how to get in UCLA (it's not that hard): GPA, SAT, extracurricular, essay hacks
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- Giving some UCLA application tips and college personal statement strategies!
From my UCLA acceptance stats (AKA my low GPA and low SAT scores), it is definitely possible to get into UCLA with "bad" grades! The key is to strategize how you present yourself within your UC application and your college application essay!
Watch and learn about the 4 key UCLA acceptance strategies I summarized. Good luck future Bruins!!
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Where are all the future UCLA baby bruins at?!!🐻💙💛
here 🙂
4th year MIMG (Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics) major at UCLA over here xd
Your from Canada? Me too, I hope to Get into UCLA even though I am in grade 7
@@theallstar6756 THAT'S GREAT!!!! Follow your dreams and keep up the good work in school!!!
@@arceliossmellios8905 Thank you!
Just got accepted into UCLA’s Class of 2025 and I cannot emphasize this enough! My AP scores were horrendous and lets not even talk about my SAT score (though, we were lucky enough to get exempted from that 😂). However, I had so much to show for my extracurriculars and essays! I made sure to connect my passions to my extracurriculars, and then connecting it back to what I can bring to the school. Don’t be afraid to talk about your struggles, but make sure to also explain how you have overcome them! Sell yourself as an individual! There’s no format to the essays, so be creative with how you describe yourself! There’s about 2-3 people reading your application, so put in all the effort you can to convince them to choose YOU out of all the other candidates.
P.S.
This is coming from a person who wrote all her essays the night they were due. Don’t be like me HAHAHA 😂
Congrats!!
can u tell me how did u wrote ur essay?? I'm just in 9th grade
@@saanchisinha7073 I had some experience with creative writing, and it's also one of my hobbies! So for me, I pictured myself creating an interesting character (like from a book) and let the words flow through. Read over your essay and ask yourself if the person you just described is worthy of being the main character of their story. Generally, it's a reflective essay, but the application gives you all the leeway to write however you want :)
@@lilithh5951 thanksss
PLEASE I NEED ADVICE
1. Take an honors course.
2. Chose one extra curricular that you are very good at.
3. Be a leader. Example leader of a club .
4. Have a personality. 😂
I have everything but 4-
Is it ok that I don’t do swim throughout the four years of hs? I’ve only done two but planning doing it senior yr since it doesn’t fit my schedule. But I’m very passionate in art and do volunteer and have won high competitions for it. Will that be good enough? SOMEONE PLS RESPOND 😭😭
@@allama846 personally i would try to at least attempt to be involved! or even move on to team manager.
Then stick with art? If swimming isn't what you are so passionate about?, am also an art girlie btw @@allama846
This gave me sooooo so much hope. I’m sitting at my desk crying while I rewrite my 4th piq for the 5th time and this..whew. Thank you for the much needed break, and the inspiration, and helping me breathe NORMALLY again
Stay strong!!💪🏻✨
Did you get in?
Did you get in?
In the end it’s just pure luck of the draw. My friend had a 4.6 gpa and some of the best essays I’ve ever seen. He got his eagle scout, was a club president, won 2 speech medals, took 9 ap/honors courses and he was rejected. That was this year without sat or act
How is he now, did he re submit or something else
Did he do a early submission or normal? If it was early he could keep trying then resubmit it however if it was the normal submission there’s always other colleges! I have no doubt he could make it into an Ivy League
Honestly, it could be that ucla thinks that ur friend is too good for them. Sometimes schools with a 45% acceptance rate wouldn’t accept a student who got accepted into Harvard or sm simply because they know that they are being used as a safety school, so they won’t bother accepting the student and bringing up their acceptance rate. Maybe ucla thinks that ur friend is too good for them and they didn’t want to risk their acceptance rate.
@@_CharlieH nah i doubt it UCLA is a pretty competitive school itself, I don't think they would deny an applicant because of yield protection like other universities.
