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Hi, wanted some outside opinion on my chances, my only hope is that I get into some UCs. thanks!
Major: undeclared but leaning towards life sciences
Unweighted GPA: 3.85
*my UC weighted gpa is calculated by my school to be 4.29 but frankly I’m not sure I that’s right because I get different numbers with every online calculator I use because I don’t know how much weight cc courses are in uc gpa… please help
Courses
Sophomore year: AP environmental science AA
AP world history AA
precalculus AA
french 2 AA
English AA

I also took an introduction to philosophy course at my local cc: A and an introduction to chemistry course B over the summer

Junior year: AP biology BA
AP us history AA
AP language AA
AP calculus AB BB
Architecture one semester A
French 3 AA

SAT I: 1420
SAT II: Liturature 660 :frowning:
Biology E 740
Rank: as of now 7/450
AP Scores: environmental science (3) world history (3) calculus AB (3) US history (4) language (4) biology (5)
Courses you are taking senior year: AP Liturature, AP Calculus BC, AP Macroeconomics, H physiology, physics, yearbook

Awards: top 5 in sci-fi story contest, AP scholar award with distinction
Extracurriculars: treasurer and Vice President of a safety club founded by my friend (2yr)

  • art commissioner of the red cross club (2yr)
  • CPR and fire safety certified
  • licensed and registered as a CNA
    Volunteering: -volunteered to clean beaches (1yr)
    -tutored as a member of the tutoring club at school (1yr)
    Work Experience: 1yr paid marketing intern for an app
    -less than a year as a barista
    Essays: I would say my essays are pretty strong. Rather than talking about achievements I focused on my mindset and openness to challenges, so it might be risky.
    Ethnicity: Asian
    Gender: F
    State: California
    Are you applying for financial aid?: nope
    Hooks (first generation college, underrepresented minority, legacy): one of my parents is UCLA alumni and my other parent currently works there does that count ?
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Use the Rogerhub UC GPA calculator and post your capped weighted and fully weighted UC GPA:

https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

UC’s weighted only UC approved Honors, AP/IB or DE courses (a-g) taken in 10-11th grades. The Capped weighted maxes out with 8 with semesters of these courses and Fully weighted has unlimited amount of these courses but taken only 10-11th grades. Since you are a CA resident, you can look up your UC approved courses for the extra honors points here by typing in the name of your HS:

https://hs-articulation.ucop.edu/agcmp/login#/

UCLA does not consider Legacy but having a parent work there may help depending upon what their position is at UCLA.

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@Gumbymom thanks a lot. According to the link, my unweighted gpa is 3.8 and my w gpa is 4.44

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Assuming you’ve calculated your GPA correctly, you are a very competitive applicant for all the UC.

Apply broadly though because there is some subjectivity to UC admissions

Good luck

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@NCalRent I’m applying all the ucs save for 1, not taking any chances thanks for the input