What things should I do during high school to have a good chance of being accepted to UC Berkeley or UCLA?

Question

i'm a sophomore in CA by the way

Answer 1

To prepare for Berkeley, UCLA and other UC schools, you should complete the a-g requirements (ask your counselor for the approved courses at your high school or check online at http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/ ), study and do well in your high school courses and standard tests (SAT and/or ACT, and SAT II), take as many honors and/or AP courses as you can handle, and commit to one or two extracurricular activities in which you develop leadership skills (more is not better, quality is better than quantity).

Berkeley and UCLA (and other UCs) will weigh the following components of your application (in the order of importance): 1) your essay (Berkeley publishes a guideline on how to write your personal statement at: http://students.berkeley.edu/files/Admissions/Personal_State_07.pdf ) about your academic achievement, talent or extracurricular activities that highlight your motivation, dedication, and/or initiative to achieve, your potential to contribute to the university, and any special circumstances like hardship; 2) your grades and any grade trends (improvements are better than just maintaining a high GPA); 3) your test scores, including SAT and/or ACT, SAT II; and 4) number of AP courses completed compared to the number of AP courses offered at your high school. Other factors are taken into consideration, but to a lesser extent.

Answer 2

UCLA, see the other answers

For Berkeley, it's quite simple:
Join Greenpeace
Join the Communist Party
Protest the War in Iraq
Memorize the Communist Manifesto
Buy a Burka
Call down death on the US for oppressing the world.

If you do enough of that, berkeley will practically beg you to join their commune.

Answer 3

For sure, join some good clubs, try to be an officer in those clubs,
study for the SAT and ACT with some software, take as many AP courses as possible, and get good grades.

Answer 4

hey, id say probly join some good clubs like FBLA ( Future business Leaders of America) or some thing like that, do community service (w/o being forced to by police or court or something). Get really good grades , and keep a good record and thats all i know lol

Answer 5

take a lot of classes that have to do with what you want to major in in those schools, AP classes are great, LOTS of extra curricular activities like FBLA, future business leaders of america, robotics team, student council, volunteer work, pass all the exams like the PSAT the SAT the ACT and any other ones they like, honors and awards are also very good. just try to make yourself as good as you can and get recommendations from teachers, lol trust me, im tryin to transfer to a school in miami and its expensive! im tryin to make myself look better than everyone else