UC Political Science - any insight would be very appreciated!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I feel confident that I could get into the CSU of my choice, my curiosity is if other people agree and also, what are my chances at UC? My sophomore year I got a handful of C’s in courses like art, a C+ in Algebra 2 first semester, and a C+ in PE(I know, I know easy class), and junior year I started with a C+ in pre cal but 2nd semester it’ll be atleast an A-

Gender: F
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Current grade: Junior
Location: California(San Joaquin Valley)
School type: Small, Charter(Less opportunities than other big public schools, no honors, AP, or IB courses offered here)

GPA: Around application time a 3.3-3.4
Senior year classes: Calculus, Econ/Gov, English 4
College credits: I will have completed around 5 transferable-credit community college courses by the end of my senior year
Community service: 200+
Awards: Honor roll, Freshman Homecoming Queen
Activities: Cheer freshman year, very involved in fitness
Work experience: Semester long internship this upcoming fall with a law office, the community service(200+ hours)

SAT: Predicted score of 1900-2100(680 math, 660 English, 650 writing)

*I plan on attending an intensive law program at Stanford this summer, (by invite)
*First generation college student
*Moderate income family
*Letters of rec from DA and other high-up business and law officials

Thank you so much if you read all of this. Any feedback or advice would be much appreciated! -Thanks, Liv

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No offense, but how do you get a C in PE? You literally do nothing academically rigorous…

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If you don’t have anything helpful to say please don’t comment. I got a C my freshman year being a lazy highschool girl lol.

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I apologize, and anyway UCs don’t look at freshman grades haha. So no worries on that C

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  1. A GPA of 3.3-3.4 will not get into the CSU of your choice if you plan to apply to CSULB, SLO and SDSU.
  2. PE will not count for the CSU/UC GPA calculation. Here is the link: http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
  3. Once you have a real SAT score, then posters can give you better chances.
  4. 2 C’s in A-G required courses will not help your UC application so you may need to target UCR/UCSC and UCM versus the Mid-tier to Upper Tier UC’s which have averages like a 4.0+ UC GPA.
  5. EC’s and amazing essays will bolster your application. Work on the essay topics this summer to give you a head start.
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And leave off homecoming queen…

Any awards you get based on superficial judgements won’t reflect well on your application

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I’m weak af^^^

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1900-2100 is a big limit for SAT, a 1900 is considered a low score whereas a 2100 is competitive.

UCs don’t look at your 9th Grade scores at all so no worries about the C. And yes, leave out the homecoming queen.

UCs tend to look at GPA too so you’re lacking there. Anything more that might help you to fill the GPA gap is a few disparate ECs and a good SAT score.