<p>Hi guys, I'd like to know what you think my chances are of being admitted to UCLA. Thanks.</p>
<p>Just a bit of background, I don't know if you guys need this or not but I go to a private school in Los Angeles, with just over 40 kids in my class. I'm also an Iranian American male, first generation, and didn't speak English until I was 6 (my friends say I had a pretty thick accent until recently - it wore off I guess). We don't have too many choices for AP or honors courses, or for regular courses for that matter.</p>
<p>Let me begin with my SAT scores:
SAT: 2050 - 660 CR, 690 M, 700 W (I'm considering retaking in October because I know I can get at least a 750 on Math)
SAT II: Biology M - 680, USH - 730</p>
<p>Grades
Freshman year was hell for me. I was a puny 4'9 tall and was bullied constantly. My grades definitely were affected because of this. Also, because we have such a small school we weren't offered any AP or Honors classes - I could only take the standard 5 general studies courses: English, World history, Geometry (I got a C+ first semester, does that matter?), Integrated Science, and Spanish.
First Semester: 3.7 GPA
Second Semester: 3.75 GPA</p>
<p>Sophomore year was much easier. Took AP Euro, Honors Algebra II (Another C+ first semester is that an issue?), English, Honors Biology, and regular spanish first semester, second semester I transferred to Honors Spanish I.
First Semester GPA: 4.0 (Weighted)
Second Semester GPA: 4.2 (Weighted)
AP Euro: 3</p>
<p>Junior year was hell as usual. I took Precalc, AP US History, English, Honors Chemistry, and Fine Art. I also took this Independent Study course called STEM Science that was graded P/F, I'll explain further in the extracurricular section.
First Semester GPA: 4.0
Second Semester GPA: 4.2
AP USH: Expected 4 or 5</p>
<p>I also took a class at a community college over the summer and got an A. Not sure how much that matters, but...</p>
<p>Extracurriculars
Freshman year there wasn't much going on besides athletics, so sophomore year the administration made a push to create more extracurricular clubs and there was a huge surge of clubs available. </p>
<p>I started a side business designing business cards - made some for family members, friends, and some doctors that work with my mom at a local hospital. Made around $400 over 3 years.</p>
<p>Sophomore year
STEM Club - Founder and Chair. I asked medical professionals to come speak to us and organized science experiments for anyone to participate after school.
Persian Club - Founder and Chair. I hired a teacher to teach a couple of students Farsi after school.
Tech Team - Member. Every student and teacher has a laptop at school and we would go help out kids or teachers with malfunctioning laptops or to answer any questions they had.
I also volunteered 45 hours at a local hospital during the summer between 10th and 11th grade. </p>
<p>Junior year
STEM Club - Chair. Because of its popularity, I managed to make the course available as a Pass/Fail class for anyone who was willing to read a real, published research paper and present the paper as if it were they were at a symposium in front of fellow STEM students and science teachers. I also managed to bring in more medical professionals and still do biology experiments.
Robotics Club - Member. Built a robot. That's all.
FBLA/Business Club - Member and Chief Technology Officer. Modeled after STEM club, business professionals came and spoke to us.
Newspaper: I had been a newspaper writer sophomore year, but this year on top of being a writer I also became designer and completely designed the paper from scratch.
Interdisciplinary Journal: Because of my insanely popular design with the newspaper I was hired to make an interdisciplinary journal for the school and design it also from scratch.
Radio/Podcast/Broadcasting Club: I edited a talk show a couple of students and I had weekly. Pretty popular around school too.
At the hospital I volunteered at I volunteered for another 40 hours and was elected to be on a sort of Student Council and mentorship program for incoming volunteers. I also design their newsletter.
Good ol' tech team.</p>
<p>Senior year I plan on doing many of the same extracurriculars and start an ACADEC team and videography and design clubs.</p>
<p>So, there's my high school career in roughly 600 words. Thanks for the help guys. Really appreciate it.</p>