Chances at UCD, UCI, and UCSB for Engineering

Chance Me / Match Me!
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UC GPA: 4.0
ACT: 33
SAT II:

  • US History: 730
  • Chemistry: 720
  • Math Level 2: 740

APs/Honors Taken:

  • My school did not give me much opportunity to take APs/Honors, and as a result, I could not take many APs/Honors until my junior year.

(10) Chemistry H
(11) AP US History
(11) AP Chemistry
(11) American Lit H
(11) Pre-Calculus H

Online Community College Courses (UC-Approved):
Intro to Cultural Geography: A
Art of the 20th Century: A

I also took an online Java class at CSU San Bernardino during the first semester of senior year. I got a passing grade and a certification of completion. (Was a pass/no pass class).

Senior year Schedule:

AP Calculus AB
AP Spanish Language/Culture
AP English Literature
AP Microeconomics (second semester)
Physics Honors
US Government (first semester)
Wind Ensemble

Extracurriculars:

Member in School Band for 4 years (my school has a really competitive band)
Member of School’s Wind Ensemble for 2 years (the top group)
Section leader of Wind Ensemble this year (I went from almost last chair freshman year to this.)
Member of Cross Country Team for 3 years
Co-Captain of XC Team for 2 years
Part-Time Intern at an Engineering Company (started over the summer, and self-studied programming skills needed for this)
Tutor at Reading Partners (I help students struggling with reading/writing) for 4 years
Member of California Scholarship Federation for 4 years
Member of NHS for 4 years
1 year of Track and Field. (I could not do track in my junior year because of an injury. However, I plan to do it in my senior year.)

Other information:

Intended Major: Computer Engineering
Home-State: CA
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Asian Indian

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They’re probably all high matches if your doing engineering. Your scores are solid but you GPA may be on the low side for your major. I bet you’ll get into at least one if not more. Bets of luck!
Chance back if you have the time?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1846622-chances-for-usc-ucb-ucla-ucsd-will-chance-back.html#latest

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You have a stellar GPA, amazing SAT score and a top notch ACT score. You’re diversity with EC’s is also good. Don’t see much volunteer work though. I’d say you have a really good chance. You’re definitely what a college looks for in a prospective student and if you don’t get in you could get into pretty much any school besides ivies, but still a possibility.

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UCI: Match
UCD/UCSB: Match-High Match

You are a competitive applicant. Good luck.

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@Gumbymom I heard that UCSB is more lenient on applicants who have high test scores. Is this true?

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Bump

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UCSB is not more lenient on applicants that have higher test scores if their GPA is not up to par 4.0+. I just noticed they tend to favor applicants with a 4.0+ GPA and higher test scores more often than the lower test scores. They also put more emphasis on essays and EC’s.

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Do they admit by major or by college? Because I heard that the average gpa for CoE is around 4.1, but after looking around a little bit, I found out that the average GPA for Computer/Electrical Engineering is a 4.04.

http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/academics/undergrad/prospective-faq/#stats
https://www.ce.ucsb.edu/undergrad/faqs/