Chance me on UCs?

Gumbymom
Sat, 15 Apr 2017 15:51:11 +0000

You look like a competitive applicant but CS will be tough for most of the UC’s with a below 4.0 UC GPA. You would have a better chance as a Math major or Business. However, UCI/UCR and UCB are the only UC’s with Business schools. At the other UC’s you would be looking at Econ as a major.

Getting into UCI’s Business major is very competitive so make sure you select an alternate major when applying.

UC’s tend to be very GPA focused so hopefully by year’s end you can bump up that GPA if you plan to pursue CS. Your test scores are competitive and you have good EC’s. Make sure you have equally good essays.

For UCSD, if select a capped major (CS), make sure you select a non-capped major as a alternate (Math is also capped at UCSD) or you may end up in Undeclared. Trying to switch majors as an Undeclared into a capped major is very difficult and no guarantees.

https://students.ucsd.edu/academics/advising/majors-minors/capped-majors.html

Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19:

UCB: 14%
UCLA: 14%
UCSD: 44%
UCSB: 54%
UCD: 58%
UCI: 65%
UCSC: 85%
UCR: 94%
UCM: 96%

I see no real safety schools on your list and it is possible to be completely shutout of the UC’s if you do apply as a CS major.

Add UCR/SDSU/CSULB and/or Cal Poly Pomona as possible safety/solid match schools to your list.

Add Cal Poly SLO for a High Match for Business/ Match for Math.

Good Luck.