Type of high school (current college for transfers): Mid-Low Income large public HS, 500 seniors
Gender/Race/Ethnicity (optional): Asian Male
Other special factors (first generation to college, legacy, athlete, etc.): None
Intended Major(s)
CS/Undeclared Engineering
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
Unweighted HS GPA: 3.97
Weighted HS GPA (incl. weighting system): 4.55
College GPA (for transfers): N/A
Class Rank: ~20/500 (Impacted because attended different high school freshman year with little to none honors/weighted classes for freshman)
ACT/SAT Scores: 1550, 770 E/ 780 M
Coursework
-7 APs taken 10-11 (max possible without summer classes), rest honors or regular if no option; AP Scores: Five 5s (5 in CSP), Two 4s in humanities classes
-All As except 1 B first semester Sophomore yr in AP World,
-Language up to Spanish 3H
-5 APs in progress senior yr
Awards
School reward from AP Lang teacher for being a top student
-Math Competiton in 9th grade, 1st out of 30 HS in region
-State seal of civic engagement, helped build a website for the school Extracurriculars
-Chess Club, Treasurer 2 Years, Coordinated with librarian at local library to teach chess to little kids, host tournaments
-Esports: Top 200/~1000000 players in US, $5000 in prizing won from multiple tournaments
-Family Responsibilities: Tutoring/Watching 4 other siblings after school until parent comes home from work, Chores
-CSf Club, volunteering and tutoring, gold seal bearer
-Academic Decathlon, Made it to state twice
(not many opportunities/time for more ECs/internships)
Essays/LORs/Other
PIQs: 7/10
Schools
All UCs, only safeties are Merced and Riverside most likely
Cal Poly Pomono and SLO
Thoughts: To be honest haven’t seen many real admitted student profiles, aside from the crazy ones on social media and reddit, would like to know if my lack of CS ECs will kill chances at UCs, and realistically the UC that matches my stats
Your EC’s are fine. Showing quality vs quantity is important along with Leadership and community engagement.
The following are CS admit rates from 2022-23.
Campus
CS
UC Berkeley
2.3%-L&S High Demand Major EECS-4%
UC Davis
No data but estimated <20% Selective Major
UC Irvine
5.8% Impacted Major
UCLA
3.8% Impacted Major
UC Merced
85%
UC Riverside
36%
UC San Diego
No data but estimated <10% Capped Major
UC Santa Barbara
No data Historically 5-6% Impacted Major
UC Santa Cruz
56% Impacted Major
Cal Poly SLO
9%
Cal State Long Beach
54%
San Diego State
40%
San Jose State
31% Impaction Threshold 3440 (CSU GPA 4.3+)
Cal Poly Pomona uses a CPP Index and has the following threshold for CS 2023:
Threshold: 4676. Index calculated is (CSU GPA x1000) +450. They have additional points for Math GPA, Veteran, Local applicant etc… which are not spelled out. Using the CPP base index calculation, you would need a CSU GPA of around 4.2.
Good luck and if you are happy with UC Merced as a Safety, then you are all set. UC Riverside is a Likely but not a guarantee.