Chances for Davis Computer Science?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Davis
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Hello everyone,

I would like a few opinions on my chances of getting into Davis, I have seen the middle 50% statistics already so no need to link it. Any score I should shoot for on the ACT? Retaking in 2 weeks.

White Male, Upper Middle Class

UW GPA: 3.65
Weighted Capped: 3.94
Fully Weighted: 4.13

Test Scores:

SAT: 1270 (680 Math, 590 English)
ACT: 29

AP Scores:

APUSH - 4
CALC AB- 4
Computer Science A - 3
Physics 1 - 3

Extracurriculars (relatively weak).

  • Soccer Referee for 2 years (some volunteer, mostly paid) - 20 hours volunteer
  • 20-30 hours other community service
  • 1.5 years working experience at retail job. (start of senior year summer to now).
  • Academic Decathlon (Junior year and this year). -silver medal in middle GPA category math

AP/Honors

  • 4 semesters of honors classes
  • 8 semesters of AP classes Junior year
  • 6 semesters of senior year AP classes scheduled (Calc BC, Stats, Government, Macroeconomics)

I also live in NoCal if that helps me at all.

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I would say UC Davis is about a 50/50 chance since CS is a very popular and competitive major. Make sure you apply widely and have some solid Match and Safety schools on your list. Bumping your test scores could help since they are on the low end for CS majors.

Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19:

UCB: 14%
UCLA: 14%
UCSD: 44%
UCSB: 54%
UCD: 58%
UCI: 65%
UCSC: 85%
UCR: 94%
UCM: 96%

Best of luck.