Chance Me!:HS Senior Waiting Anxiously for Decisions [ UCs ]

Demographics

Chinese Indonesian Female / US Citizen
Second-gen American
In-state Applicant
Semi-large pre-dominantly (almost 70%) Asian suburban (kind of) Los Angeles Area public school [ very competitive – many people tied for valedictorian and with 4.0 UW / My GPA is very average ]
Decent family income

Other special factors (first generation to college, legacy, athlete, etc.):
Legacy *I don’t think UC’s count this though – UCI, UCLA
Loss of 2 family members (junior, senior)
One parent is absent from the house for late junior year-present (note:not because they did something wrong but due to family issues)

Intended Majors: Psychology, Film/Media Studies

3.82 UW GPA

Coursework

4 APs [ Biology, APUSH(4), Lit/Comp, Psychology ]
1 Honor Class [ Eng 3H ]

  • I know it’s super mediocre and I really regret not taking more APs or honor classes at least
  • I will note that I did get 2 C’s in senior fall semester, but I am usually a A student with few B’s

Major Related Courses: AP Psychology, AP Biology (kind of)

Awards
N/A

Extracurriculars
(Include leadership, summer activities, competitions, volunteering, and work experience)

fashion club officer - 2 years
art club - 3 years (10-)
piano lessons - 8 years abt
competitive swimmer (only club) - 7 years abt
competitive dancer - 9 years (-10)
tutoring - 2 years (math [usually just alg1], basic chem or bio) (age range: usually elementary school, but occasionally hs)

Schools
As I said in the title, only UCs in this thread. I did apply to other schools though.

Safety/Likely: UCR [ admitted ]
Match: UCD, UCSC [ honestly have no idea, I feel like all of them are kind of reaches ]
Reach: UCLA, UCI, UCSD, UCSB

*I will update this thread at the end of the month with actual results :slight_smile:

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What are the 3 UC GPA’s? GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub

You are correct that the UC’s do not consider Legacy.

You can gauge your academic chances based on the Capped weighted UC GPA and not major specific. Since the UC’s use a comprehensive application review, it is difficult to chance. UC’s tend to be unpredictable and since some campuses have already admitting applicants, you will know all results in a few weeks.
2022 Admit rates based on the Capped weighted UC GPA.

Campus 4.00+ 3.70-3.99 3.30-3.69 3.00-3.29
Berkeley 17% 3% 1% 0%
Davis 58% 20% 5% 2%
Irvine 35% 10% 3% 0%
Los Angeles 13% 2% 1% 0%
Merced 97% 97% 95% 85%
Riverside 95% 83% 42% 17%
San Diego 37% 8% 1% 0%
Santa Barbara 41% 8% 3% 0%
Santa Cruz 69% 45% 16%

Best of luck and were you admitted into your Safety-UCR last week?

Yes I was! :smiling_face:

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Final Decisions:
Admitted : UCR, UCSC
Waitlist : None
Reject : UCD, UCLA, UCI, UCSD, UCSB

kind of expected, but a bit sad still :frowning:

oh also rejected by UCB.

Sorry to hear so which school are you leaning towards in enrolling?

I’m going to visit the colleges I got accepted over my spring break soon, then I’ll choose then, but I’m leaning right now towards UCR due to its proximity to home

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Sorry to know.You can do masters in your dream college

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