Chance Me Please

Colleges & Universities University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>Chance me Please. </p>

<p>Stats:
• SAT: (first ever took was a 1790-_-), but retook, scores not out yet, took in October
• SAT II: Biology 720, Korean: 770, Math IIC: 620, World History: 540
(planning to retake Math IIC again to get at least a 700+ and world history was an unfortunate misfortune =[ )
• ACT: English 31, Math 29, Reading 28, Science 26, Essay 10, Composite: 29
(retaking this October)
• GPA: UW: 3.833/4.0 , W: 4.1
• Rank: 28/886
• AP: Biology: 5, Environmental Science: 5, World History: 3
• Senior Courses: English 12, AP Calculus BC, AP Macroeconomics, AP Government, AP Music Theory, AP Computer Science, Jazz Band.</p>

<p>Extra Curricular:
• Involved in Marching Band for 3 years (2years 1st chair). Involved in Wind and Percussions Band for 3 years (2years 1st chair). Currently in Jazz Band(1st Chair).
(Band took A LOT of my time-nearly 40+ hours a week, hard to do other things.)
• President/Founder of Next Generation Boosters Club: Help students get information about colleges, scholarship opportunities, extracurricular experience. We also provide academic tutoring and our experience within various subjects of our high school courses. (Senior Year)
• President/Founder of Philosophy Club
• Member of Young Medical Discoverers Group of America(3years), Current Secretary.
• Volunteer at Kaiser Permanente, Elderly Home, and few recreational jobs(ie. helping fix up school, pick up trash, etc.).
• Write on the side as a hobby. Entered into some contests which are still pending.
• Hobbies: play saxophone, guitar, piano.</p>

<p>Issue
*Haven’t yet taken Physics, but am planning to over summer or next semester in community college.</p>

<p>Personal
• Location: California
• High School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Korean
• Gender: Male
• I Am Applying for Financial Aid</p>

<p>Awards:
•AP Scholar Award
•Teen Ink Raw Semi-Finalist
•High Honors every year
•Valedictorian (School declares person with 4.0+ GPA consistently a valedictorian)
•Qualified ELC
*Band won lots of awards(Current LA City Champions(all four years), 5th in SCSBOA)</p>

<p>Question:
How is the atmosphere/environment of UCLA? I’m planning to visit it soon, hopefully.</p>

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<p>flomatiks:</p>

<p>UCLA: Slight Reach (out of state)</p>

703

<p>JinSoul:</p>

<p>UCLA: Slight Reach</p>

704

<p>chance me please…</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Location: India
College Class Year: 2014
High School: Private
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 93.00
GPA - Weighted: 95.00
Class Rank: top 5 students(first or second)
Class Size: 250</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT I - 770(W),750(M),780(CR)
hoping to give sat ii this year</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: partcipated in intel isef
winner of the city level science fair
winner of the state level science fair
winner of the regional science fair
winner of the national science fair(IRIS)
winner of several national debates
winner of several national quizzes</p>

<p>Leadership positions: captain of college debating team
captain of the college quiz team
captain of the college science team
member of the literary board of the college
member of the college magazine “constantia”</p>

<p>Athletic Status - list sport and your level:
swimming :college level
track and field :school level
hockey :college level
table tennis: school level
badminton:city level</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
recipient of the micfest award
recipient of the literary fest award
winner of the quanta competition
winner of the McFair competition</p>

<p>colleges:
harvard
mit
stanford
Upenn
cambridge
caltech</p>

<p>Area:
Importance of cost: Extremely important</p>

<p>any other which you all suggest???</p>

<p>thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>• SAT:
CR: 730,
M: 780,
W: 650 (retook in Oct - this time I wasn’t woefully under prepared for the essay)
• SAT II:
Math II C: 800,
Chemistry: 780,
US Hist: 800
• GPA: UW: 3.94, W: 4.32
• Rank: 1/520
• Other Tests:
AP: US Hist (5),
Calc BC (5), (5 on AB subscore)
Euro Hist (5),
Chem (4),
Bio (4),
Eng Lang (4)</p>

