Chance at UCLA/UCSD

dhl3
Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:23:00 +0000

Someone I know wants to get into UCLA but she has huge doubt about her chance. She’s junior right now and she came to America in her Freshman year from Australia. She lives in La Jolla (San Diego Area) and is a California Resident.

GPA: 3.80 W, 3.6 UW (as of the end of her first semester as junior).
*If she get Straight A’s for her second semester in her junior year and the first semester of her senior year, her GPA (weighted) would be between 4.0 and 4.05.

ECs:
-Badminton
-Key Club
-CSF Club (it’s basically a volunteering club, very similar to Key club)
-Church Volunteering (Playing piano and violin)
-Orchestra
-Working at a Shoe Repair shop (volunteering)

Leaderships:
-First Violinist at church
-Leader of Church Worship Team
-Event Organizer of her church

AP courses:
-US History
-Literature
-Statistics
-Psychology

Awards:
-National Honor Roll
-Some certificate she got from counselor (she forgot what it’s called)
-Physical Education Outstanding Achievement Award
-A medal (she got in australia, but forgot what it was for)
-Most improved student award for science
-Bunch more from badminton

I know, her stat is looking pretty bad. The only thing that can improve her chance to UCLA is the SAT score. My question is, AT LEAST what score should she aim for in order to have a decent chance to UCLA/UCSD? Would 2200 be enough? And what else can she do to improve her chance?