Chance me for UCs and some other OOS schools [CA resident, 4.0 UW, 35 ACT, Undeclared/Biology]

I agree with all the other posters in stating you are a competitive applicant for the UC’s listed.

Are you being actively recruited for tennis at any of the UC’s you listed?

I also do not see any Very Likely/Safety schools on your college list and have you taken any Visual/Performing arts course which is a UC Requirement?

The UC’s calculate 3 UC GPA’s based on your 10-11th a-g course grades and then gives you an extra Honors point for each UC approved Honors, AP, IB or UC Transferable DE course taken during this time.

Here is the UC GPA calculator so can you calculate out your 3 UC GPA’s (unweighted, capped weighted, weighted uncapped) and repost? GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub

Below is some acceptance rates and GPA data for the majors listed.

UC Davis College of Biological Sciences does not admit by major but into the College.

UC San Diego does admit by major and will consider an alternate major but all Biological Sciences are Selective majors.

UC Santa Barbara College of L&S does not consider major in their admissions decisions but will admit into a Pre-Biology major.

Campus Biology/ UC GPA admit range Molecular/Cell Biology
UC Davis 43% for College of Biological Sciences/ Capped weighted 4.07-4.28. Unweighted 3.80-4.00 43% for College of Biological Sciences/ Capped weighted 4.07-4.28. Unweighted 3.80-4.00
UC San Diego Estimated 33% Selective major/ Capped weighted 4.13-4.29. Unweighted 3.84-4.00 Estimated 33% Selective major/ Capped weighted 4.13-4.29. Unweighted 3.84-4.00
UC Santa Barbara 34% for College of L&S/ Capped weighted 4.14-4.29. Average Unweighted 3.91. 34% for College of L&S/ Capped weighted 4.14-4.29. Average Unweighted 3.91

Good luck but make sure you have some guaranteed/Very Likely admission schools on your list. I would add a couple more UC’s and some Cal states if you want to stay within the Public University system.

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