Schools applied:
UC Davis: Biomedical/Biochemical Engineering
UC Santa Barbara: Chemical Engineering/Biology
UC Irvine: Biomedical Engineering/Public Health
UC Riverside: Bioengineering
San Diego State: Public Health/Biology
Cal Poly SLO: Biomedical Engineering/Biology
University of Washington-Seattle: Biology/Public Health
Stats:
3.55 UW GPA
3.69 W GPA
28 ACT
30 Superscored
610 SAT Math 2C
Extracurriculars:
Wrestling Team (Captain 3 years)
6 Clubs (Board Position in all)
Community Service Completed
Shadowed doctors
Studied medicine internationally over summer
Medical Internships over summer
Tutoring
uwGPA/WGPA are low for most of the schools on your list especially for the competitive majors listed. Test scores are below average also for many many of the schools and UC’s do not superscore. You might get into your alternate major if the schools consider it. Do you have any safeties?
What about course rigor? Little difference between unweighted and weighted GPA? Is your weighted GPA your UC/CSU GPA? SLO also includes 9th grades in their GPA calculation.
These are my safeties!!! I applied to other UCs, USC, and Hopkins (already got in).I Just wanted to get a feel for my bs schools. Of these schools on my list, I’m only willing to go to UC Davis. I have taken 7 APs. This is also my UC/CSU GPA. 9th grade I had a 3.8 average unweighted.
For Safety schools you want to be in the 75th percentile for GPA and Test scores. SDSU is the only school on this list that is a solid Match, where you are at the average or above the average Stats. For the rest of the schools, your GPA especially is below average and test scores are just at the average or below. You are applying to competitive majors, so I would consider looking at some private schools that have February deadlines for a safety. Not sure how you formulated your list, but Mid-tier UC’s cannot be considered safeties unless you have a perfect GPA and test scores well into the 2200+/32+ range.
Truth be told, I’m not interested in attending most of these schools (just did so to make my parents happy). Also, why would I apply to private school or schools that I could get into but have no desire in attending? I’ve considered taking the community college route but am not entirely sure if it’s worth doing. I want to be premed, which requires a solid undergrad GPA. If accepted should I go to one of these schools (where it would be difficult to do really well) or go to cc where GPA is typically inflated? Also, if I were to go to cc, what are the stats transfer applicants need in general for UCs?
If you are planning to go Pre-Med, you have to be careful of taking the required courses such as Biology/Chemistry/Physics etc… at a CC since most Medical Schools want these course taken at a 4 year. If you plan to do the CC route, take GE’s and TAG to one of the 6 UC’s. Each school will have a minimum course and GPA requirements to be certified and as long as you maintain the TAG requirements you will be accepted. You can only TAG to 1 UC. See links about TAG and the TAG requirements.
You said that my chances at UWashington are a reach despite it having the highest acceptance rate in the schools I listed. Why is that? Also, of UC SB, Davis, and Irvine, which do I have the best chance at?
6, probably because at UW (i) the average unweighted GPA (for freshmen enrolled in fall 2015) was 3.78/4.0, (ii) GPA is the most important factor in admissions, and (iii) OOS students face a lower acceptance rate and require higher than average stats to be admitted. Your ACT is about average, however, so maybe a "low reach" (like UCD/UCI/UCSB). Good luck.
sorry to break it to you, but UC davis isnt that much of a safety for you. Slo and Irvine are competitive for you. Irvine got almost 100,000 applicants this year.
@FutureGenius69: My mistake about UW, I though you were applying to Bioengineering there also, that is why I said a Reach but I have to agree with @UWfromCA that it is probably a low Reach if OOS.
9, yes I was admitted to Johns Hopkins, and applied Early Decision as a Biomedical Engineer major. I was accepted to the school, though rejected for my major so it is not binding. Also, there were 80,000 applicants to UCI for 2014 (difference of 20,000!)