Chance me at the UCs. Specifically UCD, UCSC, UCSD

Gumbymom
Thu, 11 May 2023 13:59:52 +0000

Congratulations on your academic record and you can be a competitive applicant.

The UC’s are test blind so your SAT will not be considered for admission purposes, only for course placement.

LOR’s are not accepted by any of the UC’s except UC Berkeley which is by invitation only.

You need to calculate your 3 UC GPA’s using this calculator:
https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

You have interest in 2 different majors: Business and Engineering.

There are only 3 UC’s with Business schools: Riverside, Irvine and Berkeley. The rest of the UC’s have Business adjacent majors so you need to determine if these majors will work for you.

If you are targeting Engineering, then you need to select an Engineering major as your first choice since they admit directly into the major so you need to decide which area of interest you want to pursue, Business or Engineering. Some UC campuses do consider alternate majors so you could select the other major as an alternate.

Jobs are a great EC so definitely list these under the UC activities with an explanation of your duties.

Being Bilingual is not a hook but a plus for some post grad employers. It may also let you test out or place higher in college language courses if there is such a requirement for your major.

Below are the 2022 admit rates based on the Capped Weighted UC GPA and not major specific. Business and Engineering will be far more competitive than the overall rates so start formulating your list from the bottom up. Start with your local Cal state which would give you admission priority and include a few reachier CSU’s such as SDSU, CSU Long Beach, Cal Poly SLO or Cal Poly Pomona which have respected Business and Engineering schools.

Under a 4.0 Capped weighted UC GPA will make it challenging for the majority of UC”s.

2022 Admit rates based on the Capped weighted UC GPA.

Campus | 4.00+ | 3.70-3.99 | 3.30-3.69 | 3.00-3.29
Berkeley | 17% | 3% | 1% | 0%
Davis | 58% | 20% | 5% | 2%
Irvine | 35% | 10% | 3% | 0%
Los Angeles | 13% | 2% | 1% | 0%
Merced | 97% | 97% | 95% | 85%
Riverside | 95% | 83% | 42% | 17%
San Diego | 37% | 8% | 1% | 0%
Santa Barbara | 41% | 8% | 3% | 0%
Santa Cruz | 69% | 45% | 16% | 4%

Best of luck and as a California resident there are many schools besides the UC’s where you can get an excellent education.