@@virdolasa-sahani3487 consider the applicants tho. They’re competitive due to their vast number of applicants and how many they reject
2019 Me: There is no hope
2020: No SAT or ACT required
Me in 2020: so maybe there is hope
You think that’s true tho? Like the Sat/Act optional part?
@@varnesb8546 yes
@@daisymartinez3896 just for 2020 or like for now on?
@@aaliyahcruz9040 well just for this year and for the next years they were thinking of changing the whole SAT and ACT system to only one test. I think I also heard no test scores required for next year either.
Same sis
Ok yes if I don’t get accepted it’s “their loss” but like it’s my loss too-
Right💀
🤼
HAHA NAH FR
Well that means less work 😭if u get rejected that means u wont suffer
“It’s too late to unaccept me now” 😂😂😂
Literally 🤣🤣
HELP😭🤚🏾
I found this video while searching ucla vids, and I've never been so entertained or laughed so much while watching a college admissions-related video. Thank you so much for the information & hope, I really wish to become a ucla bruin in the future 🥺
I’m so glad to hear☺️ hope you become a future Bruin!!
this gives me soo much hope 😭💗
You got this!!💛💛
DID YOU GET INNNNN???
@@emedits148 no lmao. I go to UIC. I ended up not applying because even if somehow I got in it would have bern very expensive because I don’t live in California
@@esther3396 well i’m so proud of you 🥹
girl omg i love the way you present your content
Hehe ty!^
I love how she likes and comments to all . She is nit rude at all . Love zoeunlimited ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hehe ty!!🙈💗
you want to know how to get to UCLA…
take the 405 freeway, exit Sunset Blvd going east, it’l be on your right
Girl , you are really deserved for the UCLA.
Both my parents attended UCLA in 1981. They had 3.0 and 2.9 GPAs in high school. The acceptance rate for UCLA in 1981 was over 70%. I submitted my application and was rejected. My GPA was a 3.5 with honors classes, and plenty of extracurriculars. I got into CSUN, a school with an acceptance rate of 45%. CSUN is part of the CSU system, considered to be inferior to UCs in every way despite numerous statistics suggesting that CSUs prepare undergrads better than UCs do. It really stung to be rejected from the school that both my parents went to, but over time I’ve begun to accept that the world changes. 40 years can be a very long time, and what is and isn’t possible for a hard working student can change. From numbers alone, me getting into CSUN in 2022 was more impressive than a 1981 UCLA admit, because I was going up against a much lower acceptance rate. Maybe in 2062, CSUN will have an acceptance rate of 10% too. I guess there’s no way of knowing for sure.
CSUN acceptance rate is 88% you can get in with a 2.5 gpa and UCLA is at 10% now
CSUN LOL. I went there. One level up from Pierce College.
played at 1.25x lmfao she sounds like TALKING now
LMAO SAME
this calmed my anxiety...thank you
0:00 to 4:04 "78% gpa, 1390 SAT, Essay was trash. UCLA accepting me was a miracle. I think it's because they saw my POTENTIAL. Then I graduated top 5% and completed 4 yr degree in 3 yrs there."
Are you international student
Thank you soo much for this video! Not only was it informative but very funny!! ll be applying in the fall! Trying my best to get in!
Thank you so much for this video! You have no idea how much this calmed me down 🥺❤️ lots of love
Best of luck!!💪🏻
you fr actually gave me so much hope TT
did u get innnn??😊
I got accepted into a private school where people that got accepted into Harvard (my roommate was one), Yale etc. went to. Meanwhile, I got rejected from a state school (nothing wrong with community or state colleges either). Did just fine in the private school. Was always on the honor roll. Just shoot your shot. They don't just consider academic achievements. Worst case, you get rejected. You never know how it will turn out. Don't be afraid to apply!
what school do you go to?
