My Chances at UCSC?

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Hispanic-American
California Resident (Los Angeles)

UC GPA 3.55
High Honor Roll 3 years
SAT: 1210 (new sat)
Passed AP Exams:
Calc AB: 3
AP Spanish Lang: 5
(Have taken various other AP and Honors classes)

Senior year Classes:
H Government
AP English Lit
H Physics
Leadership
Marching band/ Concert band
AP Calc BC

Intended Major: Engineering
Alt. major: undecided/ undeclared

Extracurriculars:
Concert Band 4 years
Marching Band 4 years
Indoor drumline 4 years

Community service
Summer Percussion Student Instructor 4 years
Church Volunteer 2 years
CBS Studios 4th of july event 4 years
Summer production company volunteer 1 year

Part of a 4 year educational program

I want to know if Santa Cruz is a safe bet for me because I would love to attend this school. If its not a match then what schools (UCs and CSUs) should I also apply too?

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Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.40-3.79:

UCSC: 47%
UCR: 64%
UCM: 80%

I would say UCSC is a High Match (50/50 chance) so definitely not a safety.

UCR/UCM/CSULB/CSU Fullerton and Cal Poly Pomona would be safe bets.

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I’d say it is 60/40 against you as UCSC, You should apply but, don’t consider it safe. also apply to SDSU, CLULB, Fullerton and perhaps Chico or Sonoma if either interests you.

Good luck.