<p>Personal
• Location: Los Angeles, CA
• High School Type: Public (2500 students)
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other
• Extracurricular:
Jazz Band,
Academic Decathlon, (Captain)
Science Bowl (Captain)
Math Team/Club
• Awards:
History Day LA County Team Member,
AcaDeca Team High score
National Merit Semifinalist</p>

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<p>California resident
Uzbek and white/male - first generation to go to college</p>

<p>UW GPA - 3.79 very competitive public
W - 4.2
UC - 4.05
top 10 percent</p>

<p>sat - 1990
m-660
cr-630
w-700</p>

<p>ACT - 30</p>

<p>Sat 2’s
Math II - 750
American history - 710
Lit - 630</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars</p>

<p>Water polo 4 years (starter on varsity for 3)
-captain, league and state recognized</p>

<p>Swimming 4 year varsity
-set league records, competed in southern california section finals</p>

<p>Basketball - 3 years (quit last year because i hated program)
-captain, MVP, most inspirational player, most improved</p>

<p>(I don’t want to play sports in college, so i don’t want to be recruited)</p>

<p>Band 1 year
Symphonic Band 2 years (couldn’t do the last year because of scheduling)
-Section leader</p>

<p>-Aquatics club - 4 years
-Robots - 2 years
-Water polo club - 2 years (outside of school)</p>

<p>Community Service

  • Veteran’s Garden (helped vets plant, make ornaments, clean-up)
  • Loved Dog (took care of dogs)
  • Martha’s Soup Kitchen (made and served food for unfortunate)
  • Home health care (helped disabled people - i helped feed them, put clothes on…)
  • Aid’s Walk
  • Band activities for the city</p>

<p>Work Experience (paid)

  • medical clerk
  • tutor
  • walk dogs
  • wash cars
  • assisted an elderly lady
  • Webchoir (a business that deals with taxomonies and controlled vocabularies)</p>

<p>Awards

  • principals honor roll
  • CSF - California Scholarship Federation
  • National Honor’s Society
  • Got most outstanding athlete award for my school
  • bunch of awards for sports</p>
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<p>rt_08:</p>

<p>UCLA: Safe Match (out of state)</p>

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<p>ThisCouldBeHeavn:</p>

<p>UCLA: Safe Match</p>

709

<p>ruskie:</p>

<p>UCLA: Slight Reach</p>

710

<p>thanks flopsy</p>

711

<p>thanks flopsy…
well i know i am going off topic…(so sorry for that) but could you tell some more universities (especially ivies if any…)where my chances look good
thank you</p>

712

<p>OUT OF STATE - PA
Asian, female</p>

<p>Academic:
GPA: 4.11, weighted
Rank: 2/353 (potentially 1, depending…)
APs (end of 12): 7
AP Scores: AP Calc AB=5, Biology=5</p>

<p>Attended PA Governor’s School for International Studies
Westinghouse Science Honors Institute
Concordia Language Villages high school credit immersion program</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT Reasoning: 2100
Math: 690
Reading: 750
Writing: 660</p>

<p>SAT II’s:
Math II: yet to be announced, but probably in high 600’s
Biology: 760
Planning on taking Lit</p>

<p>EC’s:
English as Second Language Tutor for YWCA - ~80 hours
Piano (8 years) - Jazz Ensemble (4 years)
Science Club (3 yrs) - secretary for 11, president for 12
Founded Recycling Team at school in 11, president of the team 12
National Honors Society - president 12
Youth Advisory Committe (3 years) - secretary 11, vice president 12
Forensic Team (4 years) - National Forensic League
Camp Aid for Chinese Language Camps (3 years) - ~20 hours
Science Olympiad - 5 year participant</p>

<p>Work:
waitress gig for a summer
T.J. Maxx associate for school year
substitute pianist at church for 2 yrs->present day</p>

<p>Awards:
Rensselaer Medalist
American Legion School Award
National Merit Semi-Finalist</p>

