Engineering With Low GPA. Please chance!

<p>Alright, I'll just get this over with since I'm not expecting too much anyway. </p>

<p>I'm a community college student looking to apply to Davis, Irvine, Berkeley, UCLA, and Santa Cruz for chemical engineering or bioengineering. The following are my grades, with the last two semesters being assumed or expected.</p>

<p>Semester 1:
English 2 - B+
Poli Sci 1 - A
Econ 40 - A
History of Music 1 - A</p>

<p>Semester 2:
General Chem 1 - B+
Psychology 1 - A
Calculus 1 - B-
Statistics - B+</p>

<p>Also, I took a summer session at Davis, thinking it would help my application, but backfired.
Session:
Calculus 2 - B+
Physics 9A - C</p>

<p>Semester 3:
Calculus 3 - A
Physics (Fluids, electrostatics) - A
Linear Algebra - A
Bio 1 - A</p>

<p>Semester 4 schedule:
Differential Equations
Engineering with Fluids
General Chem 2
Physics (Magnetism)</p>

<p>Now, calculating my GPA out with just my 3 semesters and session at Davis, my GPA is an abyssmal 3.49. Originally, it was 3.57, but the stupid quality points came into account and effectively destroyed my grade. I'm honestly furious right now, snd I can't believe that my GPA could be that low thanks to one C and some B's, compared to everyone else on this site. Is this how GPA is normally calculated? With quality points? Anyway, assume I have decent ECs snd please chance me.</p>

<p>Seeing as how the stupid quality points destroyed my GPA l'm already considering staying another year, even though my prereqs will be done, hell, maybe 2. It just honestly doesn't seem fair having a sub-3.5 GPA because of a different system, and it's making me discouraged. Please chance and help.</p>

<p>Well judging from your stats, Cal and UCLA will be a reach. I see that you had received your lowest grades in your major prep courses. They will pay attention to that and your overall GPA. Davis will be no problem as long as you complete all your prereqs. They are very strict. Irvine is a bit more lax.</p>

<p>You ought to look into whether you can qualify for the TAG program. If so you can get guaranteed admission at one UC campus. Not all UC campuses participate. You can find more information online or at your transfer center</p>