Chance me for the UC system?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, all! I'm a senior currently and plan on applying to mostly the UC schools as a biomedical/bio engineering major.
My question is how optimistic should I be, considering a lot of engineering programs are impacted at the UCs. </p>

<p>ACT: 30 (retaking in December; expect a 34)
wGPA: 3.7
uwGPA: 3.5
AP World: 5
AP Enviro: 4</p>

<p>This year I'm taking AP Bio, AP Gov/H Econ, AP eng lit, pre-calc, World religions, psych, and chorus</p>

<p>I've taken mainly honors/AP classes in high school, though my wGPA doesn't really reflect that because my high school doesn't weigh honors classes :(. So my GPA is somewhat deflated. My school also dosen't allow us to take AP before junior year.
My SoCal High school is super competitive and rigorous</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>1 year swim/waterpolo
1 year tennis
3 years city league tennis
2 years school television crew
4 yrs executive officer of three clubs, founded 1of those
Campaign manager of my school's Amnesty International club
helped teach a girls' compsci camp for two years
1 year science fair
1 year chorus
2 years student council
Also have extensive family commitments (2 yr old brother whom I babysit every school night)</p>

<p>I am a good writer and am nearly finished with my UC essays, which I think will be one of the strongest points of my application. I'm applying to the following schools:
UCI
UCD
UCSD
UCSC
UCB
UCR
UCLA
U Washington</p>

<p>Thoughts?
Thanks in advance!!</p>

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<p>You need to calculate your UC GPA, <a href=“GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub”>http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>BME is a very competitive major. If your UC GPA is not at least 4.0+, most of the UC’s will be out of reach.
Based on your weighted GPA, your chances are as follows:</p>

<p>UCLA/UCB/UCSD: Reach
U Washington/UCI/UCD: Low Reach
UCSC: High Match
UCR/UCM: Match</p>

<p>UC’s are very GPA focused but stellar essays may give your application a boost. How much will depend on the AdCom reading them.</p>

<p>Good Luck.</p>

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<p>Would it possibly be safer to apply as an undeclared major to boost my chances of getting into the university, then?</p>

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<p>@northwoodian it would be hard to transfer into an engineering major.</p>

<p>look on uc doorways to see which honors classes the UC system weights.</p>

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<p>Not good chances. You seem to have lots of ECs but low grades. It doesn’t matter how hard your high school is. You may get into UCR.</p>