<p>well i got rejected from ucla, ucsd, and uci. la and sd didnt really upset me as because they didnt really have the major i wanted. But i really wanted to join uci's business college (business administration)</p>
<p>My UC gpa is 3.8 weighted
my sat is 1880. 670 math 650 writing 560 cr
ranked 74/584
AP's taken - US history, World History, Psychology, Calc Ab. Currently taking Calc BC and Macro Economics</p>
<p>i have a lot of EC's: sports, clubs( officer for 1 year for 1 club) , asb ( 2 years, 1 year as officer, 2 as committee commissioner), volunteer. </p>
<p>I want to try to appeal UCI's rejection because i know i deserve to go there. Can anyone give me advice? Thank you in advance</p>
<p>There is nothing amazing about your stats, so it is not a huge surprise that you were rejected. If you personally think that you have a shot at a successful appeal, then do it.</p>
<p>you do realize that business admin at UCI is an impacted major? they say they’ll take 150 students this yr! (which probably means they accepted around 500-1500, im guessing?)</p>
<p>anyway, you need to have a reason that was NOT on the original application. apparently, 1st semester senior year grades dont count. extreme hardships will be helpful. but other than that, its a pretty tough road for admission</p>
<p>Impacted major i.e. very popular and therefore oversubscribed leading to tougher admit rates. Unfortunately your hardship won’t merit a reconsideration in my sincere opinion – it’s not that uncommon.</p>
<p>^Exactly, you have average stats for the school for last year’s class and given the lower number accepted this year you probably have below average stats for kids accepted for an impacted major. Deserve?</p>
<p>Frankly, I think UC’s are crazy for accepting appeals. It looks as though anyone disappointed appeals. It seems crazy to not just move on. You know when you apply to any college that you might not get in.</p>
<p>Well maybe you do have a chance because i got a 1880 on my Sats and i got in uci’s business administration. Anyways why do you want to go there, is uci’s business program good or something?</p>
<p>I would think that a successful appeal would be one in which you can demonstrate that the admissions officers ‘missed’ something that shows you are an outstanding candidate. Admissions to college is not about whether you think you “deserve” to go somewhere – a lot of students thought they deserved to go to Harvard and Yale, which is why they applied. Appealing is about proving yourself an asset to the community at Irvine, demonstrating that you believe that you would grow intellectually AND that the Irvine community would benefit from your presence.</p>
<p>The key here, then, is not to reiterate your stats. They’ve seen that already. The key is to put together a defense that clearly articulates why those stats don’t tell the whole story, and to include key information that may not have been present or adequately highlighted the first time you applied. A regurgitation of your previous application is useless and will waste everyone’s time.</p>
<p>Before you attempt to appeal, think: are you appealing because you’re just disappointed you didn’t get accepted and feel some sense of entitlement to attend a cetain school, or are you appealing because you really think that there may have been something UC-I overlooked that could make you a more compelling applicant? If you’re just disappointed and disgruntled, save your energy. If it’s the latter, then connect with your guidance counselor and search the Internet for some successful appeal strategies.</p>