Which CA colleges to apply to?

College Search & Selection
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Electrical Engineering major

3.81 or so weighted GPA
1270 SAT
good clubs (MUN Officer, own club)
no sports besides marching band for 2 years (semesters)
only took physics CP, not AP

Which would be safety schools? Which would be reach schools?

Here is my current list:
Average chance: UCR, San Jose State Univ., UCSC??

Reach: UCI,

UCD? UCSD? UCSB?

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UC/CSU GPA calculation: https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
Post capped weighted UC GPA

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Unweighted GPA: 3.51
Weighted GPA: 3.84
Weighted and Capped GPA: 3.73

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What is your local CSU? If is not impacted, most likely it would be your safety school.

http://www.calstate.edu/sas/onestopkiosk/documents/CSULocalAdmission-ServiceAreas.pdf

Admit rates below are not major specific so Engineering majors would likely be likely be lower.

Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.40-3.79 (capped weighted):

UCB: 2%
UCLA: 3%
UCSD: 6%
UCD: 15%- Reach
UCSB: 14%- Reach
UCI: 13%- Reach
UCSC: 59%- High Match
UCR: 78%- Match
UCM: 92%- Safety

How Cal States admit:

The Cal states admit by major and eligibility index. They really only consider GPA/Test scores/Geographic location and HS course rigor. Other than Cal Poly SLO, your EC’s are not considered.

Calculate your Eligibility index:
If you took the Redesigned SAT:
(CSU capped weighted GPA X 800) + (SAT Evidence Based Reading & Writing (EBRW) + Math Score) = Eligibility Index
**CSULB and SJSU use a modified EI for STEM/Engineering majors:
http://www.sjsu.edu/admissions/impaction/impactionresultsfreshmen/index.html

You will then be ranked based on EI and major and they accept from the top down until all spots are filled.
Impacted campuses/majors: https://www.calstate.edu/sas/documents/ImpactedProgramsMatrix.pdf
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I get an EI of 4254. That should get you into all the CSU’s with the exception of Cal Poly SLO and possibly SDSU.