<p>@harmansingh No, UC Davis is a match for you. I could see you get in because of your GPA and other factors, however, if you’re applying for Biology it’ll be hard. Agriculture, Biological Sciences, and Environmental Sciences, are the top 3 sections for UC Davis. You seriously need to get a better SAT too to ensure admission even more. </p>
<p>UC Davis is very GPA-oriented as others point out, so the scenario with your friend is actually common. </p>
<p>If you’re talking about Animal Science as in the Agriculture section, and NOT Zoology, you may have a good chance. Also, if you want some safeties in the CSU System; Chico, Fresno, Pomona, and San Luis Obispo have Animal Science. Wouldn’t say SLO is a safety ever though. Good luck.</p>
<p>I really dont know what major I want to do, So i am going undecided. I was born with a severe arthritis in my hip (basically 80 year old dudes hip, on a 17 year olds body) , first gen, parents are immigrants, and refugees. I have a lot of hooks. However I am scarred if I put all of this in my essay will they think I am whining. @elefish92 @shrinkrap @DrGoogle</p>
<p>Those hooks would be good if you apply to private schools. Not sure how much it would help with UCs. But go ahead and apply, focus on one aspect and don’t appear too whiny is my advice. In the culture section of the essay part you can slight bring it up, stay positive. </p>
<p>Do uc like ib candidates @DrGoogle</p>
<p>I don’t think so. My nephews were in IB programs from a very competitive HS and also Eagle Scouts. They both ended up at UCR.</p>
<p>@harmansingh
3.66 unweighted GPA
4.29 fully weighted GPA
4.00 capped UC GPA
2300 SAT score
3 IB HLs (including math)
3 IB SLs
rejected by UCB, UCLA, UCSD, and Cal Poly SLO
waitlisted by UCD and UCI
I do not think the UCs like IB very much.</p>
<p>Mangia, were you rejected at engineering major or totally rejected?</p>
<p>@Mangiafuoco Did you have bad EC’s? What was your major?</p>
<p>@DrGoogle
Totally rejected by UCB, UCLA, UCSD, and Cal Poly SLO. I was accepted off the waitlist for UCI, but I did not want to go there because I was butthurt from being waitlisted. As a result, I will be attending UCSB very soon.</p>
<p>@harmansingh
My ECs lacked leadership and they did not stand out much, but I do not think they were bad ECs.
Civil engineering for UCD. Computer science for the other schools.</p>
<p>Mangia, the reason I asked there was another kid with very high stats like yours, high GPA but he first wrote he was rejected but it turned out from engineering school and was accepted to psychology.</p>
<p>@DrGoogle
I understand. I saw that post too. Unlike silas6070’s lies, my results actually made some sense. My GPA was a lot lower than silas6070’s, but I was still eventually accepted by two of the mid-tier UCs.</p>
<p>So any hope for me, I was treasurer, and PR, for leadership. I am also the top debate scorer in my school.</p>
<p>@harmansingh Undecided is pretty competitive, but good luck - hope you make it into one of your colleges.</p>
<p>So what is not competitive? @elefish92 </p>
<p>@mangiafuoco, et al. I am astonished by your experience and observation that the UCs don’t like IB candidates. My son applied to UCB, UCD, and UCSD last year, and we inferred that they were very kind to IB candidates, accepting them at a much higher rate than others. They weighted his GPA more generously than we anticipated. He applied from out-of-state, for general Arts & Sciences admission. He got into UCD and UCSD with a 3.3-3.4 unweighted GPA, UC-weighted at approximately 4.1. His composite test scores were 31/2060. He had excellent ECs, but we presumed that they liked the IB a lot. Berkeley’s acceptance rate for IB students appeared to be more than double what it was for others, when we researched the stats. </p>
<p>@woogzmama Can you please chance me?</p>
<p>@harmansingh All UCs are really impacted, but more people usually apply to Undeclared because a lot of people don’t know what they want to do at approx. 18 years old. </p>
<p>Coming from the UC itself however, these are the majors that are not impacted at Davis; Accounting, Business Administration, Bioengineering (I am seriously shocked here), Structural Engineering, Latin American Studies, & Legal Studies. Source: <a href=“http://eap.ucop.edu/ReciprocalExchanges/Pages/Majors.aspx”>http://eap.ucop.edu/ReciprocalExchanges/Pages/Majors.aspx</a></p>
<p>But look, if you really don’t know what to do, then just go undeclared. You could go to something not popular like Latin American but it is very risky because it can be difficult to switch a major. I would just do undeclared, besides - you have a 4.0+ which is really looked upon for undeclared because technically they know that you are already able to have the knowledge to go to any major. </p>
<p>If you seriously want to decide go here: <a href=“Explore Careers – BigFuture | College Board”>Explore Careers – BigFuture | College Board; - Take your time, I would cross out right away main areas to save time, for example, do I want to go to Humanities? If no cross it out, do I want to go into Social Sciences?, if yes leave it an d look deeper later, and so on.</p>
<p>EDIT: UC Davis has where you decide an area you’re interested for Undeclared, so yeah, you really have to get at least a bit of an idea of what you want to do.</p>
<p>Woo, my nephews have better stats than your son and was rejects at those schools. Even were rejected from UCSB.</p>
<p>*was rejects should be was rejected </p>
<p>@woogzmama
I was joking when I said that the UCs do not like IB. I was just a bit unlucky. My results are not even that bad to be honest. Despite my low GPA, I was eventually accepted by 2 mid-tier UCs.</p>
<p>I know many IB students who were very lucky with their UC admission results. For example, I know someone with an extremely low GPA (around 3.4 unweighted) and an unimpressive SAT score (2170). Yet, UC Davis accepted him instead of me. UCD probably accepted him only because he qualified for AIME in junior year, but I think he was very lucky considering his horrible GPA. He was rejected by UCI and UCSB though.</p>
<p>In my opinion, the IB students at my school are unluckier with the really top schools (Harvard, Yale, Stanford).</p>
<p>By the way, do you know your son’s capped UC GPA?
4.1 seems to be your son’s uncapped UC GPA.</p>