<p>can u guys please evaluate my chances of getting into:
UC Davis, Irvine, and Santa Barbara</p>
<p>GPA: 3.41
SAT I: CR 550, Writing 620, Math 570
SAT II us history: 550
SAT II lit: 530
EC: write for best selling magazine in area, golf club secretary, Arab Club president, volunteered for race for the cure breast cancer fundraising, volunteered for the children's cancer hospital, 3 years of community service (180 hours), 6 years horse-back riding, did speech and debate for a while, some spanish club, took french lessons, arabic lessons</p>
<p>Lack of GPA and solid SAT scores. UCs have been putting more emphasis on ECs, but without good GPA and SATs to back it up, you won't get anywhere...</p>
<p>i heard somewhere that the UC's weigh IB and AP courses as 1...most of my junior and senior classes are AP and IB...would I have a chance if they somehow recalculated my GPA as higher?? But will my SATs still drag me down?</p>
<p>There are plenty of other good places for you in CA. Other UC's (like UCSC, UCR) or the CSU system would be good matches (if you applied there before the deadline...) Look at some other private schools in CA (USF, USD, etc.) to find more matches!</p>