I don't usually comment, but I must say this video is amazing. UCLA is my dream school, and I've realized from this how important personality is. Speaking of which, this was a pleasure to watch and I laughed multiple times. THANK YOU!
well youre seriously doing a great job but for international applicants on the other hand,we gotta take 20 APs, 8 subject tests, a 4.0 gpa and still get rejected 😭
I was an international applicant 🌝
@@zoeunlimited woah ucla omg thats great
alternative possibility for your admission: subscribers you’re technically an influencer that’s an obvious indicator for what schools look for.
explained everything in damn good and funny way, loved it ....and encourage your confidence to accept it.
The thumnbnail expression is everything🌝✨
This is my dream school and I get soo scared I won’t get in and I’m a sophomore currently but thank you for the hope you gave me :)
This is me rn and I’m so scared cause I don’t even have an extra curricular anymore bc of my high school dropping orchestra
Edit: I just remembered I still have law enforcement and skills USA so I’m good (I hope)
Sent in my application to UCLA and UC Santa Barbara on the extended deadline of Dec 4. Hope i get into one of them 😬
💪🏻💪🏻
did you get in
How did it go lol
Update: didn’t get into my 3 choices: UCLA, UCSB and Cal Poly SLO 😔, applications this year seem to be really competitive and more applicants than the last few years. Decided to apply for UNLV and waiting on that application decision.
@@akirakato3755 that is very true, this year it got SIGNIFICANTLY more competitive. UCLA dropped to like a 4% acceptance rate,,, good luck on the rest of your apps !!
gIRL I SEE U BLOWIN UP 😩😩😩😩 SO DESERVED❤️❤️ but where were you when I was in high school I cri I needed u
Awww TY BB🥺💗💗 nah, your talent was enough for you to get into 北影😍
Pretty good advice for life in general, some of which can also be applied for resume creation and job hunting. I particularly like your advice on extra curriculars, quality and not quantity. Also, I think it should be noted that even if you can't be an officer in an organization it pays to at least be an active member, part of being a good leader is being a good follower, don't just join an organization so that you could put it down on paper and not get involved.
I would like to ask, if you could do it all again would you have still picked UCLA or would you have gone somewhere else? How was business economics anyway upper division economics looks terrible to me.
I think so! I think college was important in not just teaching me “knowledge” but more so the ability to problem solve and think critically.
Biz Econ upper divs do have some interesting classes! They are much less theoretical and are more applicable to real world situations
U rock. Im very happy you took a chance and they took s chance with you!
I just like to watch your videos, it’s refreshing
Aww ty💛
some solid advice!! :)
you gave me HOPE-sincerely UCLA c/o ‘25 💙💛🐻
💪🏻💪🏻
You're right it is easy to get in to UCLA with just decent HS record.... I TRANSFERRED from a mediocre CalState , and my brother got in by transferring from City College
Those SAT scores were better than mine! I'm currently a 4th year MIMG major. By the time someone reads this I will have graduated. Hehehe
Have you graduated?
Watching this as an international student in her junior year and I'm currently sobbing.
same :(((
@@deartswift89 Same :(
You remind me of a Disney character!! I LOVE IT!
you gave me sm hope thx 😊 🥺
💪🏻💪🏻
Here's my story.
US Texan HS Senior with a current gpa of 4.21, top 10% of the class i.e, 87/895 rank, is an IB student, take part in some of the clubs, do Martial Arts outside of School,.......and in this Oct SAT, i got 1100. And boom!! My life is over and it has gone in vain. My Asian parents with just this SAT score considered all the decisions they had made to immigrate to US, futile. And they aren't really happy with me being in top 10% either. They still want me to be in at least top 7%( not gonna make any difference) and... I... Just.. Don't know anything anymore.
I know i shouldn't complain too much. It was my decision to give priorities to my Scl works than SAT cause it's optional now. They simply wanted a good score in SAT. Yeah. I'm gonna have to take another test and do better than this. Still, wanted to write it out somewhere. Thanks for reading.
