Currently a Junior at top 10 public school in California
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Male
Indian
SAT: 1600
GPA: UW 3.6 W 3.9
SAT II: Bio M 800 Math 2 800
AP: Macro 5, Comp Sci A 5
Current Schedule: AP Physics 1, AP Biology, AP Statistics
Next Year Schedule: AP Physics C (both), AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, AP Lit
EC:
Track and Field Varsity Captain
DECA ICDC Finalist
MedCorps Vice President
Drone Club Vice President
Neuroscience Club Secretary
Red Cross LDC Camp Youth Staff
Volunteer at Robotics Camp 150+ Hours
(Cancer Research at Berkeley this summer)
Assume essays and recommendations are good
there’s a good chance your GPA will trip you up. Lots of perfect score applicants do get rejected as you might suspect. You’ll have to make it up somehow with some really strong essays.
Please calculate your UC GPA after Junior year and post UW UC GPA, Capped weighted UC GPA and Fully weighted UC GPA: https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
Excellent test scores and good EC’s. Going to a competitive HS will be considered but your Capped weighted GPA is well below the average for UCB overall. What is your Fully weighted UC GPA? UC’s tend to be more GPA focused vs. test focused somewhat to your disadvantage however UCB also tends to be more holistic of campuses.
Really spend time on your essays and make them shine.
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
2018 Data:
25th - 75th percentiles for SAT:
UCB: 1360-1540
UCLA: 1340-1540
UCSD: 1300-1520
UCSB: 1270-1500
UCD: 1220-1480
UCI: 1230-1490
UCSC: 1210-1450
UCR: 1130-1380
UCM: 1020-1280