I know UC’s mostly care about your GPA then your test scores and race, but would anyone mind giving me your opinion on my chances at the likes of Davis, SB, and Irvine?
White
2170 SAT
3.6 UW 4.0 W (3.85 UC GPA)
4 years xc 3 yrs varsity track
Pretty competitive private school (Ca)
Decent volunteering each year ~15 hrs
Pretty solid UC essays imo
Any replies are appreciated
Thanks
I think all schools will be a slight reach, due to a lower than average UC GPA. Your SAT is very good, so if your essays and EC’s are solid, these schools could be possible.
Race is not considered at all in UC admissions due to affirmative action being banned by the California publics.
What is your intended major?
@Gumbymom I don’t know what you are talking about. Except for Berkeley and UCLA, he’s good to go with other UC schools
Probably neuroscience and econ, as those are the most interesting to me now. I’ve been under the impression that majors don’t matter that much when applying to UC’s but that they do for more STEM oriented California schools.
Also, I have some pretty decent clubs and classes over the summer that demonstrate my interest in my majors, so I don’t think I’ll have problems there.
@njsternie1: I beg to differ. The average UC GPA for UCI: 4.03. UCD: 4.07 and UCSB: 4.05. Yes, the poster has a competitive SAT but GPA is king with the UC’s. Essays and EC’s are subjective so difficult to predict how they will be received, but I stated if these items are solid, then OP has a chance. I am saying there is no guarantee but OP has a chance at these schools. It would be better if the GPA was higher and again you need to take “Chance threads” with a grain of salt. I always love to be proven wrong.
I’m just kinda nervous I guess that I wouldn’t be a probable admit for these schools… I really like all 3 of them. I’ll have 6 AP tests taken (all 4’s so far) by the end of this year which is below average on this site at least, and I have a 700 on the bio subject test + a 740 on US History. I’m really nervous because public colleges like Davis only accepted like 35 out of 135 applicants from my school last year even though we’re basically a feeder school for private colleges like USC. I guess I feel like the difficulty of the curriculum at my school and the fact that the UC’s are probably comparing me to my really exceptional classmates could hurt my chances. In a lot of other scenarios I would feel safe though )-:
The 3.85 UC GPA makes Davis, SB, and Irvine all reaches, but the rest of your profile looks fine. You’ll likely get into UCSC and UCR, though. Where else have you applied?
Have hope! Though each one of the three(Davis, SB, and Irvine) is individually a low-reach but you have a fair possibility of getting into one of the three!