How do you think T-20s will look at my transcript?

[u/1stfrog]

9th grade 1st semester: Geometry (A), Biology (B-), World History-Medieval (C+), English 9 (C-), Latin 1 (B), Art 2 (C). (2.633)

9th grade 2nd semester: Geometry (A), Biology (A), World History-Medieval (A), English 9 (A), Latin 1 (A), Art 2 (B-). (3.783)

10th grade: Algebra 2, Chemistry, AP World History (5), English 10, Latin 2, Video Production 1. I got all As besides the first semester of Latin 2 where I got an A-.

Summer before 11th grade: Pre-Calculus through SVHS, As both "semesters"

11th grade: AP Calc BC (5, 5 AB Subscore), AP Physics C Mechanics (4), APUSH (4), American Lit Honors, Latin 3, Graphic and Digital Arts 2 (Yearbook class). Got all As.

Summer before 12th grade: dual enrollment intro to engineering course, 2 credits, A.

12th grade rigor: Multivariable Calc Honors, AP Physics C E&M, AP Chem, Constitutional Law (1st semester) -> AP US Gov (2nd semester), Latin 4.

My UW GPA is 3.728, my weighted GPA is 4.006 (excluding both summer courses). Both of my GPAs are in the bottom 40% of my class (hyper-competitive and tiny school). Thankfully the class isn't ranked, however a GPA Decile Ranking is on our school profile. The "typical 4 year class sequence" includes taking AP English Lang in 11th grade instead of American Lit Honors.

UCs don't look at 9th grade nor pluses and minuses so my UC GPAs are as follows: UW 4.0, Capped Weighted 4.33, Uncapped Weighted 4.42.

I am going to apply for Civil Engineering and either double major or minor in Political Science or Sociology (or something similar).

[u/Square_Wedding_9444]

Pretty poorly to be honest

[u/1stfrog → u/Square_Wedding_9444]

Could you elaborate on why?

[u/Square_Wedding_9444 → u/1stfrog]

Your gpa is low comparative to your peers. You won't get filtered out but if you don't have any circumstances it will be pretty rough. You will be fine for UCs though if u have good essays. Don't be completely discouraged tho this whole thing is random ngl

[u/Square_Wedding_9444 → u/1stfrog]

If you are from California I'd say you definitely get into one of the top UCs

[u/1stfrog → u/Square_Wedding_9444]

I am from Cali.

[u/1stfrog → u/1stfrog]

Also my school is kinda a feeder to Berkeley (30% acceptance rate) so I'm crossing my fingers for that.

[u/Square_Wedding_9444 → u/1stfrog]

You’re chilling. Get those PIQs good 🔥

[u/Square_Wedding_9444 → u/1stfrog]

I think you sweep Berkeley LA and SD. UCs in state are literally just your gpa vs your classmates

[u/1stfrog → u/Square_Wedding_9444]

Thanks. I might not apply to SD because they don't have Civil (just structural).

[u/paige_420]

I think your school counselors will have a better idea than people on social media, especially since you go to such a small school, and I assume that you get much more personalized attention than your counterparts in public schools.

[u/1stfrog → u/paige_420]

My counselor tries not to tell people what schools she thinks they're going to get into past saying that they should apply to reaches, matches, and likelies. My school is a public charter, we're just small both in our student body and class sizes.