Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 at
11:44 am
I’m wondering what my odds at getting into UCLA and USC are.
I have a 3.8 GPA (higher when factoring in AP bonus). I took two AP English classes (scored a 4 on one, a 5 on the other) and I would have taken more except I went through a family crisis and missed a lot of school (I plan on mentioning this in any interviews, etc.). I was Editor-in-Chief of my high school newspaper two years in a row, and also designed the layout for the online edition.
I was a Silver Award winner for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (1 of about 30 kids nationally), and was one of about 500 nationally-recognized 11th-grade English students. I won a statewide writing competition in my sophomore year.
I volunteered at a local non-profit children’s musical theatre (close to 200 hours worth of community service), worked as a social coach for a little boy with autism, was in numerous school plays, filmed two independent music videos (featured in the local paper), and am represented by a sought-after New York-based entertainment lawyer.
I helped co-author a children’s book and a YA fantasy novel with a New York Times bestselling author (she’s represented by Kurt Vonnegut’s publishing agent so, as her co-writer, I am, too … sort of), I wrote a screenplay, adapted a Jane Austen novel into a two-act play (and almost got it produced last year).
My dad went to UCLA. My grandmother, grandfather and uncle went to USC.
I haven’t taken the SAT or the Subject Tests yet — that’s next month — but I got a perfect score on the Reading portion of my P-SAT.
Oh, and I’m a California resident.
Oh! And the letter of recommendation I got so far was absolutely lovely. And I think my essays are good.
I forgot to mention that I was also Freshman Class Representative and Sophomore class Secretary/Treasurer.
SO … USC graduates, students: What are my odds?