What UC's with good science programs can I get into with these stats?

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<p>UC GPA:3.5 weighed
sophomore year gpa:3
junior year gpa:4</p>

<p>so excellent improvement</p>

<p>ACT:28 (writing 10)</p>

<p>rank:132/662 unweighed
143/662 weighed</p>

<p>2 honors junior yr
2 honors 3 a.p. senior yr</p>

<p>will take SAT2
expect real high score on one of them</p>

<p>EC
advanced to state lvl in history research paper competition
3rd place in regional drafting competition
60 hrs hospital volunteer
14 hrs library volunteer
28 hrs festival volunteer
2 yrs deca club
2 yrs ping pong club
tutor at school</p>

<p>want to go into dentistry</p>

<p>good rec/essay</p>

<p>OOS </p>

<p>want to get into UCSD</p>

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<p>UCSD seems like a bit of reach with those stats. It’s possible though. Write a damn good essay.</p>

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<p>The top 12.5% of CA students is typically who is eligible for UC. However, since you’re OOS, it’s going to be especially difficult since you barely make the top 20%, and your GPA is rather weak. For an in-stater, you’d be a match at UCR, UCSC, and UCM. However, being an OOSer will probably make those somewhat iffy.</p>

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<p>how about UCI or UCD? do they have good science programs?</p>

<p>also, if a student attends a lower tier UC, would they have a better chance of transferring into a better UC than someone from a OOS college</p>

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<p>They do, but they’re even more selective than UCSC, UCR, and UCM.</p>

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<p>Inter-UC transferring isn’t as easy as transferring from a community college. More than that, transfer admissions for out-of-state students are especially competitive (Berkeley and UCLA, for example, have about 10% acceptance rates for OOS transfers). Even if you went to a UC for two years, you would still likely be considered an OOS applicant for transfer admissions purposes, unless you set up residency. See this:</p>

<p>[University</a> of California - Admissions](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/ca_residency.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/ca_residency.html)</p>

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<p>Thanks for the info, so with my stats, is it even worth the time applying to UCSD?</p>

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<p>Well, it doesn’t take much time, so I’d say yes! But I really wouldn’t count on it.</p>

<p>My stats by the way were 3.9 weighted, 1900 on the SATs, plenty of extra stuff, and I didn’t get in (and I’m in state).</p>

<p>You’d probably have better luck shooting for a private school in California, since the UCs have a very low OOS acceptance rate.</p>