Dream College

Hello! My name is Felicia A. and ever since I was in middle school, my dream college was UCLA. Why UCLA? I consider Los Angeles as my second home since I go there almost every summer. Also, UCLA is considered to be one of the top UC's in California. My career goal in life is to become a pediatrician and reading from college reviews online, UCLA has great program for me to become a pediatrician. However, it seems really hard to get in considering the fact that my GPA and SAT scores are not even close to their average acceptance rate. When I was in 8th grade picking classes for high school, I never really thought that taking honor classes and getting ahead was all that important. I thought that as long as you get good grades and do extracurricular activities, getting in my dream college wouldn't be a problem. However, as I journey through my high school career, I start to regret the choices I made such as not taking the opportunity of taking the ap and honors classes offered to me. My teachers even recommended me to take some but I just didn't want to because I simply didn't want to do all the extra work. Every time I look at student reviews on how to get into UCLA, I sometimes just want to curl up in a ball and cry. Since I'm applying for colleges this Fall, I'm constantly looking through tips on how to get in UCLA. Although it seems as if I'm not as competitive as the other competitors applying this year, it's never impossible and it doesn't hurt to try.