Which UCs + Stanford do I have a shot at?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi everyone, I’m currently a junior, and I’m hoping to get into either UCB, UCLA, Stanford, or UCSD as a genetics major. How would you rank my chances at those schools? Thanks :slight_smile:
Weighted GPA: 4.5
Unweighted: 3.91
SAT: 2100
AP Euro (4), AP Physics B (4), AP Calc BC (Expecting 5), AP Physics C Mech (Expecting 5), AP Physics C EM (Expecting 4), AP Lang (Expecting 4)
I took APUSH and received an A, but did not take the exam. Will that reflect poorly?

Extracurriculars: Chemistry Club: 10-11th, Book Club: 11th, Science NHS: 11th, President of Physics Club: 11th, babysitting, 50 hours of volunteer work (although I plan to do a lot more this summer).

Aside from my weak extracurriculars, my poor Spanish grades worry me. I’m a straight A student with the exception of Spanish classes. I received a B in the first semester of Spanish II, another B in the first semester of Spanish III, and now I’m expecting a C in the second semester of Spanish III. I am taking Spanish 101 at my local community college this summer, but it’ll only replace that B in Spanish II. How likely are colleges to overlook an outlier C in a class unrelated to my desired major?

Here’s my senior schedule if it makes a difference: AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Comp Sci, AP Econ, AP Gov

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Unrelated to your desired major is not at thing. Competitive colleges look at your core course preparation across the board. They do not expect you to specialize in high school. They don’t expect you to major in a foreign language, that is not why they want to see fluency. They do expect you might change your major.

5% chance at Stanford. Decent chance at one of the others.

Think about how you might craft a good application to make yourself stand out. Also I wonder if you can do something that you use your spanish for. To try to help you with fluency and address your only academic weakness.