Drop in gpa?

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I’ve had a 4.0 w/uw both my freshman and sophomore year. This semester in Junior year, I think I’m going to end with 2 Bs. Im taking 2 AP classes so id have a 3.6 uw and 4.0 w. I know this looks bad on college applications but im sure i can get my grades up second semester. my sat is also a pretty low 1350… do i still have a good chance to get into schools like UCSB or UCI? im not aiming for anything too high like berkeley but im not sure if i still have a chance in this range of schools either

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From the information given it appears you took no weighted classes Freshman or Sophomore. I’m not understanding how your GPA dropped that much unless you took only 3 classes in two years… As to the 1350 SAT that isn’t really that low and you should be able to get into UCSB. I think myself and others would need more information such as what classes you have and/or will be taking to give you a better answer.

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freshman: 4.0 gpa w/uw
PE: A/A
biology honors: A-/A-
health: A/A
english honors: A-/A
spanish 1: A/A
geometry: A+/A+

sophomore: 4.0 gpa w/uw
alg2/trig nonhonors: A-/A-
chemistry: A+/A+
world history honors: A/A
PE: A/A
english honors: A/A-
spanish 2: A/A

junior: 3.6uw/4.0w first semester
precalc nonhonors: B+
dance: A
physics: A
spanish 3: A+
AP us history: B
AP english: A-

SORRY FOR BEING VAGUE !!!

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UC’s only use 10-11th grades for their GPA calculation. You have increased your HS course rigor Junior year with some AP classes. Your GPA/grades are fine since those AP courses will be weighted. Are you limited to # of AP classes you can take each year and/or they are only offered to Juniors and Seniors? Your lack of HS course rigor may impact your chances more than a few B’s.
UC GPA calculator:

https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

You want to strive for a UC GPA capped weighted of 4.0+ for these schools.

http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/irvine/freshman-profile/index.html

http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/santa-barbara/freshman-profile/index.html

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freshman year we had no ap opportunities, sophomore had 1 but i reallyy did not wanna take ap bio, and junior year we were given 3 opportunities (the one i refrained from taking was ap chem)