<p>I'm out of state and I am taking 6 ap classes this year.</p>
<p>School Type: public
Location: New York
Race/Gender: Black/ African American Male
Prospective Major: History
AIM: Hermes2623
Unweighted GPA: 94.75
Weighted GPA: 96.64
Class rank: ? of 385</p>
<p>SAT I Scores
SAT I Math: 670
SAT I Verbal: 660</p>
<p>ACT Scores
ACT Composite: 32</p>
<p>SAT II Scores
SAT II Writing: 660
SAT II U.S. History: 700
SAT II Math IC: 630
SAT II Ecological Biology: 620</p>
<p>Long-form Info</p>
<p>Extracurricular Info
Newspaper
Yearbook
Wrestling
Track
Karate - national competitor
Focus on helping America
Key Club
Art club
National Art Honor society
National Honor Society
Student body governemnt - treasurer</p>
<p>Venture Scholar
Who's Who Among American High School Students
High Honor Roll each year
Honorable mention - National Spanish Exam
National Honor Roll
National Society of High School Scholars
National Achievement</p>
<p>Because of your out of state status, acceptance into UCLA will be hard. </p>
<p>Your SAT IIs are lower than average; in addition, you will be competing with other out of state applicants which puts you into a very tough pool.</p>
<p>Other than treasurer, do you have any other leadership positions?</p>
<p>With that said, I wish you the best in college admissions.</p>
<p>Activities & Awards
Awards & Honors
Name Type Date Received Description
Honorable Mention Academic May, 2004 I recieved Honorable Mention in the National Spanish Exam by performing very well on this exam.
National Venture Scholar Academic Sep, 2004 This award is given to high achieving minority students and their commitment to education.</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities
Name Years Involved Hours/Week Weeks/Year Description
Karate 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 8 52 I am part of a karate competition team and I compete in the New York region and I am very successful. I go to the Karate nationals each year.
Key Club 11th, 12th, 2 40 This is a community service club and we are dedicated to helping our school and those in need around the country.
National Art Honor Society 10th, 11th, 12th, 2 40 This club is for the students of art in my school who are accepted into this organization. We do community service for the school and run our own art gallery.
Student Government 11th, 12th, 2 40 I have been elected Student Body Treasurer and I am responsible for our student body's money supply. I also was responsible for organizing the freshmen election
Varsity Wrestling 11th, 12th, 20 15 I have been named Most Outstanding Newcomer of the team. This is called the hardest sport in the school and it takes most of my time and energy during the day.</p>
<p>Community Service
Name Years Involved Hours/Week Weeks/Year Description
Key Club - Read and Lead 11th, 12th, 5 30 I volunteer after school on Fridays at the local elementary school
Relay for Life 11th, 12th, 12 1 I was the captain of a group of twelve people. We collected one hundred dollars each and we walked around the school gymnasium for an entire night.</p>
<p>Educational Preparation Programs
Name Years Involved Hours/Week Weeks/Year Description
Other: Harvard Summer School 11th, 168 8 I attended Harvard over the summer and I took two classes in precalculus and biomedical ethics. I recieved an A- in both. I lived there for eight weeks.</p>
<p>For an out of stater, I'd have to agree that your chances aren't too great, and here are my reasons: Your race will not play any factor in admission decisions for any of the UCs. For an out of state person, your test scores are not great enough to set you apart from the average applicant (more leniency if you were in state), and test scores mean lots, second only to your gpa (taken in light of any outstanding circumstances- wheter it be economical, life challenges, etc). You have a great deal of extra curriculars going for you, although you listed key club twice in community service and activities (you should have mentioned something else from the list in your first post in activities since you already listed it in community servic). I'm glad you didn't end up listing those dud, scam awards (Whos Who, National Honor Roll, and National Society of HSS), as it may give application reviews the wrong impression that you were bsing to fill up spots. The classes at Harvard is a big plus. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, stanmaster22, if your prospective major is history, why did you decide to take a biomedical ethics class over the summer at Harvard instead of a history class?</p>
<p>Even if you were in state, your SAT I and SAT II's would make it dicey, though there is a slender chance your "life experience" factor might squeak you in. Out of state, I don't think there's any chance. Sorry.</p>
<p>It just seems so unfair. Everyone thinks I have such a great chance at schools such as cornell and upenn but i can see now how bad my chances for ucla are. it hurts that i did all this work through high school and now i must be rejected just because of my standardized test scores.
Also the ACT range for UCLA is 22 -29 and mine is 32. Isnt that considered much higher than average???? I really hope so.</p>
<p>The reason seems plain and simple (or at least for me): CA residents have been paying the taxes that goes to fund these UC schools, so naturally there must be a bias in what types of students they accept, residentwise. Therefore, out of the small margin of out of state students they accept, the standards must be set higher, as the number of students they can accept from out of state is limited. You of course have a shot at making it into UCLA, your chances just aren't very high. I overlooked your ACT score, and I'm not really an admission-stat-looking-up type of guy, so I'm not exactly sure what the average is- did the average you posted (low 1400ish?) correspond to in-state students or out-of-state or even combined? There is a difference in all 3 and the only one you're concerned w/ is the out-of-state average. Also keep in mind that standarized test-wise, the SAT II scores count for more than double of that of your ACT/SAT I scores. Why is there so much weight on standarized test scores for UCLA?- because of the sheer number of applicants, there's no other way they can possibly sort through all the applicants. This isn't to say that test scores alone will mean you're rejected- it all depends on what happens during the application reviewing process- there are people who manage to get through on mediocre stats (but usually w/ some reason) as well as those who don't make it with excellent stats. In the end, it's all random, but a person's gpa and test scores can give a general picture of whether or not they'll be rejected or accepted based on past trends. With that said, best of luck to you.</p>
<p>In fact, your SAT IIs compose three-fourths of your standardized scores.</p>
<p>That's how state systems works; that's life. UCs and CSUs following under The Master Plan of Higher Education by Charles Kerr so changing that policy would require throwing out "The Master Plan."</p>
<p>In the end, you'll be competing with out-of-state students with incredibly higher scores.</p>
<p>As in-state student, my SAT Is are lower than average (1270) but my SAT IIs are higher (720 US Hist, 700 Writing, 690 MIC). These scores are still lower than the average UCLA applicant. Hopefully, the fact that I attended UCLA and earned A's in both my classes boost my application.</p>
<p>Considering a friend of mine got in with 1300 SAT I last year, I think it's possible for everyone around 1300 and definitely safe for applicants above 1400. He got above 700s on all of his SAT IIs tho, he was also ranked 2/app.400 students.</p>
<p>International students are a completely different round because UCLA wants to attract well-qualified students from all over the world; unlike American students where there are plenty of well-qualified students, and not enough spaces.</p>
<p>Not to say, however, that international students have it easy. It is also competitive for students abroad to be admitted.</p>
<p>As an international student I can attest to being put into a seperate admissions category than traditional out-of-state students; I think I had an acceptance letter that was tailored to internationals wanting to come to UCLA.</p>