Hi, I had a question regarding if UC schools are highly competitive in general. Since I was thinking of applying around there when I’m a Senior (currently a rising Junior). Therefore, my cumulative GPA right now is a 3.265, and I want to get around a 3.7 assuming I get straight A’s this year as a Junior. I wanted to ask if it is possible to obtain that kind of GPA at the end of this year. To add on, I have completed 17.5 credits so far. But I wanted to know your opinions and responses to compare it with my own reasoning. So I would appreciate if you would comment and let me know 
Thank you.
UC’s use only 10-11th grades so is what is your 10th grade GPA UC GPA and not your cumulative?
You can use this calculator to calculate your current UC GPA: https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
Once you have your Sophomore year UC GPA, then you can plug in all A’s for Junior year and see what your capped weighted UC GPA could be if you able to get that 4.0.
If you are a CA resident, you need a minimum 3.0 UC Capped weighted GPA to apply to the UC’s but this minimum will not make you competitive for the majority of the schools.
Here is GPA data for the UC’s (capped weighted after Junior year).
2019 UC capped weighted GPA averages along with 25th-75th percentile range:
UCB: 4.23 (4.15-4.30)
UCLA: 4.25 (4.18-4.32)
UCSD: 4.16 (4.03-4.28)
UCSB: 4.16 (4.04-4.28)
UCI: 4.13 (4.00-4.25)
UCD: 4.13 (4.00-4.26)
UCSC: 3.96 (3.76-4.16)
UCR: 3.90 (3.69-4.11)
UCM: 3.73 (3.45-4.00)
Oh yes, and I forgot to mention I am currently in high school lol.
https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses-majors/freshman-admit-data.html
you can explore the admitted student profile for each of the UCs there:
As you can see from the averages above, even if you can pull your GPA up to a 3.7, all of the UCs are probably gong to be a reach. If you meet the requirements, you should apply but understand its not likely.
I’d encourage you to start to explore some of the more residential but accessible CSUs, Chico and Sonoma, would be 2 to look into.
good luck
As Gumbymom has mentioned above, UC’s look at only Sophomore and Junior year grades. Freshman grades do not count. I assume your cumulative GPA of 3.26 includes freshman year. You might be able to get admitted to a UC if you raise just your total Sophomore and Junior grades high enough to the UC averages.