Yolanda Said:

What are my chances of getting into UC Davis, UC Berkley and UCLA?

We Answered:

UC admission evaluation is based on a variety of factors. All UCs favor factors such as the rigor of your HS curriculum (number of UC-approved honors/AP/IB/CC courses completed), excellent weighted and unweighted GPA, and demonstrated leadership abilities. You are also compared to your peers, meaning your academic and extracurricular achievements are viewed in context of students in your HS who applied to the UCs this year and up to 3 years prior. Given the number of factors considered and the complex data involved, it is essentially impossible for anyone to accurately predict your chance.

Berkeley is general achievement oriented (academic or extracurricular), meaning admissions is willing to overlook bad grades/test scores when excellent extracurriculars and/or horrible hardships are in the equation. Berkeley is especially interested in students who will take advantage of what Berkeley has to offer and become the engine of social change.

The rest of UCs tend to be academic achievement oriented, meaning fantastic grades and stellar test scores are essential to be competitive. Students who demonstrate ability to achieve extraordinary extracurriculars and/or overcoming horrible hardships while maintaining excellent academic achievement are favored. However, these UC campuses rarely overlook bad grades/test scores even if extraordinary extracurriculars and/or horrible hardships are in the equation.

Your major choice does not impact your chance of acceptance.

Juan Said:

How do I convince my parents to let me quit chinese class?

We Answered:

Most Asian parents will force their children to learn stuff they are not interested at all. I do not think there is anything you can do to make your parents change their mind. I am Chinese as well and had to learn it as a child. Look at the positive side of things: you can place out of Chinese in college (I got 26 credits of A's) and you are learning another language.

Janet Said:

recommendations for movies and series?

We Answered:

Here's what I always wanted to do but never realized:

Have a TREMORS marathon night. There are four of them. And tell me what you found...

Benjamin Said:

how much will i improve in badminton if i get trained for 6 consecutive years?

We Answered:

My friend started to train when he was a Junior in high school. He took a test to get out of highschool early so he could train more. He's aiming to be a professional player, and it's been 4-5 years now. He's currently playing as a team member in Bintang and is being sponsored by Yonex because he's getting better and better. He trains every day now though, so I don't know how good you'll be if you only train two times a week and only an hour a week... if you want to compete in the Olympics, there's no way that two hours a week will get you ready for it... At Bintang Badminton Academy (I'm a worker there), you see customers come in 2-3 times a week, for 4 hours or more sometimes, and they've been doing it for years... but they're still not ready for the olympics.. if you want to be in the olympics, you have to train every day. no doubt about it.

Priscilla Said:

Beginning ballet late? Having enough time? Studios?

We Answered:

Ballet takes a lot of time and discipline but if you are not planning to make a job out of it then you should be able to just take the classes. Of course like anything you will need to practice some. Take 15 minutes a day to do basic exercises and stretches. Tell your parent's that you will only take ballet for fun and there for you won't need so much time. Ask them to give you a month. If your grades drop you will drop out of ballet. If they stay the same or improve you will continue ballet. Also a lot of ballet academy's or schools will do classes for teens sometimes they are listed as adult classes. Here are many schools who will take teens or adults. Some are highly known and openly take in older beginners