UC chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, so I'm a junior at a really competitive high school in California.
Right now my UC gpa is a 3.57
I'm waiting for my ACT score to come back, but my practice test results have ranged anywhere from 29-31.
Hopefully by the end of the semester, my GPA should rise to 3.8</p>

<p>I'm taking pretty tough classes:
AP Enviro
AP World
Honors Euro Lit (highest english class a junior can take)
Algebra 2
Spanish 3
Chemistry</p>

<p>ECs:
3 years of Amnesty International (2 years on board)- organized demonstrations, Human Right Week, spoke as a panelist (~3-5 hours a week)
2 years Secular Student Alliance (2 years on board)- organize events with other clubs, speak on panels (~4 hours a week)
Youth Action Team- Community service based club. Over 100 hours of service/year for 3 years now.
1 year JV tennis (3 years city league tennis)
1 year JV swim/waterpolo team
1 year Nothwood Television (~10 hours a week for a year)</p>

<p>I really want to go to a decent UC to study biology, genetics specifically.
My top choice is UC Davis, but I would love to go to UCI, UCSD, UCB, UCSB.
Chance me maybe?</p>

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<p>GPA is low for the UC’s listed. Average GPA for the UC’s listed is 4.0+. If you can get an ACT of 32+ that should compensate somewhat for the lower GPA. Since you have no ACT result I would chance you as follows:
UCSB/UCD/UCI:Low Reach
UCB/UCSD: Reach
Ask for your chances after you have completed the ACT and Junior year.
EC’s ok. Work on great essays this summer.</p>

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<p>Yeah, you’ve got a better shot an UCM, UCR and probably UCSC but, since UC includes lots of factors not listed I so, you never know. I would encourage you to apply to a handful of CSUs. You’d probably be a shoe in for all but SLO.</p>

<p>You might want to take the SAT too - </p>

<p>Good luck.</p>