<p>Basically my parents gave me the option to apply to two true reach schools. I know I am not a strong candidate for either university I would just like an opinion on where my best shot would be.
White male from Chicago
29 ACT, 11 on writing
3.55 Weighted 3.25 unweighted
3 AP classes, 7 honors classes
AP World, AP Economics, AP Calculus BC
three varsity sports football baseball and rugby. Just under 100 hours of volunteer work at local food pantry. Model UN. Spanish club, illinois state scholar, math club, and state math team.
I am a very good writer and I go to a very prestigious, well-known high school. My GPA has increased every semester… And I explain my slow start freshmen year thoroughly in my essays. Very good recommendations from two teachers that I’ve head multiple school years as well as a recommendation from my principal.</p>
<p>UCLA! While it might be a reach I don’t think it’s unrealistic if your UC gpa is the same as your almost 3.6 weighted</p>
<p>You aren’t that far off for either school… Yes they are both still reaches, but you have some strong points, mainly your sports. Those are two very different schools in very differnet parts of the country, I think its more down to what you want in a college.</p>
<p>UCLA is extremely competitive. They receive a lot of apps each year, and many of those applicants are very qualified.</p>
<p>That being said, it’s a really wonderful school. It’s my dream to go there.</p>
<p>By the way, UCLA does not accept letters of recommendation.</p>
<p>I’m aware, I already applied. Villanova takes recommendations so I figured I would mention them. Do you know if they have become more lenient with OOS applicants at ucla or is it still extremely biased towards in state.</p>
<p>Ucla is extremely biased AGAINST in state nowadays…</p>
<p>UCLA is biased towards OOS but only those who can pay full-freight… in-staters are favored over OOS when asking for aid.</p>
<p>UCLA: Reach
Villanova: Reach (but it looks more reachable than UCLA)</p>
<p>Wow I can’t believe I had that completely switched around. Thanks</p>
<p>you won’t get into ucla with a 3.25 unweighted unfortunately. uc’s focus the most on gpa, so thats gonna hurt your chances a lot. you have a much better shot at villanova</p>