Congratulations on being a competitive applicant. You are aware that your ACT scores will not be considered by both the UC’s and CSU’s.
Below are the overall admit rates for all the UC campuses based on UC capped weighted GPA and not major specific. Engineering and Data Science will be more competitive so the admit rates will be lower.
| Campus | 4.20+ | 3.80-4.19 | 3.40-3.79 | 3.00-3.39 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley | 30% | 11% | 2% | 1% |
| Davis | 85% | 55% | 23% | 10% |
| Irvine | 60% | 31% | 14% | 1% |
| Los Angeles | 29% | 6% | 1% | 0% |
| Merced | 97% | 98% | 96% | 89% |
| Riverside | 97% | 92% | 62% | 23% |
| San Diego | 72% | 25% | 2% | 0% |
| Santa Barbara | 73% | 28% | 4% | 1% |
| Santa Cruz | 91% | 81% | 46% | 9% |
Are SJSU or Cal Poly SLO your local CSU? https://www.calstate.edu/apply/freshman/documents/csulocaladmission-serviceareas.pdf
What is your CSU GPA from the CSU application? What is your Cal Poly SLO GPA (9th-11th a-g courses with 8 semester Honors point cap or CSU GPA plus 9th grades)?
Have you calculated your CSU Impaction index? Impaction | Admissions
Based on your GPA information, you will most likely meet the impaction thresholds for Chemical or Materials Engineering at SJSU so a possible Safety.
Cal Poly SLO’s projection target for Materials Engineering is >50% so I would say you have a very good chance at an acceptance.
For UCLA, the admit rate for Material Eng was around 28% and Chemical Engineering around 21% but I would still consider UCLA Engineering as a Reach school.
UCB’s College of Engineering admit rate for 2022 was 7% while the College of Chemistry was 14%. UCB would be a Reach school.
UCSD’s Engineering and Data Science are both capped majors so they do not recommend that you apply to 2 capped majors as 1st choice and alternate. I would put UCSD as a High Target/Low Reach.
UCSB’s College of Engineering had an overall admit rate of 22% with an average fully weighted UC GPA of 4.52. UCSB would be a High Target/Low Reach.
UCI’s Chemical Engineering had a 42.6% admit rate for 2022 and Materials Science and Engineering had a 54.8% admit rate. Data Science had a 7.6% admit rate. UCI would be a Target/High Target for either Engineering and a Low Reach for DS.
UCD’s overall admit for the College of Engineering 2022 was 29%. Materials Science would be a slightly easier admit than Chemical Engineering but I would put UCD as a Target school for both majors.
Best of luck and I am sure you will have several wonderful schools from which to choose in the Spring.