What are my chances at getting into UCLA?

caitxoxo
Fri, 13 Oct 2017 23:55:19 +0000

Hi, I am a high school senior currently applying to UCLA. I have a 3.98 unweighted GPA (4.3 weighted) and a 1270 SAT (I just retook it though and have not received my scores back yet). I’ve taken 4 AP classes and 7 honors classes (straight A’s in all of them). Most of the AP and honors courses were focused on English and Spanish because they are my strengths and I plan to major in English. The reason I have not taken as many AP/honors is mainly because in my freshman year of high school I was diagnosed with cancer. However, I have done a bunch of charity work for cancer organizations. I have spoken at different events, raised money at my school and outside my school for different events, and was the Honored Hero of 2016 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I am a member of the Honors Institute at my school and the Spanish Honor Society. I also do a lot of film/TV acting classes and workshops too. I know it feels like I should have done more extracurriculars, but I really tried to focus on the things I’m most passionate about. I know my story is pretty unique, but what do you think my chances really are?