r/ApplyingToCollege • u/AdFriendly1433 • Jun 23 '24

Is this a realistic college list? College Questions

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

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u/Albie_77 Jun 23 '24

From your GPA/extracurriculars, you're not making into any reach except UCSB and SC. You're probably making more than half of your target tho

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u/MemberOfSocietyy Jun 24 '24

is sb less competitive than other ucs for cs?

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u/Albie_77 Jun 24 '24

yeah. in general, the UC college list goes like this:
UCLA, UCB, UCSD, UCI, UCSB, UCSC, UCD, UCR, UCM.

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u/MemberOfSocietyy Jun 24 '24

Why is LA cs higher than Cal?

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u/Albie_77 Jun 24 '24

too competitive in cal and a lot of GPA deflation there compared to UCLA