<p>So I finished my applications for UC schools about a week ago and I have applied to UCLA, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC Riverside, UC Santa Cruz, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, and I also applied to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Im very anxious about what schools im going to get into. I have a 3.86 GPA but I calculated my UC GPA and it came out to a 3.77. I have taken the SAT 3 times and my highest score is only a 1730, which I feel is going to hurt me a lot. I have taken 4 AP Classes and one Honors class and in the process of taking 3 more in Senior year to prove im still trying even though I am a senior. I got a 4 on my AP Lang Exam, a 1 on my AP Chem exam (crazy hard class!), a 3 on my AP Euro Exam, and a 3 on my AP US History Exam. I am taking 3 more AP exams this year on physics, government, and literature. I have some good extracurriculars also which come up to about 250-300 hours of volunteer/community service work at the local library, work at my Ethiopian Church, and even work tutoring kids in Ethiopia during my vacation there. And I have received 2 academic awards in sophomore and junior year for having over a 3.75 gpa and played guitar for 3 years at my school and performed at shows. I also am obviously black (ethiopian to be exact) which I think helps me somewhat and I have wrote pretty good essays one regarding my parents immigrating and leaving Ethiopia as teenagers and them inspiring me because of that and one about how my time in ethiopia was a big experience for me. What do you guys think my honest chances are of getting into the schools I have applied to? I think I have no chance of UCLA and UCSD, a decent chance of UCSB, UCD, and UCI, and for sure getting into UC Santa Cruz, Riverside, and Cal Poly.</p>
<p>It also depends on your major, especially for Cal Poly SLO.</p>
<p>Your UC GPA is lower than your GPA despite having AP and Honors? Try calculating your UC GPA again.</p>
<p>What will benefit you is that your unweighed GPA appears to be high, probably the single most important factor in admissions.</p>
<p>That being said, UCLA, UCB, UCSD are all reaches though it doesn’t hurt to apply.</p>
<p>UCSB, UCD, UCI, SLO are matches if your Weighed GPA is higher than what you say it is, which I suspect it is.</p>
<p>UCR and UCM are low matches.</p>
<p>An UC GPA is supposed to raise one grade point your best eight AP and honors courses…</p>
<p>UCLA: Reach
UCSD: Low reach
UCD: High match
UCI: Match
SLO: Match
UCSB: Match
UCSC: Low match
UCR: Low match
UCM: Safety</p>