Chance me/Match me: CA resident, 3.9 GPA, 1500 SAT, biology major, pre-med

Chance Me / Match Me
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Demographics

  • US domestic (US citizen or permanent resident)
  • State/Location of residency: california,Bay Area
  • Type of high school current junior:
  • Gender/Race/Ethnicity Indian:
  • Other special factors cross country/and track and field:

**Intended Major(s)**bio or BS/MD

GPA, Rank, and Test Scoresschool doesnt have ranks

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 3.9
  • Weighted HS GPA (incl. weighting system): 4.4
  • College GPA (for transfers):
  • Class Rank:
  • ACT/SAT Scores:1500

Coursework12 AP’s total ,ALl score 4 or 5
(AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores for high school; also include level of math and foreign language reached and any unusual academic electives; for transfers, describe your college courses and preparation for your intended major(s))

Awards

Extracurriculars
summer programs,volunteer hospital,hospice center,work in an dental office

Essays/LORs/Other
(Optionally, guess how strong these are and include any other relevant information or circumstances.)

Cost Constraints / Budget
cost not a factor

Schools
very interested in BS/MD or Bio mahor in a UC

  • Safety (certain admission and affordability)
  • Likely (would be possible, but very unlikely or surprising, for it not to admit or be affordable)
  • Match
  • Reach
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For the UC’s calculate your 3 UC GPA’s: GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub

Note that the UC’s are test blind so your SAT score will not be used for admissions or scholarship consideration but only for course placement.

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Here are the UC admit rates for Biology Fall 2023. Fall 2024 data will not be available until late 2024/early 2025. What the data does not show is how competitive the applicant pool was for the admitted Biology majors.

You can also see how your capped weighted UC GPA compares with the UC admits from 2023 for your HS using this link: Admissions by source school | University of California

Campus Biology
UC Berkeley 12.9% for College of L&S
UC Davis 43% for College of Biological Sciences
UC Irvine 30.4%
UCLA 11% for College of L&S
UC Merced 93%
UC Riverside 66%
UC San Diego No major specific data but estimated <20%-Capped Major
UC Santa Barbara 32% for College of L&S
UC Santa Cruz 57% BA 68% BS
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Are you a recruitable athlete? If not, this really isn’t a special factor, but would be considered an EC activity.

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You can get a sense of what times are competitive here: https://www.ncsasports.org/womens-track-and-field/scholarship-standards

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