My Chances @ UCs in California

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, im an in-state resident that attends a top 100 high school in US... usually about 250 kids get into the top 4 UCs (out of about 450) , and about 50-70 kids get into good-excellent privates... the rest get into lower tier UCS and CSUs... </p>

<p>i rank a little below the avg of my class (300ish?) and i have a 3.1 weighted GPA with a approx. 2100 SAT and 720 MATH IIC and 720 LANGUAGE... with Key Club, VARSITY SPORT CAPTAIN (C0), and volunteering @ the library... can you guys give me a reasonable estimate on what my chances are at the UCS? Thankss</p>

<p>BTW my senior schedule is</p>

<p>1)AP Physics 2) AP ENGLISH 3) AP Calculus 4)Gov/Econ (NO AP at our school for this class) 5) ART 6) Spanish III</p>

<p>THanks for your help :D</p>

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<p>See if you can get Calcruzer or Flopsy to give an opinion; they are experts on the UCs.
Your admission chances would seem to depend on your UC GPA. There are several threads floating around which tell how to compute it.
My guess is that your GPA is too low for top UCs even though your scores are very good.</p>

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<p>I'm confused cuz your SAT score doesn't correspond with your GPA haha..</p>

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<p>By your assessment, as you are ranked 300ish, and the top 250 get into the top 4 ucs, you sound like you already know which UCs you will most likely accept you...now...I would encourage you to consider what you want to study/major in, and then include those schools in your application. It may include one of the top 4 UCs...G'luck!</p>

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<p>What are the top 4 UCs?
I know the top 3 are Cal, LA, and SD, but the fourth one is quite debatable.</p>

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<p>Cal, UCLA, and UCSD are all high reaches.</p>

<p>UCI, UCSB, & UCD are high matches.</p>

<p>Others are safeties (UCSC being a high safety). </p>

<p>One campus must accept you as long as you meet the miniumum admissions criteria.</p>

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What are the top 4 UCs?
I know the top 3 are Cal, LA, and SD, but the fourth one is quite debatable.

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<p>UCSF, Cal's medical school. ;)</p>

<p>I'd say it's between Davis and Santa Barbara depending on your major.</p>

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<p>The OP's GPA is considerably low for every uc besides UCR, UCSC and UCM</p>

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The OP's GPA is considerably low for every uc besides UCR, UCSC and UCM

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<p>Actually, the average W GPA (UC GPA) for those is about 3.6, so by that, it would be a reach.</p>

<p>To the OP: the GPA is weak, the SAT score is okay, and the ECs are weak. What about honors/awards? Being from a competitive school will help somewhat, but since your app is somewhat lopsided, it's difficult to tell. As it stands:</p>

<p>Berkeley/UCLA: big reach
UCSD: reach
UCSB/UCI/UCD: slight reach - reach
UCM/UCR/UCSC: high match - match (possibly -- not sure whether your GPA would keep you out)</p>

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<p>whats a high match? and a high reach?</p>

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<p>i also have 2 instruments lol doesnt help much but o well .lol.</p>

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<p>actually the average would be 3.9, not a 3.6. Enrolled students would be around a 3.7-3.75</p>

<p>UCSB 3.97
UCI 3.88
UCD 3.85</p>

<p>However the OP's SAT numbers are WAY above the average</p>

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<p>I was talking about UCSC, UCR, and UCM, not UCSB, UCI, and UCD.</p>

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However the OP's SAT numbers are WAY above the average

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<p>And which is more important to UCs -- GPA or SAT?</p>

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<p>The UCs frequently report that the transcript is by far the most important aspect of the application for most applicants. Absent extenuating circumstances or a hook, the odds of a 3.1 W gpa being admitted to Cal or UCLA are remote. Since the OP attends a competitive HS, I'm guessing that the top 10% of his/her class (~40 students) are routinely accepted into Cal and/or UCLA. The two flagships need to accept students from all corners of the state, so they cannot go 300 deep into a senior class.</p>

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<p>
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And which is more important to UCs -- GPA or SAT?

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GPA - officially and in practice. Go to this website and click on the different campuses to see the breakdown of admitted students at each: <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/selecting/camp_profiles.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/selecting/camp_profiles.html&lt;/a>
You'll see, for example, that only about 2% of applicants with a GPA below 3.3 are admitted to UCLA or Berkeley, 3% to UCSD, 4% to Irvine, 10% to UCSB, 19% to Davis, 64% to UCSC, 74% Riverside, 85% at UCM. Other figures vary (and the difference between Irvine, Santa Barbara and Davis is interesting) as there are differences between the campuses, but you can get a pretty good idea of how you stand by reading those charts.</p>

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<p>well here are the numbers: 61 went to CAL, 64 to LA, 93 to SD, 88 to Irvine...</p>

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<p>those would have to be acceptances, not actual number for those attending</p>

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<p>no, these are actually the PEOPLE that are GOING there after school ends</p>

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<p>kluge: My point precisely. Even in the common data sets, UCs consider GPA to be "very important," and many consider scores just "important." As such, I don't think the OP's high scores (relative to the average scores for each school) will get him/her in, simply because GPA is more important and his/her GPA is weak.</p>

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<p>so if i was to get my acceptance/rejection letters now, can you provide a simulation of what to expect? o-o plz?</p>