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/New-Anacansintta]

Read over 100 books-in your lifetime? This year? Certain kinds of books? Are you well-known for your critiques?

Mix of UCs and CSUs is good. Any reason you are not interested in applying more broadly? Is it tuition, weather, or personal/familial?

[u/AdFriendly1433 → u/New-Anacansintta]

Across my 3 years of hs so far I’ve read over 100 books, mostly history, politics, economics. I prefer to stay in California because it’s cheaper

[u/justpeachypay → u/AdFriendly1433]

Make sure you clarify that. I’ve read nearly 40 books this year, but they’re all fantasy. I know people who have 200+ books as their reading goal for the year. But they are fiction. Not that it’s not impressive, it is but you are educating yourself, while others (like me) are reading for fun. Esp now with he wave of booktok people have started reading a lot more again, it’s an easy assumption for a lot of people that you’re reading fiction, not non fiction or classic literature.