UC/CSU GPA is 3.95 as printed on my school transcript. IM2 (B-, B+ ) & IM3+ STEM (B+, PASS ). We were given PASS/FAIL that semester due to the pandemic.
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The UCās consider all 3 GPAās: Capped weighted, Unweighted and Fully weighted. The CSUās only use Capped weighted.
Below a 4.0 Capped weighted although close with the 3.95 is tough for Engineering at the UCās so maybe UCR and UCSC could also be options. Just conveying the reality.
Best of luck.
I agree, with a sub 4 GPA, sheās not going to be competitive at many of the UCs. Iād add several CSUs - CPP, SDDSU, CSULB and Chico all have solid engineering programs and are worth an ap.
Iād also look at the WUE list for affordable programs in other Western states. UNR, Oregon, Boise State and Co State get lots of CA kids in her situation. The OOS schools are a lot more flexible on ārequired classesā
https://www.wiche.edu/tuition-savings/wue/wue-savings-finder/
Apply broadly and good luck
While looking into small liberal arts schools on the east coast I came across Elizabethtown College which has an ABET certified engineering program. Itās acceptance rate is pretty high especially with your stats. If a school like that is interesting to you Iām sure thereās more like it in the region. Just make sure youāve had a conversation with your parents about funding college and run some net price calculators with them.
This is very important and in skimming through responses, I donāt see that it was addressed. If you didnāt take pre-calc, I would choose a good, but less selective program (Oregon State, Colorado State, Utah, Cal Poly Humbolt, etc.), plan to start in Calc I, repeating AB content, and then do pre-calc on Kahn Academy over the summer before you start. If you do not have the math foundation, youāll struggle. There are two routes into mechatronics/robotics, ME and EE. Both are math intensive. Good luck!