<p>If, at the end of junior year, you have a UC-weighted GPA of 3.9 (10th-11th grade a-g courses only, +1 for up to 8 semesters’ worth of honors and AP courses) and 1600 SAT or 23 ACT, you can make UCR a guaranteed admission safety if you sign up during June 16-July 31, 2014 and include UCR in your regular UC application. See <a href=“http://admissions.ucr.edu/whyucr/ourguarantee”>http://admissions.ucr.edu/whyucr/ourguarantee</a> .</p>
<p>Of course, you probably have a good chance at several other UCs. Note that UCs tend to weight HS GPA more than test scores, so your 4.0 starting 10th grade should be advantageous. Of course, you need to write good essays. UCSC is probably a decent chance; <a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/santa-cruz/freshman-profile/index.html”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/santa-cruz/freshman-profile/index.html</a> lists average HS GPA at 3.84 (presumably UC-weighted) and average SAT scores of 583 CR, 616 M, 594 W.</p>
<p>Ethnicity does not matter in UC admissions.</p>