can i get into UCLA?

Question

4.08 (cp weighted)
650 - critical reading
720- math
590- writing

250+ volunteer hours @ local hospital
cultural awareness club @ school (co-president/founder)
paid summer internship @ hospital

5 weighted classes
sophmore year- hon chem, AP Euro
junior year- Hon Spanish 4, AP US, AP Psych

senior courses: AP Bio, AP Stat, AP Spanish 5, Hon Anatomy, and the other mandatory courses.

3+ scores on AP tests

Basically I REALLY want to get into LA or UC Berkley. Is this a good enough profile to get in?

Answer 1

You can take a look at the profiles of admitted students for Fall 2007 (GPA, SAT, ACT, SAT II, and other statistics) at: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/resources/materials/ITU.pdf starting on page 37.

To prepare for Berkeley and UCLA, 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 standardized tests (SAT and/or ACT, and SAT II), take as many honors and/or AP courses as you can handle, participate in educational preparation programs available at your high school (see a list on my blog), 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 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

A little weak on the writing, and your AP scores aren't terribly strong, but otherwise you are fine. The problem is that UCLA gets so many very qualified applications, that it is very hard to predict which ones they will take. If you are planning on majoring in a science subject, you may do better than if you were planning on the humanities or social sciences.

Answer 3

your academic record isn't too strong
make sure your admissions essay is perfect and your interview goes well, considering ucla is a pretty liberal school
other than that, good luck

Answer 4

If you have to ask yourself then the answer is no you have to belive that you can and do the research