how I got into UCLA + USC *my high school stats + extracurriculars*

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Title	:	how I got into UCLA + USC my high school stats + extracurriculars
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You get into UCLA and USC and you made the right choice!!brbrFight on! ✌🏻
Comment from : Sandra Miller

CONGRATS!!
Comment from : Joshua Hwang

LMAO I have very similar stats: 1520 (720 EBRW 800 M) and 393 UW GPA
Comment from : Aditya R

your gpa was so good mine ended as a 38
Comment from : Ki

It’s so cool seeing the different classes and requirements different states and schools have Especially the AP max because I know kids who take only AP or IB courses and try to get both diplomas on top of that Yikes
Comment from : kennedyt

In Brazil we need to do like 13 subj per year, like all days during 4 years
Comment from : Catarina Guilhon

What classes did you take in Senior year?
Comment from : Joshua Kang

I got a 27 GPA in my freshman year but have maintained a 38 unweighted GPA throughout sophomore, junior and senior year will I still get into a good university?
Comment from : ananya chaudhari

Do you think it’s possible to get into UCLA if you have 2 b’s in freshmen year? I am so scared Lol
Comment from : Art World

I'm going to watch every of your videos and not skip ads so you can get more muny
Comment from : Bri BP

Hi Kate! I've been totally binging your videos and I was wondering if having a business would help in regards to making my app stand out I definitely don't have the greatest grades (37 gpa), but my business has had about 1,000 sales in 6 months and it is something that I am extremely passionate about USC is my dream school and of course, it is very competitive but I have heard that they along with grades they really value extracurriculars and interests
Comment from : Ari Bonds

Wishing I had a big sister like you 😭❤️
Comment from : Jaslavie

same sat score, same psat score, same ethnicity, same height, same first name letter, and some pretty similar extracurricularsbrwhy are we kinda the person lmao <3
Comment from : Kewe chen

Can you pleeeaaaassseee you a video on how to did math prep for the SAT I really need help on math
Comment from : Abby

Hearing her talk about the amazing grades she got makes me feel like I just got shot 4 times
Comment from : swaggy

Bendiciones ❤️❤️
Comment from : Mariana Ramirez

GOD BLESS YOU ALL 💕💕
Comment from : Mariana Ramirez

honestly this was so nice to hear my school is obsessed with taking AP's and i mean obsessed - the valedictorian took 17 AP's during her entire 4 years i took 13 and i still feel iffy about my grades (this wasn't a flex our grade culture is just toxic) brbrthank you so much for sharing! your personality/mindset is so wonderful and congrats on your acceptance :)
Comment from : xiaowen

The types of class you took are so cool! I wish our school offer them I only took 3 Aps and 1 DE class and 6 honors My uw gpa 3735 Most of my Ecs has speech realted/family bussiness responsibility stuff I volunteer as wellbrI'm so gosh darn nervous, i doubt that I'll get accepted into my dream school because I'm going test optional It's the only weak part of my app :((
Comment from : Lofiz

Did you have to submit all your SAT scores from all test dates when you applied to USC?
Comment from : Annie Chen

can you please make a video about how you studied for the psat and the sat 🥺🥺
Comment from : Tina N

whats are clubs to help you get in
Comment from : Vurelia

Her saying how much an A- affects your GPA made me so extremely anxious it’s not even funny
Comment from : Jayne Upadhyay

i’m watching this in freshman year and i already have one C on my first quiz of the year and hearing that an A- takes ur GPA down a lot makes me scareedd
Comment from : Felicia Wang

wait how did you get 740 for chinese im 99percent sure ur mandarin is better than mine and i wanna get an 800
Comment from : kiwi

Your so smart but that's crazy I wish you school had avid cuz at my high school they have avid it helps you get money for college
Comment from : Mariana Felix

All these videos I watch happen to be Asian girls 💀 I’d like to see how it’s different for a white male
Comment from : Xxjtoot876

what percent is an A-?
Comment from : Allison Ocelus

I'm in the ib programme in high school & the workload is CRAZY usc is my dream school & i know that i will get in ❤💛
Comment from : Melanie Alvarez

