Chance for UCLA / UCSD

hbunnyfan
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:17:47 +0000

Hey, I’m very curious as to how my stats are looking right now, and if there are things (other than grades) I can work on to improve my chances. Currently a Junior.

School/Academics

Asian Female, 16, Public High School in CA

My high school isn’t very competitive compared to other districts

Unweighted GPA: 3.54 accumulative

Weighted GPA: ~3.7

Class Rank: 108 of 680

SAT: CR 600, M 670, W 730 (2000 total, planning to retake)

SAT II: Chinese 780 (planning on taking US History + Bio)

APs: APWorld(3), APBio(In progress), APUSH(In progress)

Community service: 147.5 hours (planning on 250+)

Extra Curricular Stuffs

Piano: 10 years, CM test for level 9

Choir: (will be) 12 years, attending ACDA (American Choral Director’s Association, national thing), trips (we perform not just locally but in other countries as well)

Badminton: (will be) 3 years (10-12), 2 years Varsity

Chinese School: (will be) 12 years

Lupus Foundation: (community service; mainly office work) will be 4 years (9-12)

Church (8-10): Missions trips (worked in shelters, community, Navajoland), Part of Worship Team + Youth Group, Vacation Bible School (community service)

Guitar (9-10): Group lessons once a week during school

Library (9-11): (community service), took part in Read to Succeed, where you teach English + read to children

Does Journalism count? (will be 2 years). Im currently the Assistant News Editor

Classes- Current, Junior year

Journalism (A)

Honors English (A-)

AP US History (A-)

Honors Precal (B)

AP Bio (B)

Chinese III (A)

Classes- Planned, Senior year

Journalism

AP English

AP AB Calc

Psychology I & II

Gov/Econ, maybe AP Gov

Art

Other

Should I take up piano again and test for advanced or does it not matter? (Piano “ranking” is levels 1-10, Advanced, Penal)

Do community service hours count for anything?
*- What else should I be doing to prepare to get into UCLA, UCSD, or other UCs? (Well, besides the grades of course :P)

THANK YOU.

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