Come hither for a bit of chancing

Colleges & Universities University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>Entering my senior year at a private Catholic School in San Diego, CCHS. I’ve always had my eyes on the UCs, even though my parents expect me to attend Caltech, Stanford, MIT, Harvey Mudd, etc. (my dad is 50% asian, he’s very driving). I believe the UCs are more realistic. Your two minutes will be reciprocated with my utmost gratitude</p>

<p>LOCATION: San Diego, California
ETHNICITY: White as can be
MAJOR: Chem E., or the closest alternative</p>

<p>GPA
UW: 3.96
W: 4.45</p>

<p>SAT I Reasoning: 2080 (ugh). 690R, 720M, 670W
SAT IIs: Math II - 770, Chemistry 800
ACT: 34 Composite; 36 science, 33 math</p>

<p>Classes, omitting normals
Freshman:
No 5 point classes offered; notable classes are
Advanced English
Geometry(A)</p>

<p>Soph:
English 2Honors
Algebra 2/Trig Honors
AP European (received a 3)</p>

<p>Junior:
AP Chem (received a 5)
AP Enviro (received a 5)
Pre-Calc H</p>

<p>Senior Year planned schedule is as follows, omitting normals:
AP Gov
AP Econ
AP Phys B
AP Calc BC</p>

<p>ECs are mediocre
-Piano for 10+ years, Sax for 7 years, Tai Kwon Do 7 years
-Science and Engineering Club, 9th-12th grade
-USD Chemistry Olympiad Participant
-~150 combined service hours
-JETS 2011 team participant
-2011 Summer Internship at Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery Law Firm. I’m typing this from my desk atm, probably should get back to work soon.
-NHS, CSF, 50+ hours of official tutoring
-JV tennis junior year? Hah</p>

<p>Hobbies… :I
-I make fireworks, man
-Dude, I build computers
-I play a lot of video games, this is the clincher</p>

<p>“Awards”
-Certificate of Merit up to level 6
-Bausch and Lomb Science Award (11th grade)
-Honors awards miscellanea</p>

<p>Personal statement will be along the lines of how I’ve grown from a crippling anxiety disorder, if I can spin that the right way. It won’t be fake</p>

<p>Let me know if you need more info!
Thanks for your time</p>

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<p>You’re a high match. You’re likely to be admitted.</p>

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<p>Thanks for responding. I have some worries:

  • I plan on not submitting my SAT if I can’t bring it up. Are they biased towards the SAT?
  • I’ve only taken 2 years of Spanish
  • Extracurriculars suck
  • College of Engineering I hear is nigh impossible to get into</p>

<p>How might these factors affect me? Thanks again</p>

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<p>You should have a very high chance of getting in. </p>

<p>Submit both scores. It might look fishy to only submit ACT from an area where SAT is more popular. Its not like you did that bad on the SAT anyway, so having both there would be okay.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars are a lot about how you present it. Not saying to lie, but present it well, and you can make it look competitive.</p>

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<p>Sounds exactly like me, but I had lower merits than you. You’re a lot more competitive than most applicants for UCLA.</p>

<p>And no, your ECs don’t suck. They’re excellent.</p>

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<p>I don’t believe they’re biased towards the SAT, your ACT will do. The two years of Spanish is a very small setback, and I don’t think it would affect your admission that negatively. While admission into the College of Engineering is difficult, your stats seem competitive enough to get in. Good luck this admissions season!</p>

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<p>Who cares about your SAT, submit the ACT!! You’re pretty much done with standardized testing. GPA looks pretty good and so do your E/C’s. I’d say you’re a match.</p>

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<p>UCLA Engineering is harder than the regular school but not by that much (compared to say UC Berkeley). 2 Years of spanish makes little to no difference. You’re SAT is about average and GPA very good. You’re actually almost exactly like me when I applied (2 years spanish, i had 2140 SAT, 4.5 W GPA and massive amounts of video game experience LOL) ecs matter very little in the UC application compared to the SAT/GPA</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reassurance, bros. Just crossing my fingers atm and waiting for them to release the 2011 UC app.</p>