<p>Thank you~!</p>

713

<p>i dont know how out of state facotrs in, but ill say match to safe match</p>

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<p>09wulu:</p>

<p>UCLA: Slight Reach (out of state)</p>

715

<p>California resident
Latina</p>

<p>soph year uc gpa: 3.17 (depression, i struggle with a disease)
junior year uc gpa: 4.17 (straight A’s)
*extremely competitive private school</p>

<p>SAT: cr:710, m:660, w:760
SAT II: American hist.:710
AP euro:3
AP eng lang:4
AP eng lit:4
AP gov/politics:4 </p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>-2 years frosh/soph cross-country
-2 years junior varsity track
-2 years varsity surf (co-captain)
-2 years creative writing club (editor in chief of annual compilation of all poetry)
-2 years young republicans club (co-prez)
-student body VP
-1 year NHS
-4 years CSF
-member of National Society of High School Scholars
-have self-published some of my poetry
-participate in school’s poetry readings every year/help organize</p>

<p>service:</p>

<p>-over 40 hours feeding the homeless
-been helping at Boys and Girls clubs all my life
-every year teach about drug abuse to middle schoolers
-tutor and teach writing once a month at old middle school</p>

<p>awards:
-honor roll every semester
-“Newbery Award” in a contest where I spoke about a book
-nominated by teachers to speak at an important school event
-best attitude award by teachers</p>

716

<p>@bruingirl :UCLA > LOW REACH</p>

717

<p>California Resident
Chinese/Male
Public HS
will apply for financial Aid</p>

<p>UC (10-11) GPA: 4.27
W (10-11) GPA: 4.36
UW (10-11): 3.90</p>

<p>SAT Overall:2200
CR: 720
M:750
W: 730</p>

<p>SAT II’s
Chemistry: 770
US History: 780
Math Level 2: 770</p>

<p>APUSH: 5
Chem AP: 5
Calculus AB: 4
US Gov: 5
Biology: 5
Calc BC: 4</p>

<p>Language: Four years of French, French honors senior year</p>

<p>ECs
Varsity tennis 3 yrs, have played tennis for the better part of my life
FBLA member (participated in competitions)
Orientation program leader at my school, helped freshmen get oriented, helped with school organized events (i.e back 2 school night) 3 yrs
about 80 hrs of volunteer hours</p>

718

<p>bruingirl:</p>

<p>UCLA: Slight Reach</p>

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<p>mdk81892:</p>

<p>UCLA: Match</p>

720

<p>California Resident
Public HS</p>

<p>GPA: 4.13W, 3.83 UW, 4.17 UC
Rank: Top 4% at least (ELC)
SAT I: 680CR, 690M, 680W, 2060 total (Plan to retake in December for hopefully a 2100)
SAT II: US HISTORY (670) LIT (650)</p>

<p>EC’s:
LEO Club: member in 9th and 10th grade, Publicity Commissioner in 11th, Vice President in 12th
Operation Smile Club: Co-Secretary (Club was created this year)
CSF (10-12)
NHS (9-12)
TAMS
ALS Club member
Anti-Violence Club Member (11-12, club was created last year)</p>

<p>Community Service:
About 200 hours as a professor’s TA
Almost 20 hours volunteering at a library</p>

<p>Awards:
CSF
ELC
Renaissance Student of the Quarter
Student of the Month
Academic Letter</p>

<p>Sophomore Schedule:
AP Chemistry (only AP available to Sophomores)
Honors English
Spanish 3-4
Honors Pre-Calculus
Honors World History.
PE (filling requirement, doubt it counts)</p>

<p>Junior Schedule:
AP US History
AP English Language
AP Calculus AB
Physics CP
Spanish 5-6
Psycology/Sociology (1st semster and 2nd semester respectively)</p>

<p>Summer before Senior Year:
Community College: Introduction to Theatre, Calculus (didn’t want to take BC senior year), Statistics. Received As in all of them. </p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Government
AP Economics
AP English Literature
AP Biology
Newspaper</p>