engineering chances

<p>Help? I keep hearing that UC's engineering schools are "harder" to get into than the colleges of letters and sciences, but I have no idea what that means in concrete terms. How much higher are admitted students' test scores, grades, whatever? </p>

<p>What are the UC-B/LA/SD/D/SB engineering or Cal Poly engineering chances for a student who, as a current h.s. junior, looks like this:</p>

<p>SAT 1: CR 700, Writing 700, Math 740 (re-taking in June)
SAT 2: 11C 730, Chem 730 (will re-take 11C and take Physics after AP Physics test in May)
Possible National Merit recognition (215)
GPA: 4.2 W
Hon/APs:
9-10th- Hon Geo, Hon Alg 2/Trig
11th- APCalc AB, APPhysics, Hon English
12th(expected)- APCalc BC, APChem, APEnglish, Hon German 4
GATE program fall 11th</p>

<p>ECs:
varsity golf 9-12, jv soccer 9-10 (co-captain/MVP), varsity soccer 11-12, soccer ref job, assistant swim coach job summers, one week engineering program at UArizona summer of 11th,</p>

<p>hiker:</p>

<p>Assuming you are a California resident,
UCB/UCLA: Slight Reach (Engineering)
UCSD: Match (Engineering)
UCSB/UCD: Safe Match (Engineering)</p>