I just finished freshman year with all honors and AP classes but I fucked up with my grades (especially first semester) so my unweighted GPA doesn't look like hers and I'm hoping that if the following years look great it won't matter (In case you're wondering 1st Semester was like one A, one A-, two B's, one B-, and one C+ and 2nd semester was like two A's, two A-'s, and two B+'s) (I don't actually remember the grades for 1st semester and am guessing)
Comment from : The Mysterious Dude

I love how she’s so proud of her parents It’s so cool to see how she talks about them
Comment from : Genevieve Lawson

bruh my school system doesnt do + and - like its just A, not A+ or A-
Comment from : T Lei

Weighted GPAs are still sent and used by the admissions office because it can include the difficulty of your AP and Honors classes Some schools however do not calculate Weighted GPAs for many reasons Right now my Unweighted GPA is at a 37 (which does not look too good), but my Weighted GPA is a 42 closer to 43 Weighted GPAs just put Unweighted GPAs into a different perspective, and some schools use the Weighted more than the Unweighted
Comment from : Pencil

That’s wasn’t a spider it’s called a nat
Comment from : playboiwally🍧

Kate: Getting perfect grades and school stats and being accepted to a great collegebrMe: Watching TV and procrastinating on my homework even though I have three online tests the day after
Comment from : Dana Ryu

Quick summary of her stats: brSubmitted GPA (unweighted up to junior year): 3926brFinal GPA (unweighted including senior year): 3922brNo official class ranking: Assumed upper-middlebrSpeaks/reads/writes in Mandarin (slightly different dialect at home)brFrom Hawai'i and parents went to college brSAT: 1520 (720 R/W + 800 M + 17/24 essay) brPSAT: 1480 (730 R/W + 750 M) brSubject SAT: Chinese w/listening (740) + Math II (720)brAP: 5 in Mandarin, 4 in Psych, 4 in Bio, 4 in CS principlesbrbrActivities: brAfter school Mandarin teaching assistant (all four years) brVolunteer at homeless shelter (since 3rd grade)brPeer learning center tutor brStarted a jewelry business online (since 2018 -ish)brJust dance club leader/founder (junior/senior year)brHas a youtube channel (junior/senior year) brPiano (since age 5)brChurch mission trip to Taiwan brChurch youth activity board br(no sports)
Comment from : Chester Rougton

My double B- in AP Calculus cringe
Comment from : Jieming Ou

Aww congrats you’re going to my dream school you’re motivating me to work harder
Comment from : Itskiara Hernandez

Me watching this as a high school freshman who got a 27 gpa 1st semester and a 32 gpa for 2nd semester knowing that I have no chance to get into USC or UCLA
Comment from : Priscilla Rosa

They really did you dirty with the A- situation 😫 my school does not do that literally 895 is a 40 lol
Comment from : Elizabeth Farmer

wow second i know with their school limiting on APs
Comment from : Nicole Chen

U got 1 b- in hs and I’m sitting here watching knowing I got a D- in health 😓
Comment from : Kyle Aleks

do all your years merge together?? crap
Comment from : Mallory Nelson

does freshmen year matter? because i didn’t do that good
Comment from : Mallory Nelson

I also struggled SO MUCH with AP Calculus
Comment from : Fernanda Castañon

Did your school do this weird thing if you sign up for an ap the year before, you still have to take another ap in the same subject?
Comment from : Malia Widman

In my grade, we have literal gods fighting for valedictorian with 40 unweighted gpa the 10 others with 399 don’t stand a chance Unlucky
Comment from : jdy

Heyy, you’re such a perfect student, I’m currently going to 9th grade but my high school isn’t the best, yet I want to go to a good college Any suggestions? People say as long as you study hard for the SAT, you’ll get a good score, I’m super afraid 😱
Comment from : Celina Zheng

Compared to your stats and literally everything I have no chance lmao
Comment from : Heavenly

I wish my high school even offered some of those classes :/
Comment from : kennedy mcneil

I also got accepted to UCLA for the class of 2024! Hopefully, we get to have a semi-normal freshman experience I was so excited about my acceptance that I made a whole video about it!
Comment from : Said Says

Hey! I'm a homeschooled high school sophomore from California and I plan on majoring in computer science My GPA is 42 weighted and I take classes at my community college Luckily I've been a straight-A student so far Since I'm homeschooled, I don't have as many extracurricular opportunities, but I have done community service for two years and created a blog Do you have any tips for me? And do you think I have a chance of getting into UCLA even though I don't have a lot of extracurriculars? Do you know if college classes in HS are impressive to colleges? Tysm :D
Comment from : Noor Bashir

