<p>Hello I am a high school senior from Northern VA and really want to go to UCLA. My SAT score combined is just below a 1900 and I’ll be taking the subject tests this fall. I have a 4.1 weighted GPA and had straight As last year while taking all IB classes. I also got a 5 on an IB exam. I play volleyball and went to Governor’s School this past summer and I’m involved in many other activities such as NHS, French Honor Society, etc.
My mom studied for a year at UCLA and my aunt graduated from there. My entire family is from California and I would love to go to school there next year. So anyway… what do you think my chances are??? </p>
<p>SAT needs to improve to be competitive. Will you be able to afford the higher nonresident fees? </p>
<p>Agree with H2H^^^^. Your SAT scores are not competitive for UCLA. Can you afford full fees? $55 to 60K per year. No scholarships are available for OOS students.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input! I will actually be eligible for instate tuition within a year due to my family livibg there. The average SAT on the college websites isn’t that high. Is mine really that low? Thanks. </p>
<p>I’m assuming you have a noncustodial parent who has had continuous CA residency but if you graduate from a non-CA school, I don’t understand why they would allow you to claim CA residency for tuition purposes. </p>
<p>If you can improve your SATs, you may have a better chance of acceptance.</p>
<p>Is your family moving to California?</p>
<p>They’ll be moving there in about a year </p>
<p>So there isn’t one parent in CA already? Will you still be under 18 next Fall?</p>
<p>Should you be accepted in March, you’ll be considered nonresident for tuition purposes since your family won’t be in CA yet. You and/or your parents must fulfill the one year presence and intent. If they move to CA in September 2015, I believe you won’t be eligible for CA resident tuition until Sept 2016?</p>
<p>I believe you would have to move before you turned 18 in order to be considered a “minor”, and have your residency determined by your parent’s. </p>
<p>Is your weighted gpa a "UC gpa? If so, these statistics might help;</p>
<p>UCLA admitted student profile<br>
2013</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_fr/Frosh_Prof13.htm”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_fr/Frosh_Prof13.htm</a></p>
<p>Preliminary 2014 </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_fr/Frosh_Prof14.htm”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_fr/Frosh_Prof14.htm</a></p>
<p>You will be paying OOS tuition if you apply to any school in California without having lived and worked for a minimum of 1 year. It doesn’t matter which family members want to live here.<br>
You won’t get into UCLA with those test scores and any school funded by the state may insist that since you came here with the “intention” to study at a university, you will be considered OOS for all 4 years.
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