We would need your cumulative UW GPA and your UC GPA.
Based off the information you’ve given so far, assuming your cumulative is similar to your junior year GPA:
UCSB: high reach/out of reach
UCSD: high reach/out of reach:
UCI: high reach/out of reach
UCD: high reach
UCSC: high reach
UC RIVERSIDE: reach
TEXAS A M: reach
UNIVERSITY OF AUSTIN IN TEXAS: high reach/out of reach
CAL POLY SLO: reach
CAL POLY POMONA: high match
UNIVERSITY OF BOSTON: assuming you mean Boston University, high reach
I’m sorry, but I think you need to reconsider your college list. Your GPA and standardized test scores are not competitive for the majority of the schools you are looking at. You can get a great education at a less selective school where you can be admitted and thrive.
In that case, I’d adjust UCR down to a low reach or high match. Why don’t you have Merced on your list? You seem to be pretty squarely in the middle 50% for admitted student GPA and ACT, so that would make a good match for you.
I used rogerhub’s UC admission calculator and it says “holy smokes” for both UC santa cruz and Riverside, then a 54% for Santa Barbara, 37% for Davis, and a 31% for irvine. Is the this calculator accurate?
I’m not that familiar with California schools but I agree with @glittervine on how BU is a reach. If you’re really considering it you would need an SAT of 1400+ (avg. for BU 2021 was 1450) or an ACT of 30+ (avg. BU 2021 being 32). Not trying to discourage you at all, but if you’re serious then you need to study really hard for these tests.
Thank you guys but I still need more suggestions on which other safety schools for my major I might study for (architecture or Computer science). Need more help!
San Diego State University, Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Pomona are pretty decent in terms of ranking for engineering in general ( Computer Science often falls into that category). For UC’s all would be pretty good, but UC Merced seems like a good match (if you are in the top 9% of your class you automatically get in). You could also apply to UC Santa Cruz and Riverside, they aren’t too far of a stretch. UCI, UCSB, UCSD, and UCD would all be reached but you can still apply. I think that’s a good list if you intend to stay in California. Although some might think you have no chance at a school like UC San Diego there were a couple of people at my school just last year who had a 3.6 GPA, 1100 SAT, not too many EC’s, but got in. Try to add to those EC’s, get good letters of Rec. and awesome personal statement then you should be fine.
@“aunt bea” on the flipside, I’ve known people who have qualified without even knowing. While being in the top 9% doesn’t mean automatic qualification as there are other requirements, it still is a possibility for a lot of students. The requirements may seem daunting but in actuality, many students will have completed these on there own without knowing it to be a requirement; however, I understand that this is not the case for everyone. Besides a school like Merced needs students badly because it is so new and it can rise in rankings. Look at UCI, it is the second youngest UC but look at it now.
ELC eligible does not guarantee you a spot a UC Merced. If you look at the Undergrad admissions data from 2016, there were 842 ELC referrals, 683 admits and 123 enrolled, so not all ELC eligible referrals were admitted.
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