Chance Me (Junior UCI/UCSB)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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Hi I am currently a junior
GPA (weighted): 4.0+??? i am unsure
GPA unweighted: 3.64
Class Rank: 200/564
SAT: result soon
PSAT: 1470
SAT IIs: taking Math later

took 1 ap sophomore year (ap euro)
took 4 aps junior year (ap lang, ap capstone seminar, apush, & ap calc ab)
planning on taking 3 aps senior year

upper middle class
asian (korean)
silicon valley (competitive, i do not stand out amongst my peers :frowning: )
female

extracurriculars:

  1. president of volunteer club
  2. active member of coding volunteering club for elementary school kids
  3. board of autism arts & crafts club
  4. tutor for middle schoolers
  5. journalism staff at school since sophomore year, currently page editor and writer, applying for board this year (award winning school newspaper)

teacher recommendations:

  1. getting it from my current AP lang teacher (will be good, we are close and she has had me for 2 years and saved my work from freshman year because she liked my writing)
  2. second from apush teacher

major: communications

i still am yet to look more into colleges, but public school wise i want to go to UCSB or UCI. can you suggest what I can do in between senior year to improve my chances? And what schools would suit me best.

2

UC’s use only 10-11th grades in their GPA so until you complete Junior year, you cannot accurately calculate your UC GPA and until you have an actual SAT score, it is impossible to determine your chances.

Here is the calculator: https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

UC’s other than UCB do not accept LOR’s and UCB only invites a small percentage of applicants to submit them.

3

Those schools would be a reach based on the reject posting on UCI threads this year. You are Asian, Middle Class, and your GPA is not high enough. Seriously look into CC and transfer if you want a UC degree. It’ll save money and also give you the best chance. I have lots of friends that did CC then transferred into UC, they are all making six figures now and no one cares where they started. When you apply next year, apply to Cal States and lots of out of state schools within your reach to give yourself the most options.

4

honestly it’s all very odd as to how they choose who to accept and who to not accept. i’d give you a 50% chance at both schools just because you’re in the middle of your class in terms of ranking

5

Some UC statistical data from 2018. UC’s tend to be very GPA focused but your whole application will be taken into consideration.

2018 Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19 capped weighted and not major specific:
UCB: 10%
UCLA: 9%
UCSD: 34%
UCSB: 38%
UCD: 41%
UCI: 38%
UCSC: 70%
UCR: 84%
UCM: 95%

2018 UC capped weighted GPA averages:
UCB: 4.23
UCLA: 4.23
UCSD: 4.16
UCSB: 4.13
UCI: 4.13
UCD: 4.11
UCSC: 3.96
UCR: 3.81
UCM: 3.71

2018 Data:
25th - 75th percentiles for SAT:

UCB: 1360-1540

UCLA: 1340-1540
UCSD: 1300-1520
UCSB: 1270-1500
UCD: 1220-1480
UCI: 1230-1490
UCSC: 1210-1450
UCR: 1130-1380
UCM: 1020-1280