<p>Actually it's not me, but my younger brother.</p>
<p>GPA - 3.9 UW/4.4 W (only gotten 1 B, and it was in an AP class)
SAT 1 - 1540
SAT 2 - 590 Math, 560 History
Class Rank - 5/400 (on transcript it says 5, but in reality there's like 10 people tied for 1st, so he's more like 20 or something)
Extra Curricular - President of Key Club, member of Badminton team for 3 years
Type of school - good public (lots of smart kids)
Ethnicity - Chinese</p>
<p>He's gonna retake the SAT 1 for sure, but honestly, the kid hardly studies and IMO, is probably gonna end up no higher than a 1600-ish. Think he can get into UCI with those stats?</p>
<p>I keep urging him to study for the SAT, since with his GPA, he could probably get into a higher tier school (no offense to UCI) like USC or UCLA or UC Berkeley, but he seems pretty content with going to either UCI or UCSD too. Just wondering if he actually has shots at the middle tier UCs since his SAT is so crappy. How does such a "smart" kid have such a crappy SAT score?</p>
<p>I don’t think UCs care about SAT scores that much, but that is a pretty low score, so I don’t know how much that will affect it. I think he has a good chance at UCI, but should definitely still try to work on that SAT score… I just don’t know anyone who’s had a really high GPA but really low SAT… so I can’t tell! But high GPA > high SAT scores are generally the trends for UC</p>
<p>GPA looks great. That SAT will be an issue. There is nothing that really stands out, Key club president looks great, but what other leadership roles has he taken?</p>
<p>With a 1600 SAT, its up in the air if he has a shot at the mid tiers.</p>
<p>He may be smart, but remember, SAT does not measure our “smartness”.</p>
<p>I’m gonna be honest- the SAT score is gonna be a major breaker. But if he’s high ranked, then he should still automatically receive admission because might qualify for ELC! He should check with his counselor to make sure.</p>
<p>I think he still has a pretty good chance.
I think UCI is one of the schools that care about having that balance between academics & extracurriculars. So as long as both show some effort…</p>