Can someone chance me for the UC's?

Chance Me / Match Me
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Reposting this cuz I made some mistakes on the other one and it won’t let me delete/edit it now.

Demographics

Male, Indian, California Resident

Cost Constraints / Budget
N/A

Intended Major(s)
Computer Engineering

Unweighted HS GPA: 3.9
Weighted HS GPA: 4.03 so far as a junior
Class Rank: n/a

AP’s So far/Planning to take

So far
AP World History - 4
AP Physics 1 - haven’t tested yet
AP Computer Science Principles - haven’t tested yet

English 10H

Pre-Calc H

Senior Year Plans
AP Gov/Econ

AP Statistics

AP Computer Science A

my entire senior year, i have to take all required classes. i have to take health, PE, leadership2, pre calc h, english 12, and ap gov/econ. i have no space for a science. thats why im self studying otuside of school AP stats and AP CSA. they wont let me take a math outside of school to count as a high school credit and accelerate to ap calc ab/bc. i haven’t been able to accelerate since in my freshman year, i had one B+ in semester1, so i cant accelerate because of that

Extracurriculars

Varsity Water Polo, 3 years total, 2 years varsity and Captain for one of those years

helped coach JV players and taught them skills, fundamentals, and weight training

Designed an AI powered app to help coaching**
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Swim Team – 1 year

Volleyball – 1 year

Senior Class Senator (Elected)

  • Going to work alongside the president, vice president, and another senator to be responsible for everything class of 2027 related, whether events, fundraisers, and even prom.
  • As a group we interviewed and selected people to be a part of our class council.

Class Council – 2 years (Historian/Videographer)

  • Created audio for spiritweek events for 3 years as historian**

    ASB / Leadership** – 2 years

  • Rallies Committee, Videography committee

  • Organized rallies and other events. Planned out the games for the rallies and how to make it more interesting for the audience/students. Planned a total of around 10-15 rallies for the entire school year.

  • Created videos such as recap videos, hype videos, or things like that to be posted on the school instagram account

  • School Mascot - 1 year

    • As the mascot I attended the majority of all sports events to support our team and helped get the crowd hype even if the game was “boring”. I also attended a couple of fundraisers and other school events to show school spirit.

AI Club Officer – Fundraising

Praise & Worship Leader (Church)

  • Led and organized 2 worship nights for our church

  • About 150 people attended each one.
    Actively led the praise and worship for my church almost every week

  • currently planning a “Worship Workshops” at my church, in which I will teach young kids how to play drums, guitar, piano, and how to sing for praise and worship alongside a couple of others

  • Drums for 9 years

  • Guitar for 3 years

  • Choir – 2 years

  • Participated in the Annual Christmas Carol 2x

    Choreographed fight scenes for 2 years for class spirit week

Consisted of about 15 people each year
helped lead class of 2027 battle of the band for 3 years- Team of 7 people

Mission Work – Navajo Nation (2–3 years)

  • Went to Utah for 2 years, and new mexico for 1 year, helped host a Vacation Bible School for about 15-20 young kids. Here we taught them about Christianity, sang songs, led arts and crafts, and provided food and games for young kids who do not have the opportunity to experience these types of things.
    Designed AI-Powered Water Polo Training & Recovery App (ai coded) called PoloXcel

Designed and launched an AI-assisted water polo app that generates customized drills and injury recovery guidance based on player strengths and weaknesses.

  • Designed for my coach who has been struggling to balance his regular work life with coaching water polo.
  • My coach used it with about 5 players who were fairly new to water polo.
  • Tracked 4-5 month progress and saw positive results.

Custom PC Build

  • Researched components for a PC and kept under a budget of $550.

Schools
All UC’s

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Calculate your three UC GPAs here:

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Are you a resident of California?

If not, do you know what your budget is for the colleges?

Chance Me for the UC's
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Hello, yes I am a resident of California

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I’m confused about math - you have precalc hons listed under “so far” but also again for next year?

What sciences have you taken to date other than AP Phys1?

What level in foreign language have you reached?

Is this a public or private school btw?

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I can’t chance you, but I’d love to read one of your PIQ’s about being the school mascot :rofl:

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that was an accident, i meant to put pre calc h under senior year plans.

I’ve only taken the required sciences that i need, such as Living Earth (biology) and Chemistry.

Im currently in my 3rd year of spanish

it is a public school.

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4.03 Weighted GPA

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Correction: about 4.27.

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I am also confused about the math requirements. You’ve taken no math other than pre calculus?
You’re going to be deficient in math credits if you haven’t been taking math courses with regularity.

Otherwise I think you’re extracurriculars and your activities have been great. I know that the UCs love athletes who can balance their studies with the grueling hours spent in practices.

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hello, sorry this is so confusing haha im not very good at this.

Ive taken algebra 1 9th grade, geometry 10th grade, and alg 2 trig currently in 11th grade. My school wouldnt allow me to accelerate since i had one B+ in algebra 1 my freshmen year and i needed at least an A-.

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OK, that sounds good.

If your school has certain rules about what courses you’re allowed to take, and what the requirements are, then make sure that your counselor makes a notation in your record about that. The colleges need to know that you attempted to take the most rigorous coursework but you weren’t allowed to because of school rules.

I think your chances are good. Apply and see what happens. Good luck!

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Congratulations on being a competitive applicant for the UC’s. I will not chance you but provide you with some statistical admit data for comparison purposes. If you are happy to attend either UC Riverside, Merced or Santa Cruz, then you have your likely schools on the list.

This data is compiled from several sources and the UC GPA ranges listed are the 25th-75th percentile for 2025 admits.

Campus Computer Engineering
UC Berkeley EECS 7% Engineering Capped weighted UC GPA: 4.20-4.30. Campus Unweighted 3.90-4.00
UC Davis Estimated <25% Selective Major. Engineering Capped weighted UC GPA: 4.08-4.28. Campus Unweighted 3.79-4.00
UC Irvine 21.6%. Engineering Capped weighted UC GPA: 4.15-4.29. Campus Unweighted 3.83-4.00
UCLA 4.7%. Engineering Capped weighted UC GPA: 4.25-4.32. CE Weighted Uncapped GPA: 4.64-4.86. Campus Unweighted 3.95-4.00
UC Merced 92%. Engineering Capped weighted UC GPA: 3.69-4.21
UC Riverside 97%. Engineering Capped weighted UC GPA: 384-4.22
UC San Diego Estimated 19% Selective major. Engineering Capped Weighted UC GPA: 4.17-4.30. Campus Unweighted 3.84-4.00. Campus Weighted Uncapped GPA: 4.31-4.65
UC Santa Barbara Estimated 13% Selective major. Engineering Capped weighted UC GPA: 4.21-4.30. CE Average Weighted Uncapped GPA: 4.46. Average campus Unweighted GPA: 3.91
UC Santa Cruz 81%. Engineering Capped weighted UC GPA: 3.85-4.22. Campus Average Unweighted GPA: 3.75

Good luck.

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Note that UCB now has an ECE major in addition to the EECS major.

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