Chances for UC Davis/UCI/NYU/UCSB/UCSD

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

An Indian teenager living in California

Weighted GPA: 4.1
UC GPA: 3.8
Unweighted: 3.9
ACT Score: 28 ( trying to get a 30 this fall)

AP Courses: AP Bio, AP calc AB, AP Lang, AP Euro Passed all except for bio, got a 2

Major: Planning on majoring in something uncommon for a higher acceptance

Extracurricular:

  • Internship at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Volunteer Work at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Vice President of the Brea MACSA (Club)
  • Founder of the RMHC Club
  • Volunteer work at Pomona Valley Hospital
  • Worked the voting polls at the California Primary
  • Volunteered in the school office after hours
  • Co-Founder of an application used for local students in my high school

Letters of Rec:

  • 1 teacher
  • 1 Oncologist at City of Hope (who is an UCLA alumni)

Thank you so much!

2

UC’s are very GPA focused and your UC GPA is below the averages for all the UC’s on your list. ACT is on target for UCI but worth your time to retake and aim for a 30+.
LOR’s are fine, but UCB has been the only UC accepting them starting last year and only by invite.

Since you are not specifying a specific major, I would say:
UCI: High Match
UCSB/UCD: Low Reach
UCSD: Low Reach-Reach

Compelling essays will help you along with your EC’s. Are you applying to a “uncommon” major and then plan to switch? If so, be aware that many majors are impacted/capped so switching may require a high GPA in the Pre-req courses to switch.

Good luck and add a few safety schools to your list.

3

Thank you so much! and yes I may be planning on switching! the major i may go in as may be: history

4

If you plan to change majors, research what is needed to get into your preferred major. It is particularly difficult to switch into the capped majors at UCSD, think College GPA of 3.8+ for Pre-req’s:

Majors with capped status – for all students:
Biological Sciences
Economics
Mathematics
Public Health
Jacobs School of Engineering – all majors in these departments:
Bioengineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
NanoEngineering
Structural Engineering

Impacted majors at UCD:
all majors in the College of Engineering
all majors in the College of Biological Sciences

as well as the following majors in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences:
Biotechnology
Viticulture and Enology

and the following majors in the College of Letters and Science:
Computer Science
Psychology