UC Chance for a Junior

flight23
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:48:24 +0000

What we all have to remember is that the UCs, even the best ones such as Cal and UCLA, recruit by the numbers. Most of the UCs receive ridiculously large amounts of applications each year (Cal and UCLA received 48,000 and 55,000 applicants, respectively), so they don’t spend as much time thinking about your extracurriculars.

That being said, you have a very good chance in UC Davis and those ranked below UCD. You’re practically in for UCs below Santa Barbara and Irvine. You have a decent chance at UCSD (about 30% chance), but for UCLA and UCB, you’re chances are very low. The SAT scores are lower than average for both universities, and at your GPA range (3.7 to 4.0), the UCB admits only 10% and UCLA admits only 8%.