Chance Me: California High School Senior; Prospective CS Major; Applying to UCs and OOS Publics [4.00 GPA, 4.00/4.24/4.79 for UC, 1580 SAT]

Chance Me / Match Me
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Demographics

  • US domestic: US Naturalized Citizen
  • State/Location of residency: California
  • Type of high school (or current college for transfers): Non-magnet Public High School
  • Other special factors: First Generation (Parents do not have degrees)

Cost Constraints / Budget
I have already discussed budget with parents. I am only applying to schools I can afford to attend.

Intended Major(s)
Computer Science
Computer Science and Economics (when applicable)
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 4.00
  • Weighted HS GPA: 4.43 / 4.00
  • UC Weighted Un-Capped: 4.79
  • UC Weighted UCapped: 4.24
  • Class Rank: School does not rank
  • ACT/SAT Scores: 1580

List your HS coursework

(Indicate advanced level, such as AP, IB, AICE, A-level, or college, courses as well as specifics in each subject)

  • English: Honors English 9, 10; AP Lang; AP Lit
  • Math: Pre-Calc; AP Stats; AP Calc AB, BC; Calculus 3 (Local CC); Linear Algebra (Local CC)
  • Science: Honors Bio, Honors Chem, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Enviornmental Science
  • History and social studies: AP Human Geo, AP World, AP Gov
  • Language other than English: Up to Honors Spanish 4 (Highest Offered)
  • Visual or performing arts: Art
  • Other academic courses:
    HS: AP CSA, AP CSP
    Local CC: Object-Oriented Programming (Java), Structured Programming (C++), Principles of Macroeconomics; Principles of Microeconomics; Intro to Machine Learning, Algorithm Design, Database Programming (SQL)

Awards

  • National Economics Competition Top 5
  • Congressional App Challenge Winner
  • International Economics Competition Top 4
  • Coca-Cola Scholarship Semifinalist
  • 2x State Website Competition Winner

Extracurriculars

  • 10, 11, 12: Co-President and Founder, Economics Club
  • 10, 11, 12: Co-Founder and Developer, Financial Education App: 10000+ Users in 18+ Countries
  • 11, 12: Software Development Instructor at Programming School
  • 11, 12: Research Intern, Large Tech Corporation
  • 11, 12: Database Architect Intern, Insurance Company
  • 11, 12: JavaScript & TypeScript Website Developer, Large Economics Education Non-Profit
  • 9, 10, 11, 12: Member (9-11); Co-President (12), Computer Science Club
  • 9, 10, 11, 12: Swim, Varsity & Club Swimmer
  • 9, 10, 11, 12: Pianist (Certificate of Merit)
  • 11, 12: Club Directory Website Developer for High School

Essays/LORs/Other
I’m not sure how to judge how good my essays are since I’ve only shown them to family and friends.
LORs are from teachers I’ve worked with a lot throughout high school.

Schools

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ASU is assured.

Are you happy at ASU or Merced ?

If so, great list.

I imagine you’ll get into more, especially UCSC and potentially some OOS.

Good list. Good luck.

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It’s hard for people to make suggestions without knowing what that number is.
You have a number of out of state publics on your list at which you are likely to be full pay. Other than ASU, I don’t think any of the ones you’ve listed gives/gives much merit. Have you already run the NPCs for these?

No CSUs? (If you’re happy with either Merced or ASU as your safety that’s fine)

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Congratulations on your hard work and being a competitive and very qualified applicant.

Here are the UC and some CSU admit rates and GPA information to help gauge your chances. I think you have categorized your school chances well although I would put UCSC in the Likely Category and UCSB in the Low Probability category.

Best of luck.

Campus CS
UC Berkeley 1.9%/ UC Capped weighted GPA 4.20-4.30 Campus UC unweighted 3.89-4.00 Campus Weighted uncapped 4.31-4.65
UC Davis 19% Selective Major/ UC Capped weighted GPA 4.19-4.30 Campus UC unweighted 3.80-4.00
UC Irvine 16.8% Impacted Major/ UC Capped weighted GPA 4.12-4.29 Campus UC unweighted 3.83-4.00
UCLA 3.1% Impacted Major/ Capped weighted GPA 4.25-4.32 Campus UC unweighted 3.90-4.00 CS Weighted Uncapped 4.62-4.87
UC Merced 90%/ UC Capped weighted GPA 3.59-4.15
UC Riverside 32% Impacted major/ UC Capped weighted GPA 4.03-4.28
UC San Diego 12% Selective Major /UC Capped weighted GPA 4.19-4.31
UC Santa Barbara 10% Impacted Major/ UC Capped weighted GPA 4.23-4.31
UC Santa Cruz 60% Impacted Major/UC Capped weighted GPA 3.96-4.26
Cal Poly SLO 9% Impacted Major / SLO GPA for Engineering College 4.14-4.25
Cal State Long Beach 31% Impacted Major/ CSU GPA Avg. 4.07
San Diego State 28% Impacted Major/ CSU GPA Campus Avg. 4.04
San Jose State 31% Impacted Major/ A CSU of 4.3 needed to meet 2024 Impaction threshold without other factor points.
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