Can someone help determine my chances at UCSC?

iliketurtles45
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 02:14:56 +0000

Currently, I am a sophomore in High School (soon to be Junior) I would really love to go to UCSC, but I feel like it might be a bit of a stretch for me at this point.

Freshman year I had roughly a 3.8 academic GPA. However, at the start of my Sophomore year, I was dealing with some personal problems which impacted my success in school until about a week ago. My cumulative GPA dropped to around a 3.4 because of my Sophomore year GPA of 2.96.

But I realized I have made a mistake and now I am going to try and do everything in my power because I know next year I can ace nearly all of my classes. I plan on taking AP Environmental Science, AP US History, English 3, Statistics, French 4 honors, newspaper, and yoga (I need pe credits). Now assuming I get an A in every course both semesters, with the exception of French (because it’s so hard), I could possibly shift my UC GPA to around a 3.56 and my cumulative GPA would be around a 3.76. I have yet to take the actual SAT/ACT but I have my prep scores which give me a good idea of what I would get on the actual test. I am also considering taking a semester of AP Bio through UC scout this summer, which I was told could boost my UC GPA around 0.05- 0.1

PSAT- 1250/1600
PACT-26
My Soon To Be Weighted GPA (10-11th grade)- 3.60

For EC’s I have around 55 hours of community service. I am a published writer for a few online newspapers/blogs and am published in our high school paper as well. I am also part of a sport which requires a lot of time commitment (16 or more hours of practice a week). I have been varsity for two years now and I feel the high amount of time I have dedicated to this sport would really stand out to colleges.

I have wanted to go to UCSC for a while now and I really feel like its environment and attitude would suit me perfectly. What are my chances of getting into UCSC and if not Santa Cruz, what about UC Riverside?