<p>Hi, guys
Im a international student from England and my dream school is UCLA. Gonna give u some background info on me so u know the details.
Im a black dude raised just outside London in a pretty crappy school and ive luckily been given the chance to study in USA by my parents. My grades are generally decent all around - i got one of the best set of results in my school and ive achieved quite high grades in all my classes. Got a 1850 in my SAT and currently revisin for Bio molecular and Chem which im takin in decemeber.
Im sporty playin both football and American football and i got pretty good EC’s.
My problem is tht I had a really bad term(kinda like a semester) where I achieved real bad grades - retaking them this yr but after application goes through. This next bits kinda lengthy so sorry bout tht.</p>
<p>EC’s:
Student Council
Football-School and Club ( Played Since I Was 5)
American Football-Club ( play for Northampton Uni even though i technically shouldn’t)
FA Qualified Refereeing ( the FA is the national governing body for soccer in England)
Reader Leaders ( Reading to Kids who have trouble reading) - volunteer
Debating Society
Work Experience - 2 Weeks In Hospital
Event People Worker - I work at Event People which organises and staffs events.
More Work Experience planned for the Summer Holidays
Taught 5-12 Year Olds football - volunteer
2 Weeks at Nottingham University shadowing a Professor in Biomedical Sciences
Taught national curriculum biology to struggling students -volunteer
Raised money for cancer research
Extended project ( Basically like an AP where u do a dissertation, research n other crap)
Future Learn ( a course which is like a topic from the first yr of uni)
University Skills - This program teaches you how to succeed in a University and involves how to take notes and how to write dissertations and essay’s.
School Ambassador - Basically biggin up the school to parents and showin people from the local government around school n other stuff</p>
<p>Grades:
My GCSE are:2A’s 7B’s 1C</p>
<p>Biology - B
Chemistry - A
Physics - B
Maths - B
English Literature - B
English Language - B
Geography- B
Religious Studies- B
Citizenship - B
French - C
Information Technology A - B
Information Technology B - A</p>
<p>My Predicted A Levels are: AAC Biology Psychology and Chemistry
My AS Levels: BCDE - this is the term i fuc*ed up in - teachers still predicted me AAC though
My SAT Score: 1850
Planning to do SAT Subject Test - Bio Mol, Chemistry
Term Results from Last Year:
Biology:
Bio term 1: A
Bio term 2: A
Bio term 3: A
Bio term 4: B</p>
<p>Psychology:
Psych term 1: A
Psych term 2: A*(A+)
Psych term 3: B
Psych term 4: A</p>
<p>Geography:
Geo term 1: B
Geo term 2: B
Geo term 3: A
Geo term 4: B</p>
<p>Chemistry:
Chem term: A
Chem term: C
Chem term: B
Chem term: C</p>
<p>Rank Overall: Top 10%
GPA: N/A - we don’t get them in England cus apparently our grades are different to yours. E.g if I got a B in England and a B in USA then my English B would be higher, or something like tht.</p>
<p>Questions:
- Do u think i can still get into UCLA even though i had a crappy term
- Hows the culture around UCLA regarding international students - I went to boston and one guy nearly died when he found out a black guy had a English accent and straight teeth
- Is it possible to play NCAA sports soccer/American football even though i haven’t made an attempt at being recruited
- Whats the lifestyle n people like in UCLA, you know is it like wht ive heard high schools like, are the girls stereotypical so cal girls
- im kinda shi**in myself about going to UCLA an thn not liking it, so hows the student support n stuff</p>
<p>Thnks for reading and pls say wht u feel, don’t sugarcoat it and any advice would be great.</p>