Chance me for UCI, UCD, CAL Poly SLO Please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My dream school so far has been UC Irvine. My GPA and standardized testing scores are on the low side, but I would like to see where I'm at, at the moment.</p>

<p>State: California
Gender: Male
Race: Chinese, First child
Parents: Dad attended Sacramento Community College achieved AA degree in Electronics. Mom attended no college, high school degree in China. Both immigrated here.</p>

<p>Intended Major: Computer Science and/or Engineering.</p>

<p>Grades:</p>

<p>Overall Unweighted GPA: ~3.3
Overall UC Weighted GPA: ~3.69
ACT: 25 (Retaking in October)
SAT 2's: Taking October... hoping 6xx+</p>

<p>Freshman Year 1st semester: 2.833 GPA / No honors
Freshman Year 2nd semester: 3.333 GPA / No Honors</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
First Semester:
English 10 Reg: A-
Chinese 3: B
Alg 2/ Trig Reg : A-
PE 10: A
Chemistry Reg: B
AP European History: B
GPA: 3.500</p>

<p>Second Semester:
English 10 Reg: A
Chinese 3: B-
Alg 2/ Trig Reg : B-
PE 10: A+
Chemistry Reg: A
AP European History: B
GPA: 3.500</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP Eng Language: B
Drama 1: B+
Precal Reg: B+
AP Environmental Science (First year at our school): B-
Physics Honors: B
US History Reg: A
GPA: 3.166</p>

<p>Second Semester:
Ap Eng Lang: A-
Drama 1: A-
Precal: B
Ap Environ: B
Physics Honors: C+
US History: A-
GPA: 3.33</p>

<p>Senior Year (Currently)
English 12 Reg
English TA
AP Calc AB
Ap Gov/Econ
Computer Support
Intro to Engineer (New class)</p>

<p>Extra Curricular:
-Attended COSMOS 2010
-1 Year Treasurer of Japanese club
-President of Japanese Club
-1 Year of Interact Historian Club
-1 Year of Interact Secretary Club
-1 Year Secretary for Racket Sports Club
-Recycling team
-Over 200+ community service hours.
-Trilingual (English, Cantonese, Mandarin)
-Tennis (Freshman - Senior Year)
-Varsity (Sophmore, Junior Year)
-Varsity Team Captain (Junior Year)
-Piano 6 Years
-Chinese School (Beginning First grade, Ended Beginning of Junior Year)
That's all I can think of at the moment. </p>

<p>I'll be happy to chance back anyone else, Thanks!</p>

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<p>Your ACT and GPA are both on the low side. As of now, UCI and UCD seem like reaches. Im not too familiar with SLO, anyone wanna help here?
Good luck.</p>

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<p>I think SLO is more competitive than UCI and on par with UCD. SLO is the most selective CSU there is (besides San Diego State) so if navyFIELD’s ranking is any indication, SLO is a reach. I think you have a fair chance but you never know with UC’s and CSU’s.</p>

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<p>Cal Poly SLO is definitely a reach. For applicants to their engineering programs the average GPA of accepted students is 3.8 and the SAT Math+CR score (CSUs do not look at the writing score) is 1380/1600. With your stats the only UCs you are a sure match for are Merced and Riverside. There are some CSUs, such as San Jose State, that have highly regarded engineering and computer science programs. However, the problem with the CSUs is that a number of them, including San Jose State, are impacted which means they give strong priority to applicants from their service areas and out of service area applicants need stellar credentials for a decent chance of acceptance.</p>

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<p>Without improvement on the ACT or SAT score, Cal Poly will be a reach. </p>

<p>You have a better shot at UCI, so concentrate on that. If you are very determined to go to there, I encourage you to try again on ACT or SAT. With a very very strong test score, anything is possible. </p>

<p>FYI, for 2010, Cal Poly’s acceptance stats for engineering freshman are: avg. GPA 4.03, avg. ACT 31 or SAT 1372 out of 1600. CP is the third most selective, with 29% overall acceptance rate, public university in CA for 2010 (behind UCB, UCLA).</p>

<p>If you are determined to accomplish this, never give up.</p>