You should apply to CSUs as well as UC’s and perhaps (if affordable) add a couple WUE Universities.
whats WUE?
To be more precise, your 2 safeties are good but adding one CSU may help, I’d have some non-UC matches (=WUE) as well as UC’s, then reaches -mostly because UCs are often unpredictable so some matches may not admit you and you may want a choice beside UCR. For Alabama’s scholarships you’d now need 1490 and UT Austin is likely to be full pay (if you like Texas but need scholarships, look into UT Dallas AES/CollegiumV scholarships).
So, UCR + CSU and/or WUE for safeties; UCD, UCSB, WUE university, UTD, UA, Cal Poly for matches; then as many reaches as you wish or can afford.
what are good WUE schools for chemE and/or bio (premed)
ChemE can be very hard for premed - grades there are lower and med schools don’t care what your major is, only about the GPA. However if, like most premeds, you don’t get to med school, ChemE is a good fallback career, and certainly better than bio which has worse career prospects than Humanities majors.
Montana State is good for Engineering, Colorado State also. Check their WUE conditions.
In California, the UC for premeds is UC Riverside (check out their special programs and apply to them) and the situation is generally more tolerable at private universities than in UC’s, where it’s a bloodbath - too many talented, ambitious californians, not enough med school spaces.
also is CP Pomona a safety or a match for me? (engineering)
@SREE33: CPP should be a safety school for you.
ok and is CPP good/decent for ChemE and MatE
CPP is a safety and you’d likely get into the Honors College (do apply if only for priority registration perks).
k but that wasnt the question i asked
is CPP solid for chemE and MatE ?
oh, I thought you meant for admissions… you mean academically. Yes it’s solid. It’s one of the rising CSUs.
also how are UMinn Twin Cities and Alabama for me in terms of safety/match/reach?
anyone^^^^ and is fine if i have only 1 reach- UCLA?
Alabama is a safety, you meet their criteria for Honors College and partial tuition scholarship.
UMN Engineering is a match (it’s gotten very selective) with chemical engineering to be treated as a reach.
ok so UMN is a reach
how bout UCLA for chemE, UCLA for matE, and UCLA for any biologicla science
UCLA is a definite reach, UMN is a match, their 25-75 is 1400-1490 for engineering, and you’re right in the middle.
@SREE33: Not knowing your college budget but just based on your intended majors and stats, this is how I would formulate your list.
Safeties: Cal Poly Pomona, UCR and/or Alabama
Match: UCI/UCD/SLO (Mat E only)
High Match-Low Reach: UCSB (since you like the campus)/SLO for other Engineering Majors
Low Reach-Reach: UCSD + any OOS school
Reach: UCLA/UCB + any OOS school
so is 11-12 schools fine?
i feel like i should apply to a few like 6-8 but i really don’t know which schools to cut (im applying to different schools with diff majors)
11-12 is fine if it is affordable and you can handle the time involved in completing the essays. Since you are not 100% positive on your major, then it is better to apply widely.