Hey! Thanks for sharing and please realize that you are not alone.
Even though I never received so much pressure from my parents to perform well at school, I had to retake my SAT many many times because of how I bombed it many times. My low scores made me question whether if I should even pursue a degree in the US as an international student and whether if I’m cut out enough to make it in a “good” college. I think you are already doing very great if you take a moment to pause and reflect. Even though we could always strive for the better, we do need to give ourselves some credits for all the diligence and persistence.
I have faith that you can and will do better in your next exam. Let yourself breath and you can get through this.💪🏻💖
@@zoeunlimited Thank you so much for these kind words.
I’d like to know, cuz I take the IB diploma thingy, did you do that too? (With TOK, EE, and CAS?)
@@aspiringcaptainyes i took all those classes and had to complete that CAS. Well, I'm at Texas A&M right now and i didn't retake my SAT. I wrote a whole 2 page essay to my parents convincing them that I'm in a good place and retaking SAT wouldn't matter much. Fortunately, they agreed. Also, maybe because it was during covid, my SAT really didn't matter too much.
just got off the waitlist with a 3.5!
How ….. 3.5 high school straight to college or?
Great content keep grinding 🙌❤
I messed up and got two D’s on my first semester in my sophomore year...there is no wayyyy i’m getting into a uni. bruh and I also think my heart is about to burst because my report cards are coming😭😭
You can still change things around! Don’t give up!!
same😭😭 now i feel like i’ll never get into any of my dream colleges😭
stan red velvet ikkk😭 but let’s not give up.. we might still have a chance and change things up!!! let’s just hope we can!
same exact situation! It hurts so bad cuz all it took was those first few months of sophomore year for me to ruin my chances of getting into my dream schools
Hannah Goldberg i feel you😭 i thought i was the only one in this situation but there are people who’s facing same thing! Ik it’s bad and yes ofc it lowers our chances of getting into our dream school but never 0. So we just have to do better foe our 2nd semester and the rest of high school!
This is so inspirational thank you
im so grateful FINALLY someone whose school did IB :')))
Me who's living somewhere in Asia: oh okay👁👄👁
SAMMEEEE
I love like how she’s holding a curling iron as a multi purpose mic
Am I cooked?
2 English honor classes
2 APUSH AP world
3 years of Korean LOTE
Extracurriculars: Honors society 3 years, Interact club 1 year, helping homeless, park community service 20 hrs
I am not first but still early 🐰 love you queen (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤
😙💗
i was on a current gpa of 4.08 till i lost my parents in a Vertie accident which affected me for a period of time which made things hard for my academic work, my gpa reduced drastically to 1.89 and this has got me really depressed till i got to know jack from a friend who said he could help. i explained my predicament to jack.smith_07 on Instagram and he told me he could help and to my greatest surprise in exactly 8 hours i logged into my portal to see my grades has been changed and gpa automatically increased, jack is a genus
oml I'm bursting out laughing, you delivered each line perfectly
Thanks for the lil hope u gave me ugh💫
U got this 💪🏻💛
that's not even a low SAT score
i wanna cry, i missed the deadline for the applications🥺🥲
🥺🥺
would about 4 or 5 AP classes work? I'm aiming for schools like UC San Diego or UC Irvine. My school doesn't offer honors or IB classes, and only allows us to take 6 period per day. I'm a sophomore rn, and haven't take any ap so far.
The moment I saw the title I definitely clicked, a 12th Grade student right now in the Philippines and is now looking for colleges that offer Scholarships, but as a child UCLA ring a bell.
You are so pretty omg
Enjoyed watching this 🔥
Did you say “Canada” once? You seemed like an international person. I would like to watch a video that you tell us where have you lived in your life and what was the experience like back then.
Yes! Went to HS in Canada ^
@@zoeunlimited Great! I went to HS in Canada for a year too. I went HS in Virden, Manitoba. Where did you go?
