Unweighted GPA: 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.7
IB Diploma Candidate
SAT - 1510
Math 2 - 770
Bio - 780
Intended major - Microbiology
President Desi Club
President of Student Society of Stem Cell Research
State Science Fair Finalist
National level competitor for Science Olympiad - Has won top 5 at nationals
Volunteer with Native Plant Society and UC Davis Hospital
12 year Classical indian dancer
Swimmer
Research experience at UCD
UC GPA capped weighted and fully weighted? https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
Unweighted GPA: 3.55
Weighted GPA: 4.45
Weighted and Capped GPA: 3.75
The UC’s are very GPA focused so your capped weighted GPA will be a hurdle to overcome but an IB diploma will definitely show your HS course rigor. Your test scores and EC’s are very competitive, so if you write some compelling essays, there is a chance at all the schools but UCI and UCD seem the most likely.
Hopefully you have some safety schools on your list and best of luck.
Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.40-3.79 (capped weighted) and not major specific:
UCB: 1.8%
UCLA: 2.2%
UCSD: 7.2%
UCSB: 10.1%
UCI: 11.1%
UCD: 16.6%
UCSC: 43.8%
UCR: 63.3%
UCM: 88.7%
On the UC website, they publish the 25th-75th percentile UC capped weighted UC GPA ranges for admitted students which would give you a better indication of where you stand.
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/profiles/index.html
The ranges and %admit rates are published on this website and I would not treat a 3.40 the same as a 3.79. Also none of these admit rates are major specific but an overall admit rate so highly competitive majors will be lower than posted.
There is no drastic difference in a 3.79 vs 3.82, but when 6 of the 9 UC campuses have average UC capped weighted GPA’s above a 4.0, every grade point helps.
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/freshman-admissions-summary
@WoWMaster: Your thread has been closed by the moderators and if you have any more questions you need to start a new thread and not hijack another poster’s chance me thread.
@WoWMaster: The UC’s do not ask for Senior grades for admission purposes since applications are due November 30th. If you are asked for a supplemental, then you submit your first semester senior grades.
For the UC’s, Freshman year grades are reviewed to make sure that you pass the a-g course requirements.
Sophomore and Junior grades will get you into the UC’s and Senior year grades will keep in at the UC’s.
You are required to maintain a 3.0 weighted UC GPA with no D’s or F’s Senior year to keep your acceptance. An Unweighted 3.0 UC GPA is required for UCLA and UCB and no more than 2 C’s, so Senior year grades may not be too helpful.
UCB asks for Letters of Recommendation from a small percentage of applicants (some say random) and the rest of the UC’s will can ask for supplemental reviews again from a small percentage of applicants. If the UC’s do not specifically ask for Senior grades, they will not consider them.
As part of the UC application process, the UC campuses do not ask applicants for transcripts, portfolios, or other supporting documents. Applicants are expected to self-report their grades from their own transcripts, honestly and accurately. If a student is admitted and enrolled, the official transcripts are checked against what the student reported in the application. Any discrepancies can result in cancellation of enrollment.
@WoWMaster, start you own thread please!
The OP has not returned and I hope it’s not because you took over her thread.