Please chance me for UCI UCSB UCSD (or any UC, but preferably these 3) 
(sorry if its a bit long hahahah)
In state
UC GPA W: 4.318 (It will be boosted up b/c I am getting my grades changed in 2 ap classes after I did well on the ap exam, most likely it’ll shoot up to 4.35 or something along the lines)
UC GPA Capped: 4.136 (will go up)
Rank: tentative b/c my grades are getting changed, def top 15% of my class
SAT:1410 (720 ERW and 690 Math), but no sat subject tests
Major: Undecided in STEM (or maybe I might put down Environmental Science)
Low income Asian girl
ECs (are weak):
various clubs that I do not hold a cabinet position in (but I hold a cabinet position in one club)
volunteer hours at library
AVID tutor at my school (which adds to my community service/volunteer hours)
Hosted Veterans Day Assembly and Veteran Luncheon at my school w/ my ap world teacher and 3 of my classmates
I tutor homeless children through a program
Academic Decathlon 2 years (1 year on the competition A-team along with 8 others)
Volleyball for 1 year (had to quit bc it didn’t fit into my schedule after I joined Academic Decathlon)
Awards (basically nonexistent): AP Scholar
Senior Courseload: AP Comp Sci Principles, H Econ/AP Gov, Academic Decathlon, AP Calculus AB, Avid Tutor, ERWC (English)
Welcome to College Confidential as a first time poster.
I think the Mid-tier UC’s like UCI/UCD and UCSB are possible. UCSC a solid Match school. UCR/UCM are safety schools.
Depending upon your STEM Focus and major, make sure you check each schools website to determine the difficulty of declaring a major. Some schools like UCSD have capped majors where it is difficult to change majors unless you are a direct admit.
Although Subject tests are not required, many UC STEM majors have recommendations so it could impact your chances.
Make sure spend time on your personal insight essays since UC GPA, Test scores and essays are considered very important by all the UC’s.
Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19 (capped weighted) and not major specific.
UCB: 12.6%
UCLA: 11.7%
UCSD: 38.7%
UCSB: 53.6%
UCD: 56.5%
UCI: 52.1%
UCSC: 75.7%
UCR: 90.1%
UCM: 96.1%
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
UC admission by major:
UCB:
Division (L&S, CNR, CoC, CED, CoE) matters for admission selectivity.
Within CoE (but not the other divisions), major matters for admission selectivity. Changing majors within the CoE after enrolling is not guaranteed, unless one is CoE undeclared.
Note that L&S admits students as undeclared; admission to capped majors (e.g. CS, economics, psychology, ORMS, statistics, art practice, and a few others) is by college GPA in prerequisite courses (and portfolio for art practice) after attending for a few semesters.
The business major is in a separate division and admits students in a competitive holistic process. Frosh intending business majors begin in another division (usually L&S), take the business major prerequisites, and apply (usually in their second years). They also need to take prerequisites for a backup major in case they are not admitted to the business major.
All students who apply to UC Berkeley and select a major within the College of Natural Resources are evaluated based on their application, not on the particular major they select.
UCD:
Admission decisions are made based upon the qualifications of the applicant pool and the number of available spaces within each academic area:
• College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences admits by college
• College of Biological Sciences admits by college
• College of Letters and Science admits by division within the college
• (Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies; Mathematics and Physical Sciences; Social Sciences)
• College of Engineering admits by academic department
Students applying as “undeclared” or “undeclared/exploratory” are considered within the college/division to which they applied.
UCI:
- Freshman Selection:
UCI admits into the University first and then into the major. In the case that UCI is unable to accommodate all qualified applicants in their first-choice major, those students who indicate a valid alternate major may be offered admission in that major or Undeclared.
UCLA:
For the College of Letters and Science, the applicant’s major is not considered during the review process. The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science admits students by declared major, with more emphasis on science and math programs. The School of Nursing also places more emphasis on science and math programs and requires the submission of an additional supplemental application. The School of the Arts and Architecture; Herb Alpert School of Music; and the School of Theater, Film and Television admit students by declared major (within the school), and put more emphasis on special talents through a review of portfolios and/or auditions, which are the most significant admission factors for these schools.
UCSD:
The campus does not admit students on the basis of academic major or choice of UC San Diego undergraduate college. Alternate majors are considered and capped majors are highly competitive. Also note: Capped majors require additional pre-req courses and specific GPA to be able to qualify if changing majors.
UCSB:
College of Letters and Sciences: Choice of major is not considered in selection to the College of Letters and Science. The exceptions to this rule are dance and music performance majors. Both majors require applicants to complete an audition in late January or early February.
College of Engineering: Students are selected by major for all engineering and computer science majors. Only applicants with a solid background in advanced high school mathematics will be considered for admission to engineering. This includes high grades in all math courses through grade 11 and enrollment in pre-calculus or higher in grade 12. A student not selected for their first choice major will be reviewed for admission to an alternate major outside of the College of Engineering if one was selected.
College of Creative Studies:
Applicants to the College of Creative Studies submit a supplementary application in addition to the general UC Application, which is reviewed by Creative Studies faculty. Students are selected within Creative Studies majors only. Applicants not selected for Creative Studies will automatically be considered for admission to the College of Letters and Science.
UCSC:
Important Note for Prospective Engineering Students: Choice of major does not influence the selection of first-year students, except for those applicants interested in a major offered by the Jack Baskin School of Engineering (BSOE). Freshmen who are interested in a BSOE program should be sure to indicate a BSOE proposed major. Students who do not indicate a BSOE program or who apply as undeclared might not be able to pursue a BSOE program.
@Gumbymom hi! thank you for the response! would you consider UCI, UCSB, UCD a match school? you mentioned UCSC and UCM/UCR.
I would put UCI/UCSB and UCD as Match schools. Just apply widely within the UC system since there are no guarantees due to the high # of applicants which makes them all competitive.
@Gumbymom thank you so much! and I am applying to most, if not all, of the UCs.
@Gumbymom Hi! sorry to ask you another question a few days later, but I was doing some more research on the UC website, and I wanted to know something about their freshmen admission profile for all schools. The website displays the test scores/gpa ranges for the 25th-75th percentile, and I was wondering if the 25th-75th percentile GPA meant UC capped weighted gpa.
For example: http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/santa-barbara/freshman-profile/index.html
On this link for UCSB, does the high school gpa indicate capped weighted?
The capped weighted is the GPA range listed on the UC website for all the UC schools. UCLA and UCB are the only 2 UC’s that list on their specific website their fully weighted UC GPA ranges.