Junior Wishing to Apply to UC's - What are my chances

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Hi, I am currently a junior in a competitive high school in California. I am an Asian male and want to major in political science for undergrad.
Here are my stats:

Freshmen year: 3.5/3.5
Sophomore year: 3.8/3.8
Junior year: 3.6/3.6

my ACT: 31

my AP’s

  • APHUG (got a 5)
  • APENG 11 (taking the test soon)
  • APUSH (taking the test soon)

my UC unweighted GPA: 3.71
my UC weighted GPA: 4.0

My EC’s:

  • Link Crew (have leadership position)
  • French Club (have leadership position)
  • secretary for peer mentors
  • academic decathlon (a team and got awards)
  • treasurer for mock trial
  • secretary for healthy eating initiative (an organization)
  • orchestra

Experiences:

  • internship for a state senate campaign
  • internship with Pasadena Jaycees
  • was an exchange student to France

Awards:

  • silver medal for Academic Decathlon regionals speech
  • gold for Les grand Concours (national french contest)
  • bronze for the PVSA award

Please tell me my chances. I’m planning on applying to every UC
Thank you!

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Calculate all your UC GPA’s: Unweighted UC GPA, Capped Weighted UC GPA and Fully Weighted UC GPA using this calculator: https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

ACT Breakdown?
Senior year Schedule?

of AP’s available at your school?

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So your UC capped weighted GPA will probably be also in the 3.95-4.00 range, which is a reach for the mid tier UCs (Irvine, SB, Davis) and more a match for Santa Cruz and Riverside. But the process is holistic, and really good essays, ECs and course rigor could compensate.

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Some statistical 2018 data to gauge your chances. Just remember that it is a comprehensive review so all parts of the UC application will be considered along with what each campus considers important in forming their in-coming Freshman class each year. In August, the UC website will update their Freshman profile for each campus so that additional data should help you form your college list.

2018 Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19 capped weighted and not major specific:
UCB: 10%
UCLA: 9%
UCSD: 34%
UCSB: 38%
UCD: 41%
UCI: 38%
UCSC: 70%
UCR: 84%
UCM: 95%

2018 UC capped weighted GPA averages:
UCB: 4.23
UCLA: 4.23
UCSD: 4.16
UCSB: 4.13
UCI: 4.13
UCD: 4.11
UCSC: 3.96
UCR: 3.81
UCM: 3.71

25th - 75th percentiles for ACT:
UCB: 30-35
UCLA: 31-35
UCSD: 28-34
UCSB: 28-34
UCD: 26-33
UCI: 26-33
UCSC: 26-32
UCR: 22-30
UCM: 19-26