Chance me for CA please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z California State University - GENERAL
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Applying RD for Computer Science

Stats:
In State
GPA: 3.77UW 4.00W
ACT:29
Classes: 9 total AP’s have taken 2 semesters of computer science class at a nearby university (A both classes)
EC:
Taught computer science to high school students in China over summer
1st place in district robotics competition 2nd place twice
Leadership position in a club
Essays: Fairly strong
Other: Chinese, Male, First Gen, Low income

Thanks!

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In-state, out of state or International applicant?

UC Capped weighted GPA? https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

SAT subject tests? AP/IB courses and which ones? Highest Math class taken by end of Senior year?

Budget for college?

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In state
Capped weighted UC gpa: 3.89
No subject tests
Junior year: AP Lang and Comp, AP US History, AP Chem, AP Physics
Senior year: AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Environmental Science, AP Calculus, AP Stats
Budget for college: UC’s will be fine tuition wise.
What are my chances at UCSD, UCI, and UCLA?

Thanks!!

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Your UC GPA and ACT score is on the low side for all the UC’s listed especially for one of their most competitive majors. You want to try to be above the averages (50th percentile or higher). Also SAT subject tests are recommended for many of the UC’s that you have applied.

Your target UC schools would be Santa Cruz, Riverside and Merced. Hopefully you applied to some of these schools and you do realize that the deadline was November 30th for application submission.

Some statistical data for the UC’s based on UC capped weighted and not major specific.

Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19:

UCB: 12.6%
UCLA: 11.7%
UCSD: 38.7%
UCSB: 53.6%
UCD: 56.5%
UCI: 52.1%
UCSC: 75.7%
UCR: 90.1%
UCM: 96.1%

2018 UC capped weighted GPA averages:
UCB: 4.23
UCLA: 4.23
UCSD: 4.16
UCSB: 4.13
UCI: 4.13
UCD: 4.11
UCSC: 3.96
UCR: 3.81
UCM: 3.71

25th - 75th percentiles for ACT:
UCB: 30-35
UCLA: 31-35
UCSD: 28-34
UCSB: 28-34
UCD: 26-33
UCI: 26-33
UCSC: 26-32
UCR: 22-30
UCM: 19-26

UCLA: High Reach-The admit rate for CS for the fall of 2018 is 8.2%. The average CS act score is a 35 and the SAT is a 1550 average.

UCSD: Reach

UCI: Low Reach

Hopefully you have some safety schools on your list that you would be happy to attend.

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the schools you list are a reach. You have a very good shot at UCR and UCM. IMHO - UCSC is a coin toss.

SDSU,CPP, CSULB are good alternatives.
Good luck