I’m Scared
chris lin posted in Personal on October 12th, 2004
I am planning on applying this Fall to UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSD and UCI. I want to either attend UCLA or UC Berkeley, I am pretty sure I can get in UCI and I just threw in UCSD cause everyone suggested it.
Now, UCLA isn’t exactly easy to get into. And I want to get into UCLA, Berkeley is there but I don’t have that much of a chance so I basically shoot for UCLA. Basically, they require completion of 2 english classes, a math classes and 4 other off subject classes to be qualified to apply. UCLA recommends that you go through with our Honors Program which is basically taking 6 honors classes and passing with a B. Now all this is easy, it’s just that my first semester I didn’t do exactly well and my GPA isn’t as high as I want it to be now.
That’s why I am scared. I mean, I am working on my personal statement now which is 50% of what they look at (other 50 is grades) when determining who gets in. Why would they select you if two applicants have the same academic strength? That’s where this comes in. I am going to work a while on it and hopefully make my statement shine from the rest.
But I am scared. Even though the rep said that 90% of honors students applying to UCLA get in, what if I am the 10%? What if I am below the GPA they require? I know, don’t think like a pessimistic but I am scared. My whole life I didn’t accomplish anything worth mentioning, this may be the first thing I do right that my secondary family and my dad will look at and be proud of.
So what happens if I fail? Where do I go? Please, don’t do this to me again.
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