I seriously love youuuuuu...
I'm so close to applications in the fall and I'm hoping to get into UCLA 😭 Right now my GPA is a 3.28 Cumulative and I'm taking 1 AP class and I'm so scared that my GPA won't go up 😞
I also forgot to mention that I'm a club officer, I've won leadership awards, I currently have 6 A's but struggling in 3 classes, and I'm preparing to take the SAT in the fall. I'm in 3 extracurricular activities at my school and I'm really working hard to raise my gpa before applications. So I'm really working hard for all of this but hopefully I raise my gpa to a 4.05 😭
howd it go
I really want to study at UCLA it's my dream.. but my parents may not allow me to 😭 plz pray for me 😭😭 tnx Zoe for this video I guess I can get there💜💜💛
Good luck!!💪🏻✨
@@zoeunlimited thank you 🙏🙏
Notification squad ✌️
The queen herself has hearted my comment i feel blessed
Write a good essay. I think they like that.
Thank you for the video !
I love ur personality
UCLA has always been my dream school so I really hope I can get in this Fall. By chance, can i be admitted in UCLA with IGCSE O level and toefl scores?
Did you get in?
@@LILCEASER68 i haven't applied yet
@@earthtoskye1139 Ight give me an update when you do
I’ve gotten straight A’s so far in High school (I’m a junior) and this semester I took a class for P/NP and I don’t think imma pass. I’m so glad that I took it for P/NP Bc it won’t affect my GPA but I’m scared that it’ll look dumb on my application Bc I got straight A’s in everything else. Any insight? 😭
Forgot to mention that being an international student is a HUGE advantage. Your advice is good, but doing these things are not enough for California kids. UCLA sucks now, and I’m an alumnus. Go somewhere else.
Any recommendations? How is UCSB and UCD if you know?
i'm a junior and my only hope for getting into a school is whatever i'll write on my essays because i've never taken an AP or honors class. here's the thing i'm homeschooled with a Cali school but i'm living in mexico right now. and when i first enrolled in this school i didn't know about those classes at all. in my sophomore year my mental health was on the ground and by the grace of God i passed my classes. then in my junior year(rn) i took a college class and that was pretty cool because i got a glimpse of how it'll be. i know that i wouldn't have passed any AP or honors courses if i had taken them bc of how bad my mental state was.
now i'm thinking about taking two honors classes for my senior year but i'm not sure, do you think it's too late? maybe it'll look dumb on my transcript?
what was ur weighted vs unweighted gpa?
I don’t blame you, us IB students get all the shit sometimes 😐
Literally always :’)
Wait I saw this video right after I handed in my application... WHY?
🤣
How can I get into ivy league in 2025 when I have 2.62 GPA (out of 4) in my bachelor's (only because I didn't study well 🤧)? How can I improve myself in 1 drop year? Which type of internships, exams, extra courses, other stuffs should I take?(with scholarship)
I had a question if anyone can answer actually: I'm by no means the best swimmer on my team, but I've been on the swim team since I was 10, and both my teammates and coach have guaranteed that I'll be captain by senior year of I stick with it. Is it worth staying even though I don't have any awards?
I’m a grade 10 student from Taiwan and I wanted to become a pro in Valorant, I wonder if there’s an esports application in UCLA to help me get in the school easier
I literally had perfect grades in hard classes and good ec's and got waitlisted 🤧
There is still hope!!
@@zoeunlimited yeahhh true!
@@vanityyyyy did you get in??
@@olgabla7133 I'm still waitlisted, they don't decide if anyone is off until after April 16th or May 1st (something like that)
@@vanityyyyy soooo... did u get in??
I didn’t have such a great experience touring UC Berkeley, UCLA please don’t let me down🙏
ok, so there's hope for me 😩
Hey can anyone tell me the leg slim workout routine , till how many week we have to do that without ??? Anyone?
