Chance me for UC Berkeley, Penn, Duke, Brown, and Stanford!

ucbalumnus
Sun, 25 Nov 2018 03:54:59 +0000

UC freshman admission rates for 2017 by GPA (UC-recalculated weighted-capped) from https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/freshman-admissions-summary :

Campus  4.20-   3.80-   3.40-   3.00-
        higher  4.19    3.79    3.39
UCB     43%     13%      2%      1%
UCLA    47%     12%      2%      1%
UCSD    84%     39%      7%      1%
UCSB    82%     45%     10%      1%
UCI     94%     52%     11%      3%
UCD     90%     56%     17%      4%
UCSC    93%     76%     44%     14%
UCR     98%     90%     63%     23%
UCM     98%     96%     89%     57%

Calculate your UC-recalculated weighted-capped GPA at https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/ , although if you have been taking lots of AP courses, your result is probably in the 4.20-higher range (first column). Math is in the UCB College of Letters and Science, the largest division, so admission there should be similar to the overall (unlike the UCB College of Engineering, where admission is more difficult).

This assumes that you are a California resident and therefore eligible for in-state tuition and financial aid. If not, UCB is a high reach because you would need a Regents or Chancellor’s scholarship to make it affordable.

The rest of your list consists of reach-for-everyone schools.

If you are a California resident, add other UCs as match and likely schools. If not, choose appropriate other match and likely or safety schools to avoid being shut out.