Chance Me: Junior looking at UCs (Mainly UCSD, but which UCs are a safety for me?)

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The UCs evaluate three different GPAs. For OOS students, only AP and IB scores from 10th and 11th grade are used in the GPA calculation. Calculate your UC GPAs using this GPA Calculator and share them with us.

Why are you interested in the UCs? Each campus is unique with its own culture. UC Merced is very different than UCSD.

The UCs don’t give much (if any) financial aid to OOS students. Are you able to pay full price for these schools? Safeties need to be affordable. You may be able to get in with your academics but they aren’t a safety if they are too expensive.

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