<p>I am a senior in high school and last year I got a C during first semester and a D during second semester of AP Chemistry. The only other class I got a C is during my first and second semester of taking Honors Pre-calculus.</p>
<p>My GPA for sophomore year was a 3.67 and my junior GPA score was 3.67 but it might have been changed to a higher GPA but I am unsure.</p>
<p>I would have retaken the course my senior year but I had no room so I am unfortunately stuck with my D in AP chemistry. I am not concerned for the C but I am worried about the D and my pretty low GPA. Will there be any way that the UC's will be able to accept me? I am taking the SAT, SAT II and ACT in the upcoming months because my last SAT I took was a 1570 and I am hoping to get 1900+.</p>
<p>I want to apply to UCSD, UCSB, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCR and maybe UCI as an environmental scientist or an environmental engineer or at least something within the science department. Will the UC's accept me/my D?</p>
<p>Basically, your GPA will be calculated based on sophomore and junior year courses and then you have a factor for test scores. If you meet a minimum combined UC calculated GPA and test score factor, you are guaranteed admission to “a” UC but not necessarily one of your choice. If you don’t meet the minimum you will not get into a UC. I cannot tell from what you provide whether you can even qualify for any UC but from the little provided I would guess Berkeley and SD are significant reaches for you.</p>
<p>you’re 90% for UCR and about 25% for UCSB/UCI/Davis. About 15% -50% for UCSD since UCSD uses a strict formula that heavily pads points for “life challenge” type of stuff… go to UCSD, read their formula, and make SURE you application and especially essay highlight all the areas for which you qualify for bonus points. If you get enough points, you’re in… there is very little “holisitc” judgement involved other than assigning the correct tier of points to your “challenges”.</p>
<p>I think Davis has as strict formula too… check out to see if that is true.</p>
<p>Will you get accepted? Yes, but it will likely be only Merced and Riverside. And that assumes that you meet the minimum a-g course requirements. (A D in an a-g course does not count so you’ll need 2.5+ other courses in the sciences to be minimally eligible.) </p>
<p>I’m more conservative than Dunnin’. Unless you have a UC plus factor (low income, first gen, overcame adversity), you will not be close to the SD cutoff. Thus, absent a plus factor, Cal and SD are <1%. The mid-tier UCs would be 25%, and Riverside is 99%.</p>
<p>I knew a girl who got a D in an honors or AP chem class who did not get accepted at any UC although otherwise she was an honors student. This was about 10 years ago, and I suppose it is more competitive now.</p>
<p>When you report your gpa, is that your UC gpa? You need to use the UC ruberic to calculate based on your a to g classes. And you need a minimum of 2 years minimum, 3 years reccomended lab science separate from the Chem class you got a D in. Use the UC Pathways to assess the grades and scores combination you need, and know that those are only the minimum.</p>