What are my chances of getting into UCSD Biomedical Engineering?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I would like to apply biomedical to UCSD.
-California resident
-Race: Black

  • ACT: Composite - 33, English - 35, Math - 27, Reading - 34, Science - 34 (I retook the ACT and hope to improve my math score by a fair amount)
    -SAT Subject Tests: Chemistry - 640, Math II - 580 (I was really disappointed with these and don’t know if I should submit them but, oh well)
    -Unweighted UC GPA: 3.97
    -Weighted UC GPA: 4.17
    Class Rank: 4/395

Freshman:
English Language Arts 9 Honors
World Geography/Healthy Living
Geometry
Biology
French 1

Sophomore:
English Language Arts 10 Honors
AP European History (3)
Algebra 2/Trig Honors
Chem Honors
French 2

Junior:
AP Language/Comp (4)
AP US History (4)
AP Art History
Pre-Calc
AP Chemistry (4)
French 3 Honors

Senior:
AP Biology
AP Psychology
AP Literature/Comp
AP Government
AP Calc AB
Physics
Economics

Work Experience: Referee for the youth soccer league, Tutor for elementary school students

Volunteering: Volunteer for Public Library - 400 hours from 8th to 12th grade, Key Club - 25 hours

Extracurriculars:
-Treasurer of French Club (10-12)
-Key Club
-Traveling soccer team (8-12)
-Varsity tennis team (11-12)
-National Science Bowl (12)

Honors/Awards:
-Member of the Honorary Society of French
-AP Scholar with Honor
-Principal’s Scholar Honor Roll

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UC’s do not consider race and ethnicity in their admission decisions. If you want to use it to help your chances, you should consider applying to a private university whom would appreciate your diversity.

That said, you look like a qualified and competitive applicant. Since all Engineering at UCSD is capped/impacted, you need to select a non-capped/impacted major as an alternate just in case and switching majors later is often very difficult.

Best of luck and apply widely.

Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19 (capped weighted) and not major specific. Competitive majors will have lower admission rates.

UCB: 14%
UCLA: 14%
UCSD: 44%
UCSB: 54%
UCD: 58%
UCI: 65%
UCSC: 85%
UCR: 94%
UCM: 96%

25th - 75th percentiles for ACT:
UCB: 30-34
UCLA: 30-34
UCSD: 29-34
UCSB: 28-33
UCD: 26-32
UCI: 26-32
UCSC: 26-31
UCR: 23-30
UCM: 20-27