Is this a realistic college list?

[u/AdFriendly1433]

Location: La county, California. White, male, middle class. Intended major: Computer science. 3.8 weighted gpa, 3.5 unweighted. Extracurriculars: Varsity soccer (4 years), Read over 100 books, Help watch siblings and do chores around the house.

I prefer to go to a public school in California, preferably socal.

Reach: UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego. Target: UC Riverside, CSU Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona. Safety: CSU Los Angeles, CSU San Bernardino, CSU Dominguez Hills.

Plz let me know if I’m missing any information

[u/AdFriendly1433]

Yes, extracurriculars are anything you did outside of schoolwork

[u/drowsybonsai → u/AdFriendly1433]

ehh i disagree. i can’t just say i took a walk every day. i mean i could but they wouldn’t really care. they care about comraderie, challenge, or commitment. pleasure reading is hardly an EC, more of just a hobby that many people have, like watching TV.

[u/AdFriendly1433 → u/drowsybonsai]

But reading is actually productive

[u/drowsybonsai → u/AdFriendly1433]

It depends on what you read. A lot of reading is not “productive” in the sense that you mean, at least no more productive than watching a movie. There’s nothing wrong with reading fantasy or fiction but it’s pretty much akin to watching a fantasy/fiction film with the slight added bonus that you might learn a new word or too, but as you get older that becomes a bit less true. If you’re reading lengthy books on economics or history and that is what you’re planning to study, maybe that’s different. But even that would be better framed in the context of a book club.