p>Aw thanks. But I really want to go to UCLA. i haven’t taken the SAT yet as I am going to be a sophomore… but I am studying!! =)
I have a wide variety of EC’s. does UCLA look for EC’s specifically or variety?
Thanks!</p>
<p>Here’s a FAQ wrt [UCLA admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/FAQ/FAQgeneral.htm”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/FAQ/FAQgeneral.htm</a>). EC’s are addressed about mid way down.</p>
<p>If I were to guess as to which EC’s UCLA admissions likes, I would guess community service. Chancellor Block started a [volunteer day](<a href=“UCLA Volunteer Day Heroes - Sept. 22, 2009 - YouTube”>UCLA Volunteer Day Heroes - Sept. 22, 2009 - YouTube) for all the frosh a few days before they start class. Voluntary, but a big % representation by the students. Me, personally, I would have done whatever to go to Point Dume, Malibu. ;)</p>
<p>And certainly, two people with equal quals, one with EC’s, one without, admissions will take the one with EC’s.</p>