Chance me for Dartmouth, Berkeley, UChicago, Northeastern, Colgate, and more

Congratulations on your achievements. You are a competitive applicant but the UC’s tend to be unpredictable.

Use the Rogerhub UC GPA calculator for the 3 UC GPA’s: GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub

Below is the UC admit rate based on the Capped weighted UC GPA. This data does not take into account intended major and residency (In-state, OOS or International).

Campus 4.20+ 3.80-4.19 3.40-3.79 3.00-3.39
Berkeley 30% 11% 2% 1%
Davis 85% 55% 23% 10%
Irvine 60% 31% 14% 1%
Los Angeles 29% 6% 1% 0%
Merced 97% 98% 96% 89%
Riverside 97% 92% 62% 23%
San Diego 72% 25% 2% 0%
Santa Barbara 73% 28% 4% 1%
Santa Cruz 91% 81% 46% 9%

Economics may be impacted/capped at some UC campuses. For example, UCB requires a secondary admission process based on pre-req courses and minimum GPA to declare. Information link below: Applying to the Economics Major | Department of Economics
UCB would be in the Reach Category.

UCSC and UCD look like good target UC’s.

UCI admits into the University first and then into the major, so make sure you select an alternate major ie. Economics 1st choice, Mathematics alternate choice. For 2021, Econ had a 22% selectivity rate while Math had a 25% selectivity rate. UCI would be a Low Reach school.

Cal Poly SLO uses 9-11th grades for their GPA calculation with an 8 semester honors point cap for qualified courses (UC approved Honors/!P/IB/DE) taken 10-11th grades. Economics has around a 19% acceptance rate while Mathematics has around a 35% acceptance rate. Econ would be a a slight Reach admit while Math could be a target admit.

Assuming CSULB is your likely/safety.

Best of luck and I agree with @tsbna44 that you might want to narrow your list. Do you have any budget limitations?

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