My son turned down by Davis and SB, waitlisted at UCI and SC. Wants computer science or math. 3.67 GPA unweighted, 4.37 weighted (4.52 in grades 10-12), 17 AP and Honors classes, two computer courses at Stanford Summer Session, several AP exams with good scores, essays were pretty good (reviewed by professional college coach), some interesting extra-cur activities. He is bummed of course. Will probably have to go to a community college.
Those are competitive majors but it is hard to believe he had no acceptances yet. He looks like such a competitive applicant. I bet he gets in off a waitlist.
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Donât feel bad crazy stuff happens every year. A few years ago my older kid was accepted to Caltech, UC Berkeley, and UCLA but rejected by UC San Diego. Weird stuff just happens in admissions. Thatâs why you apply to many schools.
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Not sure why so many say admitted to SLO? My D hasnât heard anything.
My son was accepted today; Regents Scholarship and Honors, 4.29 Capped and Weighted gpa, local in the Sacramento area, and Studio Art major.
Congratulations to all the acceptances!
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daughter accepted for design. also in at UCSC and cal poly (different majors). waitlisted UCI and UCSB (different majors). GPA 3.96uw. 4.36w. 4.28wc. from san francisco. still awaiting: UCLA, UCB, UCSD + some privates. news very happily received!
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Accepted for animal science
In state. UC W GPA 4.1
7 AP classes
Lots Of ECs
Also admitted: UCSC, CSULB, CalPoly Pomona, waitlisted at UCI
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3.97 UW, 4.54 W (not capped since idk that gpa); one associates in liberal arts, and another in psych for Transfer (UC credited and I will be graduating with both this year), no APs but about 16? college classes which was about 56 college credits, strong law centered ECs, UC credited Pathway to Law School Program (program at my community college), pretty good essays, etc.
Also admitted: UC Merced, UC Riverside + Honors, UC Santa Cruz, UCSB + chancellorâs invite, and now UC Davis (also waitlisted at UChicago)
4.0 UW 4.3 capped - 32 ACT but I donât think they see that.
My daughter just received acceptance from UCD. She also got in UCI, UCSC, UCSB as bio major. GPA: 3.85, 4.43, SAT 1480 from northern California, lots of extracurricular and leadership, research, sports. Waiting for UCLA and UCB.
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accepted UCD, WL at UCSB and UCi, got in at UCSC.
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D admitted to UCD CS. In-state, No scholarship.
Also admitted to UCSC, UCSB for CS with no scholarship. Admitted to UCI 2nd choice major software engineering with Regent scholarship. Her dream school is UCLA. Still waiting.
GPA: 3.90UW, 4.29 UC Capped, 4.57W.
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Is the weighted Capped? Capped is 4 semester units max in grade 10 and total of 8 semester units only both grade 10 and 11 of Honors / APs? My weighted capped is 4.2 but my weighted total is 4.4. Waitlisted CS.
Accepted for Psychology OOS at Davis, UCSC, and Irvine. Rejected at SB. â UC gpa: 3.71, 14 APs and the rest were mostly honors classes. lots of ECs and volunteer hours. fingers crossed for UCLA tomorrow 
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9th grades are not in utilized in the UC GPA calculation, only 10-11th. Total of 8 honors points for 10-11th grades (semester) maximum 4 for 10th grade.
Here is the UC GPA calculator: GPA Calculator for the University of California â RogerHub
Yes, we are in limbo as well. There are a number of us who have not been accepted, WL or rejected⊠just waitingâŠ
Yes. I messed up . Meant to say 10th and 11th grade capped.
Thanks for the encouragement. What is the deal with the statewide guarantee this year? He signed up for SATs three times but they were cancelled every time so he was not able to take the tests (too bad as he seems to do well on standardized tests). Without a test score, I donât see how you calculate whether youâre in the top 9%.
Accepted!!! Aerospace Engineering
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The 9 % is calculated based on the average GPA from the school. The schools submit the top 15% GPA of Junior year class annually to UC. UC then used that data to determine the studentâs class rank.