<p>Subject tests:
US History - 710
Literature - 600</p>
<p>GPA - 2.5 UW</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
100+ Key Club
100+ Red Cross
Founder/President of North Corea Freedom Association</p>
<p>Essay 1 : Struggling in my sophomore year
Essay 2 : Creating the club North Corea Freedom Association</p>
<p>Things that will look good:
decent SAT’s
decent EC’s
taking 3 AP’s senior year and will receive 3.5+
3.3 UW GPA second semester junior year</p>
<p>Things that will look bad:
failed 2 semesters of biology (sophomore year)
failed 1 semester of english (sophomore year)
1.0 avg GPA sophomore year
(i made up all of the classes above that i failed in summer school)</p>
<p>and how about my chances for the other UC’s? i’m probably going to be applying to merced, riverside, santa cruz, and perhaps davis.</p>
<p>You FOUNDED a club, that is commendable and will look very impressive on your applications; I’m not lying. If you write a good admissions essay and tell them about the great depression you were going through and how you’ve overcome that obstacle in your life, I’m sure you’ll get in.</p>
<p>@ SomeGirl: Where does harrypotter123 talk about his/her depression? @harrypotter123: Chances don’t look good if you can’t get that UW GPA to 3.0. And I hope that the “North Corea Freedom Association” was just a typo.</p>
<p>the japanese forced corea to change the first letter to a k in the 1950’s (when japan forcefully annexed corea) so the japanese could march first in the olympics.</p>
<p>If I recall, Japan lost all control of its territories such as China and Korea after World War 2, which ended before 1950. The Korean peninsula being under the influence of the Soviets and the U.S. Japan annexed Korea somewhere during the 1800’s or the early 1900’s. </p>
<p>Furthermore, the first Olympics that Korea entered was in 1948, shortly after World War II and became independent from Japanese rule. By then, Japan had no influence or authoritative pressure on Korea. </p>
<p>Back to topic: your extra-curricular activities will most likely not save you from your poor GPA. In fact, I don’t think you are even eligible to apply since all UC, or at least UC Irvine, requires 3.0 W GPA.</p>
<p>Apply if you can make at least a 3.0 UC gpa. I applied with a 3.01 UC GPA, with a 1900 SAT score. I got into UCSB, but not UCI. UCI and UCSB are very close in terms of applicant pool and admitted freshman, but it’s common for students to only be accepted to one. Each school is looking for different personalities, I guess.</p>
<p>It’s definitely worth a shot if this is the school of your choice. Heck, even with my stats, I say i still had a chance at UCLA and Cal, but I didn’t apply there. You just never know unless you try. So go for it, OK?</p>
<p>"Korea wasn’t always spelled with a “K”. In fact, if you ask any of the students, they always spell it with a “C”. Teacher, it’s Corea, not Korea. Apparently Japan didn’t feel important enough when they conquered “Corea”. C is before J, you see. That just wouldn’t do. They were the ones that changed it to Korea with a “K”.”</p>
<p>While I’m not disputing the possible intent of the name change, I’m just pointing that it may not be just because of the Olympics, and even less, if not almost impossible of the change after 1945.</p>