I’m a freshman and this made me feel so much better because UCLA is my dream college, and so far I have done a lot of community service hours, and clubs but I didn’t do a sport, and I felt like a lot of colleges like students who do sports, so I though that they wouldn’t be as interested anymore Now that I know that you didn’t do sports it made me feel like I have hope
Comment from : teresa

can you do a HOW YOU STUDY? ♥️ you are amazing
Comment from : Vianka Chetty

Augh I’m so scared I did so bad in freshman yr, I got a 35 and sophomore yr is doing better but i feel like it’s gonna bring me down
Comment from : Boba

Nice I'm really interested in colleges and that's why I've been hoping around YouTube to see the grades people are getting to get into such prestigious collegesI'm doing pretty good right now I'm about to start freshman next year and I'm taking pre calc and advanced placement physics and ap history and myp biology and aice general papers
Comment from : Timmy Wu

can someone recommend the math courses they took from Khan Academy that are the most important and were most effective in increasing your score ?
Comment from : Maram Essam

Hi! I just wanted to ask, at what age did you start your jewelry business? Thanks! :)
Comment from : Tia S

Did you take english 1st or 2nd language?
Comment from : ange kandapa

What if you are from another country and your school does not takes SAT, ACT, or whatever does american test They don't even calculate your GPA and we don't have highschool :|
Comment from : sofia

I wonder what the real difference between an ap class at your school and one at mine really is since this year (senior year) I had 7 ap periods out of 8 in a day (cal bc double blocked) and I’d be lying if I said I was the most dedicated student with the best work ethic and I’d also be lying if I said these classes were a breeze but with that being said, it was definitely manageable and for the harder working peers all A’s were what they got All that’s left to do is see what we get on the ap tests but the idea of your school limiting your ap classes seems wack and made me wonder their reason why
Comment from : Seamus Dewane

You also literally said that your school doesn’t do anything over a 40 but offers advanced classes? The point of those classes is to give you a gpa boost seems like you capping about your schools GPA
Comment from : Jack Wolff

Colleges do care about weighted GPA, it takes into account the rigor of your classes, everyone would have a very high close score to a 40 if they didn’t take any hard classes
Comment from : Jack Wolff

I’m from France so I really can not relate to the grading system but it’s very important to me to know what amount of personal experience etc is expected Your video is very interesting, thank u for sharing ur content:) I’m so happy you got into UCLA which is my dream college too!
Comment from : Ines A

i’m still in middle school and i’m really starting to try and take school more seriously so i can get into a good college and i’m also starting to save to go to USC this really motivated me to keep going thank you!!
Comment from : Makena Duda

I have a question do colleges care on what high school you go to??
Comment from : Israt Labonno

can you do a video of the process of how you created your own club ?
Comment from : Nashlie Morales

Your essays and ECs are SO important, especially at schools with so many applicants I had a 368 UW/44 W and a 34/36sc and didn't think I would get in to either USC or UCLA because of my GPA, but I also got in to both My biggest advice is to start your essays early and work on them over time! Show you
Comment from : Viix

bro i feel you with the immigrant parents, my parents were so poor in india but theyre so successful now and it amazes me
Comment from : Nikki

I really wish I focused on school more during the beginning of high school but it is what it is I have a 30 and im honestly so mad at myslef oh well
Comment from : Samantha Martinez

schools do weighed GPA's because it rewards you for taking a harder class At my school a AP class is on a 50 scale so even if you get a b in the class it counts as a 40 It makes sense because your gpa is rewarded for taking a harder class
Comment from : Rose 00

this made me both feel better and feel scared my grades are there but i'm not sure about my extracurriculars
Comment from : Maya Cole

i just f***ed up my 1st sem in sophomore w 4 b's and not knowing how grading is going to be like this sem is really scary, at this point im praying i get into a college i like
Comment from : Celine Truong

omg you're preciousbykate? i heard about you from vanessa nagoya but i didn't know that was you LOL
Comment from : yes

My school weighs gpa and I do think it can matter for some colleges because it takes into account the caliber of your classes For example my weighted is 5 higher which was a pretty big difference when it came to apps
Comment from : Izzy poyer

