Lets say I have a 3.7 GPA and I want to apply to a competitive school. My GPA might be lower than the average applicants’, can a high SAT score save me? What do UC’s look at more.
UC’s look at GPA first, more precisely UCGPA, which is different from your high school GPA.
You can look at your odds on the thread listing admits per GPA category.
A 3.7 would make ucm/ucr solid low matches , Ucsc a match.
https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
Listed below are Capped weighted UC GPA’s. These are averages so more competitive majors need higher stats.
Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.40-3.79:
UCB: 2%
UCLA: 3%
UCSD: 6%
UCD: 15%
UCSB: 14%
UCI: 13%
UCSC: 59%
UCR: 78%
UCM: 92%
Freshman admit rates (2016) for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19:
UCB: 14%
UCLA: 14%
UCSD: 44%
UCSB: 54%
UCD: 58%
UCI: 65%
UCSC: 85%
UCR: 94%
UCM: 96%