College list help needed. CA Resident [in 11th grade, 3.5 GPA, 1220 SAT, mechanical engineering / robotics / aerospace]

[ucbalumnus]

@ka7654

-I would like to get into Stanford, Caltech, UC Berkeley, UC LA (still building the list)
-My SAT score is at 1220.
-I will have completed 9 AP classes by end of senior year.
-My current GPA is 3.5. Weighted GPA is 4.17

With a 3.5 HS GPA, Stanford, Caltech, UCB, and UCLA are unrealistic reaches.

UC Merced, UC Riverside, and non-impacted CSUs would be more realistic for admission.

However, if your worse grades were in 9th grade, then your HS GPA as recalculated for UCs and most CSUs could be better, because the recalculation uses grades from 10th and 11th grades courses.