Just wondering, does taking summer classes increase ur chance of getting a higher gpa or affect anything?
Comment from : kim

UCLA is my dream school Congrats on getting in!!! I try watching as many videos of people who got into UCLA and their stats I thought it was amazing you talked about your parents and it reminded me of my grandparents They moved to the US from Mexico when they were 16 with no money and little knowledge My grandma worked in the field picking strawberries and my grandpa helped built houses They ended up saving money to buy a piece of land and built a house surrounded with hundreds of avocado trees which only cost them 350k Now the property is worth 46M and they now sell their avocados to big companies They are truly my biggest inspiration just like your parents are to you Anyways, congrats on getting in and I'm sure that this video will help high school students a ton :)
Comment from : Analise Luna

Can you make a video reading your essays!
Comment from : Lauren Mendez

in my school, you had to take 7 classes and there was an honors thing that you could graduate with if you took 10+ AP classes, you would receive a high ranking, but it had to be with a high gpa and you had to do a big project in which you create your own podcast and your own presentation and present it in front of lots of people with information that you got from professionals, which was intense
Comment from : Jamie Zepeda

I have no clue how to study for the SAT I tried khan academy but it just doesn’t stick
Comment from : sameehadraws

Bro, I wish I went to your school My school is like many schools out there that only gave us the hardest option of AP to do in sophomore year (which was the only AP that was offered for that year smh) So either kids went in that direction or just took regular history because we thought it would just take too much of a toll on our mental health Another thing was that we were only offered spanish and french so mandarin wasn't an option And it's not like we could get credits outside of school for another course because there were many courses that our school didn't accept credits from Also, we couldn't take AP's outside of school so the weight wouldn't be added to our GPA in the end The atmosphere in general was just too competitive and stressful since people wanted to know what you were doing all the time There are many different types of strict parents: some that force/expect their kids to take many AP's or ones like mine that didn't allow us to use our potential to take more advanced classes which ultimately landed me into taking one AP class junior year even though I wanted to take 3 That too, AP Psych, the easiest class at our school (smh again) One of my dream schools is UCLA and my parents are forcing my future path to go to community college or go to a for-profit school that I don't want to go to, so in the end, basically, I am pretty screwed I have never done extra-curricular activities or sports outside school because I am not allowed to and haven't done a lot of volunteering because, yeahi'm not really allowed to My parents aren't letting me take the SAT soo yeah Also, I'm not allowed to drive until I complete high school so that makes it even worse Even if I end up going to community college after high school and try switching 2 years after, my parents will still disagree and I can't disobey them because they're all I have Do you have any advice for what I can do to improve my situation? sorry for the rant
Comment from : Harjot Saini

our district stopped putting A- on report cards bc they saw that colleges docked for A vs A-
Comment from : Logan Alsop

Congratulations!! 😁brAnd good luck! 👍🏼
Comment from : Zeekiel

could you do a video on your essays? also i didn't skip the ads:)
Comment from : Shreya Desai

Do colleges look at your senior year?
Comment from : ASHTON J

Congrats on UCLA and USC! I got into Berkeley and UCLA with a B+ in BC Calc and AP Chem second semester of junior year so these colleges definitely do understand that a 40 isn't everything
Comment from : Anna Kinderman

I really think that u need to clarify what school/major you got into at ucla and usc It’s really off putting because the most competitive majors at these universities are stem based but you didnt, and its really just you trying to pretend you got into something when u didnt quite really
Comment from : Bish Lemon

Do you think I still have a chance of getting into these schools if I messed up my freshman year like completely
Comment from : Narie Kavana 🤍

love this! just made a similar video for getting into Stanford actually
Comment from : Stanford Trio

not skipping that ads so you can get that coin
Comment from : Lisa Zhong

I’m from Cyprus and we don’t take AP classes or honors, SAT etc Can someone explain the whole thing to me please?😊
Comment from : Alya Gyzmova

i'm in 7th grade but i have my top 6 colleges already because of videos like this so thanks <3
Comment from : jailyn

i’m so glad my school doesn’t do pluses or minuses so if we had a 91 in a class it would just be an a, and if we had an 100 in a class it also would just be an a
Comment from : Abby Brooke

i’m sooo nervous i had great grades all freshman and sophomore year but junior year is looking sooo bad for me i’ve never had grades like this and idk what to do
Comment from : Christina Zheng