I just ended my junior year of high school and I have a 3.0 unweighted GPA, 1830 on the old SAT, and a 27 on the ACT. I have 300+ hours of volunteer work at a local hospital and 62 hours of volunteer work at a local library. I am a California resident and have been for my whole life. I was wondering what chances I have of getting into UC’s such as Santa Barbara, Riverside, and Merced (low on my list). And if possible, can I get some good school recommendations? I have been searching online at different schools, but there are just too many to choose from. The majors I am considering are English, Psychology, Accounting, or just applying as Undecided. Is it difficult to take up two majors instead of one major and a minor? What is better to do?
I would post in the “what are my chances” thread, not Massachusetts Colleges.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/
You also need to calculate your UC GPA: https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
Based on GPA and test scores, UCR/UCM are probably your best options. Other than UCSC, the rest of the UC’s have average UC GPA’s of over 4.0 and these schools are very GPA focused.
If you are a California resident, I would take a look at some Cal states: Chico, Sonoma, San Marcos, San Francisco, Sac State, San Jose state to name a few.
Sorry, I accidentally had my question in the same category as my previous question. Thank you so much for your help!
I agree, take a look at the CSUs listed above.
Good luck.