Chance me for UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UCD, & UCSC!

Demographics: Female, East Asian, SoCal, noncompetitive/underperforming public high school

Intended Major: Something biology related

No SAT or ACT scores

UC GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.36 W/Capped, 4.64 W/Uncapped

  • received only As so far

9th grade courses: AP Geo, art, marine bio, Eng. 9, Math 2
10th grade courses: AP World, Chem. HN, Eng. 10, Math 3, Spanish 1/2
11th grade courses: AP (USH, Bio, Lang, Psych), Precalc HN, Span. 3/4
12th grade courses: AP (Gov, Chem, Lit, Calculus AB, CSP), Anatomy HN (& taking health at a community college for grad. requirements)

AP Scores: 5 on Human Geo, World History, US History, Psychology, Biology. 2 on English Language : (

ECs:

  • Key Club: 4 years, was secretary and vice president, created and managed social media account for club, in charge of communications with members, volunteered at many service events, helped recruit new members by designing brochures/social media posts
  • About 2 other clubs I was a member of, but did not do much in (not sure if I should include on my application?)
  • Volunteered to read to children every Friday (Jr. year before the lockdown)
  • Collected data for local environmental org. about activities people did in specific coastal areas. Then inputted the data into their data base.
  • Went to many community and beach cleanups. Some habitat restoration events as well.
  • Other: CSF 4 years, AP Scholar with Distinction

@Gumbymom is familiar with UC undergraduate admissions and would likely be able to provide advice.

Have you considered Cal Poly SLO? It has a strong life sciences program on-par with the mid to low-tier UCs.

Based on your GPA, you are competitive for all the UC’s but you should add a solid safety school to the list since the UC’s can be unpredictable. Cal Poly SLO would be a Match but UC Riverside, San Diego state or Long Beach would be solid safety schools especially if SDSU or CSULB are within your local service area.

Biology majors tend to be impacted at most of the schools so the competition is tough. What is your career goal with your major?

2019 Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 4.20 or above capped weighted and not major specific:
UCB: 38%
UCLA: 35%
UCSD: 71%
UCSB: 73%
UCD: 84%
UCI: 55%
UCSC: 85%
UCR: 97%
UCM: 98%

**2020 UC capped weighted GPA averages along with 25th-75th percentile range: **
UCB: 4.22 (4.13-4.30)
UCLA: 4.25 (4.18-4.31)
UCSD: 4.18(4.04-4.28)
UCSB: 4.17 (4.03-4.27)
UCI: 4.11 (3.96-4.26)
UCD: 4.11 (3.97-4.25)
UCSC: 3.94 (3.71-4.16)
UCR: 3.88 (3.65-4.11)
UCM: 3.68 (3.40-3.96)

Best of luck.

Thanks for the help! I will definitely also apply to SDSU, LB, and SLO too.
I’m not too sure about my career yet, perhaps nursing or pharmacy.

Nursing has several educational paths:

A. ADN/RN program at a community college, possibly followed by RN->BSN program at a university.
B. BSN program at a university. May be direct admission as frosh (but subject to weed-out college GPA requirements) or have competitive secondary admission after enrolling and taking a year or two of college courses.
C. BA/BS is any subject, followed by a BSN program for someone who already has a BA/BS.

If you are leaning towards Nursing, then you should apply for the Direct admit programs at UCLA, UCI and SDSU. UCLA and SDSU do not allow you to do an internal transfer if you change your mind later. UCI will allow you to change your major to Nursing after completing the pre-req courses and a minimum GPA.

CSULB has a 2+2 program where you are admitted as a “Pre-Nursing” major and then have to apply to the Nursing program usually at the end of Sophomore year after completing the pre-req courses. This is not a guaranteed admission to the Nursing school.

For the other UC’s and SLO, you will have to complete your 4 year degree and then a post Bacc Nursing program or transfer after 2 years to a Nursing program when you have completed the Nursing school requirements.

For Pharmacy school, you will need a 4 year degree and completion of the Pharmacy school course requirements before applying to a Pharmacy program.

chance me for ucla - out of state, WGPA - 4.6; GPA 4.0, SAT 1450; ton of APs, honors, etc