Can you guys tell me how likely I am to get into UCLA?
By the way, I live in California and am low income, if that helps in any way.
I'm a senior at a prestigious high school ranked 3 in California in terms of academic achievement. Because grades are incredibly competitive, my school doesn't do class ranks. I'm also a first generation Vietnamese American and will be the first to complete high school and go to college in my immediate family.
Sophmore year:
AP World History B/B (weighted)
Physics Honors B/A (weighted)
English A/B
Geometry Honors B/B
Vocals A
Health Ed B
French A/A
Junior Year:
AP US History: B/B (weighted)
Chemistry Honors A/A (weighted)
Precalculus Honors C(PROBLEM)/B (weighted)
AP Psychology A/A (weighted)
French A/A
AP English Composition B/B (weighted)
GPA:
-3.5 unweighted GPA
-3.75 capped UC-GPA (but UCLA and UC Berkeley doesn't cap GPAs)
-4.1 fully weighted GPA
This GPA is throughout Sophomore and Junior Year. However, I have one C in precalculus honors because I was basically studying for 5 AP classes, two honors classes and a regular class, so that workload hurt my grade in that class, but I brought it up the next semester.
Nonetheless, I think that this C may decrease my chances by A LOT.
My SAT is 2170 (660 reading/720 Writing/790 Math).
My ACT composite score is 33 (35 English/33 Math/30 Reading/33 Science) with an 8 essay.
APS:
AP World History - 5
APUSH - 4
AP English Language - 4
AP Psychology - 5
AP Chemistry - 4 (I didn't take the class, I self studied)
AP Biology - 4 (I didn't take the class, I self studied)
Currently, in my senior year, my workload is:
AP English Literature
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics B
French Honors
American Democracy/Economics series.
SAT II's
Chemistry - 770
Biology - 690
Math II - 700
English Lit - 670
My extracurriculars are:
- Volunteer at Kaiser Main Hospital/Pharmacy every week (Junior/Senior)
- California Scholastic Federation (CSF) life member tutor (junior/senior year)
- Swimming for three years. (sophomore/junior/senior year)
- Cross country (sophomore year)
- Volunteered in Nicaragua to help/tutor poor children and spread hope to the community (junior year summer)
- Public Relations Officer of club that sends money back to Nicaragua to fund education for kids. (senior year)
- Tutoring little brother (in special ed) everyday after school (Freshman/Sophomore/Junior/Senior year)
Personal Statements:
Background - On how I grew up with a mom who was constantly taking overdoses of pills and how I constantly worried about her health. However, she is gradually getting better, and so, I am driven to think positively in any circumstance now, regardless of how bleak.
Personal Experience - My volunteer trip to Nicaragua and my experiences with tutoring homeless kids and kids with special needs.
So, do I have any chance at all ? I know that since this is College Confidential, everyone has much higher scores/grades than me, but please give an HONEST answer in terms of admission.
Personally, I'd say that you have a pretty good shot at getting in.
The only real blunder on your stats is that one C, but I wouldn't worry too much about it since everything else looks solid.
sorry for reviving an old thread, but how do u even get a good SAT score like that? what classes did you take? cuz I have a 1900, and I really want to improve it. THanks!
Thank you so much for your input guys. And tigerash, just use your best logical sense, not your knowledge. The test really wants to test to see how well you can think under time pressure.
Online practice tests and practice books really help!
Hey, you chanced me so I will chance you back. I don't know how much they factor in low-income/prestigious high school, but based on everything else, I would say you have a shot, but you are definitely not at all a sure thing. Your volunteer work and pretty strong SAT will help you and it could possibly offset your lower GPA. Good luck!
