Got my junior year transcript, what are my chances?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm a Indian male who just completed my Junior year in high school, in California.</p>

<p>I am hoping to apply to a UC for a degree in science, related to biology or biotech or biochem or something in that field, I'm not sure yet. I may also want to go on to a medical school after 4 years.</p>

<p>My transcript is:
9th grade -
Alg 2 - A-/B
Biology H - A/A-
English 1 H - B+/A-
PE - A-/A-
World Geography - A / Health Education - A-
Spanish 1 - B+ / A-</p>

<p>10th grade -
Chemistry - A-/A
English 2H - B-/B
PE - A/A+
Spanish 2 - B/B+
Trig/Pre-Calc - B/B
World History Honors - B-/B-</p>

<p>11th grade -
AP Bio - B-/B-
AP Calc - B/B-
AP Physics B - B+/A-
English 3 - A-/B-
Spanish 3 - B/B+
US History - A-/B+</p>

<p>Academic GPA is 3.56 weighed, 3.38 nonweighted
Total GPA is 3.61/3.44
10-12 GPA is 3.50/3.23</p>

<p>Which one of these GPAs will UC admissions look at? What schools are my grades competitive for? Which UCs do I even have a chance at?</p>

<p>For my SAT, I got 2220. 700 CR, 780 Math, 740 Writing (Essay score 8)
(I will retake this in October, hopefully to improve)</p>

<p>I took the Math SAT II, but only got 690 on that.
I took the Biology M SAT II and Physics on June 2011.</p>

<p>I took the AP tests for all of my APs, dont know their scores yet.</p>

<p>I have a Black Belt in Karate and have been doing that for more than 5 years.
I participated in the debate team in my school.
I also have around 20-30 volunteer hours, and am planning on doing 100+ this summer.
I also got selected for the first round of NMSQT selection, but I don't know if I will receive the letter of commendation or go on to the next rounds.</p>

<p>What advice can you helpful people offer me? What UCs do I have a chance at? What other colleges and universities should I be looking at? Thank you all for helping out.</p>

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<p>You will clearly qualify for admission to “a” UC, see [University</a> of California - Admissions index](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/california-residents/admissions-index/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/california-residents/admissions-index/index.html) Riverside is usually the one that any one who UC qualifies can get into; UCLA and Berkeley followed by SD are usually the hardest to get into and for those your test score is good but grades are medicocre; for the rest your chances are better although likely higher at Merced and SB.</p>

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<p>Thanks drusba.</p>

<p>What are my chances if I want to get into UC Davis, or Irvine, or Santa Barbara. Should I consider UCSC a safety or a match?
My GPA has been mediocre, but I did try to take challenging and difficult courses which were offered at my school.</p>

<p>Do you know which GPA they look at (weighted or unweighted?, academic gpa, total gpa, 10-12 gpa?)
How are the other aspects?</p>

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<p>Your grades in math/science courses aren’t bad, but may be significantly lower than other students who are applying to colleges and have designated science as their potential majors.</p>

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<p>Would it be better to apply as undeclared, or as a general science major and later on switch or specify which field I would like to major in?</p>

<p>Overall though, what kind of chances do I have for UC’s. I know I can get into A UC, but how about mid-level ones like UCSC, Davis, Irvine, SB?
San Diego is a reach, and Berkeley and LA are probably out of the question.</p>

<p>But how are my chances at these middle-tier UC’s?</p>

<p>What out of state universities should I look at?</p>

<p>Thanks so much.</p>

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<p>thanks dulcecab13. I just copied my question from here, so it might be a little long, and you can edit out some stuff like all of the courses in my GPA, but I do appreciate any and every advice relating to college.</p>