Should I bother applying for any UC at this point?

frenchexit
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:25:19 +0000

Hey everyone.
I just wanted to realistically know if I should apply for any of the UC’s at this point since my grades aren’t even close to where the UC standards are.
My dream school and motivation was UC Berkeley…but that looks extremely unlikely right now.

Overall GPA: 3.44
Major GPA: 3.71

My intended major was supposed to be Sociology, but apparently, Berkeley has almost a 50% acceptance rate in the Spanish major, and if that were my major, my major GPA would be even higher, but I’d have to get the pre-req’s out of the way my last semester in the Spring.
Should I bother switching it?

EC’s: None. I’ve applied for plenty of them…but something always comes up. I can hopefully get some done in the Spring.
Financial Aid: Yes
State: Virginia
Ethnicity: Latino

I really want to apply to Berkeley just because I want to submit an application. My high school GPA was horrible…below a 1.0…so the fact that I even have a reach of a chance means a lot. I don’t wanna knock it 'till I’ve tried.

I was thinking UCR, or maybe Merced, but are there any UC schools that I’d actually have a fighting chance in?
My community college counselors haven’t been much help…one even asked me, “What’s Berkeley?”

So any help would be greatly, greatly appreciated!