Hi!! My aim is to get into ucla , but how many percent should I get in my 12th grade
for my junior and senior year I am taking all college classes and I’m getting a college degree in IT and graduating with a honors diploma all at 18 is that going to impress them?
Nobody:
The extreme urge to knit 10 sweaters for homeless kittens:
yayyy i got in
Omg YASSS CONGRATS!!!
Anyone know how SAT is gonna work for UC's and possibly other colleges for 2022 applicants?
I want to major in physics at UCLA, but I'm afraid I'm not good enough. Any advice for someone who has a 3.0 gpa, absolutely no extracurriculars, and a completely basic personality from a well-to-do family that provided him with everything he ever needed to live a happy and healthy life? Even my interest in physics doesn't have a cool backstory behind it. I simply watch a lot science videos on youtube and want to give the field a try. Do I even have a chance?
What’s your major though? I want to do cs so it’s even more harder ;-;
Alright y’all, I’m applying this year as a transfer😭😭 PRAY PLEASEEEE
Ignore my GPA but this is my stats, and my classes weren't the most rigorous and put the honors not honors because they only weight CL/IB/AP/A levels but here it is
GPA: 4.0/4.12 if the college courses are weighted then 4.3-4.4 W
Major: Biochemistry -PreMed program
SAT: None all cancelled
Classes Advanced: Hon Physics, AP Chem, AP Gov, Honors Microbiology, College Molecular Biology (DE) College Psychology(DE), Trig- PreCalc (Senior ) Math, and College Composition 1 (DE) second semester Senior year, Statitsics (DE)
Regular: English1-4, Accelerated Algebra - Algebra 2, Human Geography- US History, Biology, and Chemistry
Awards/Honors:
- High Honors 9-11
-Congressional Global Award of Excellence
-Top 10/ Academic Achievement Award
-Recognition Award from my Physics teacher
-National Honor Society (12)
After school activities:
-NHD research project (11-12) was heading to state but got canceled due to Covid
-Science Club (11-12)
-Math Team (11)
-Key Club (12)
-NYLF elected Award
-Did a lot of volunteering activities (community based)
-Did job shadowed at local hospital for a total of 24 hours (Junior Year)
LoR
- Biology Professor
-Psychology Professor
-AP Government and Politics teacher
-AP Chemistry
-English 4 Contemporary and Literature
Please ignore my gpa, you can see that I'm not in full IB schedule
Impressive! Gl with everything!
Hahaha my SAT scores are way worse. I got 930 out of 1600
UCLA! I’ll coming soon!!!
Does this work with any college/Uni because I want to go to Oxford or Harvard 😭 luckily my essays are amazing bro
Did you say only 36?!? Huh WHAT 36?? ONLY???
I found twi exo planets in a nearby galaxy which may be habitable if the ammonia concentration decreases. Also, I discovered how to shrink tumors by bombarding it with nuclei. Furthermore, i published 14 apps in the appstore. I have a 4.3 unweighted gpa and a weighted gpa of 5. I rank -1 in a class of 1250. Is this enough to get into harvard?
How to get into any good college:
1. Don’t be male
2. Don’t be Asian
3. Don’t be from the Bay Area
Me who’s a male Asian from the Bay Area: 👁️👄👁️
Hello do we have to give both SAT and ACT for getting admitted into UCLA??
Or they are optional?
I believe they’re test optional :)
I love the dramatic thumbnail
It's so cool (｡･ω･｡)
A 720 in math? I praying for just a 500 at least 💀I'm so nervous to get my scores back bc I am tremendously bad at math 💔
do you think i can get in UCLA from europe?
Ofc! They accept students worldwide
girl, i feel you, im from europe, im a sophomore, but im already so stressed. Im gonna apply and we'll see :)
@@olgabla7133 godddd poor you good luck gurl🥺🥺
@@luiza-qt8zf thank u b
Nice video, thanks for your sharing👍👍👍