Chances for UC's and Cal States? Upward Trend GPA, Competitive SAT

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey guys I’m a current Senior in California
South Asian Male (Bangladesh)
First Generation
GPA: 3.8750 weighted, 3.5417 Unweighted
Class Rank:130/644 (9-12) 95/644 (10-12) 34/644(12) (highly competitive large school in the city)
SAT: 1340
SAT II: Biology E:710 (self prep) / Math 2:780
Never took AP Biology, only honors Biology freshman year.
AP courses completed so far:
-Physics 1-2
-US history-4
-Psychology-5
APs- This Year
-Economics
-Government
-Calculus AB
Standard Exceeded for both English and Math sections on the CAASPP (11th grade)
Since I took 7 courses for 3 semester instead of the usual 6, I will have over 40 credits completed than the requirements to graduate.
The only reason why my GPA is low is because I did not have the best start to high school. Started with a 2.6 GPA first semester of high school and finished junior year with a 4.3 GPA. Five week report cards have come out for senior year and I currently have a 4.5 GPA.
My intended major is something within the brain and behavior or even such as Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Biopsychology, Cognitive Science, and Psychology.
I do plan to pursue Medical School.
Extracurricular/Awards/Acknowledgements
-Track Team (9,10,11,12)
-Cross country (11)
-Key Club (10,11,12))
-Pre-Med Club( 9,10,11,12)
-Mental Health Awareness Club (12)
-Secretary for Investment CLub (12)
-National Honor Society HS (10,11)
-50+ hours of Volunteer Work
I will start working at a local Hospital where you commit to 100 hours.
-Math Tutor for Elementary-Middle school kids
-California Scholastic Federation Member
-Invited to represent my school at the 2017 National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC).
-2017 Nominee for Envision Career & Leadership Programs.
-Selected as a Delegate to represent my school and the state of California at the Congress Of Future Science and Technology Leaders.

Lot’s of issues I can talk about that affected my grades and everyday life. I feel that my personal essays will be insightful as how I faced problems that I overcame and how these problems shaped me who I am today.

Schools:
UC Irvine.
UCLA.
UC Riverside.
UC San Diego.
UC Santa Barbara
San Diego State
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Feel free to add schools as suggestions. (preferably public schools, but I’m generally open).
Questions? Ask below

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The GPA that matters is the recalculated one for UC and CSU. What is it?

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@ucbalumnus 3.88 is my UC and Cal State GPA

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http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1903428-faq-uc-historical-frosh-admit-rates-by-hs-gpa-p1.html

Probably reach for UCLA, low reach for UCSD (note: biology is an impacted major at UCSD, so it may be more reachy to get into a biology major than to get into the campus), high match for UCSB and UCI, low match for UCR.

Your CSU EI = 3.88 * 800 + 1340 = 4444. SDSU lists past average GPA and test scores ( http://arweb.sdsu.edu/es/admissions/freshmen/apply/eligibility-index.html says 3.87, 1241 => EI of 4337 in 2017), but does not indicate what the threshold was for any specific major.

Others can comment on your CPSLO MCA score and how competitive you are likely to be there.

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UCR, UCM and probably UCSC are your most likely UC targets. Any CSU but SLO will take you. SDSU is a good target.
good luck.