Chance me — UCs!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - GENERAL
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I am an in-state applicant and applied to all of the UC’s except for Riverside and Merced as an economics major.

UC Unweighted GPA - 3.92
UC Weighted Capped GPA - 4.25
UC Weighted Uncapped GPA - 4.33
ACT - 30
SAT Math 2 - 750
My Personal Insight Questions - 8.5/10

I was captain of the JV basketball team, played varsity volleyball, worked as a basketball referee for 4 years, was in the stock market club, chess club treasurer, and did 4 years of academic decathlon. I’ve also done over 300 hours of community service raising money for orphans in Asia close to my family.

I qualified for ELC. For my Senior year, I am taking 5 IB courses along with AP Calculus.

2

Your extracurriculars are really impressive. ACT is ok but maybe a bit less for UCLA, UCB. GPA is in range too.

You’re a competitive applicant, especially cause you are in state!

I’d say UCB, UCLA are reaches but others you should have a decent shot.

Good luck

3

Some UC statistical data to gauge your chances. Consider UCB and UCLA Reach schools.

Best of luck.

2018 Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 4.20 or above capped weighted and not major specific: 
UCB: 37%
UCLA: 41%
UCSD: 70%
UCSB: 80%
UCD: 89%
UCI: 75%
UCSC: 92%
UCR: 96%
UCM: 98%

2019 UC capped weighted GPA averages:
UCB: 4.23
UCLA: 4.25
UCSD: 4.23
UCSB: 4.16
UCI: 4.13
UCD: 4.13
UCSC: 3.96
UCR: 3.90
UCM: 3.73

25th - 75th percentiles for ACT composite + language arts
UCB:     28-35
UCLA:   29-35
UCSD:   26-34
UCSB:   26-34
UCD:     24-33
UCI:      24-34
UCSC:  24-32
UCR:     21-30
UCM:    18-26