Chance me for UCI please?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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<p>I applied to UC Irvine along with UC Berkeley, UCLA and UCSD and although my dream is to get into either Berkeley or LA, I will be fine with going to Irvine. Since Irvine is probably the easiest school to get into out of the four that I applied to, I want to know if I have much of a chance of getting into Irvine, let alone the other three I applied to. Here are my statistics:</p>

<p>UC GPA: 3.6
SAT scores: 640 reading, 770 math, and 800 writing for a cumulative score of 2210
SAT II scores: 770 math iic and 600 bio m
ACT scores: 33 english (11 essay which didn't change my score), 31 math, 29 reading, and 27 science for a combined score of 30
Extracurriculars: Science Olympiad secretary, Academic Bowl captain, Latin Club Secretary, Math Club member, Chess Club member
I have received various awards at state level competitions and I listed the top five that were the most important to me.</p>

<p>I took a LOT of AP classes which is why my UC GPA ended up being so low but I'm sure my test scores are fine, or at least way above UCI's average statistics (but then again, I'm not a Cali resident which may require my scores to be a bit higher). Also, I'm sure my essays will be fine as well since I'm a pretty good essay writer. It's just my GPA that is being detrimental to me. So can you guys do me a big favor and please look at my statistics and tell me if I have a good chance of getting into UCI? To summarize, I'm an applicant with a moderately low UC GPA, good test scores, good extracurriculars, and good essay. Thank you in advance!</p>

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<p>Nothing is certain given how fickle admissions often are, but as long as your essays were decent I would say you have a good chance at acceptance given your testing scores. The major you applied for will also play a big part in the decision - engineering will be harder to be accepted to than geology. </p>

<p>Also, doesn’t it feel cool knowing you are well within the top 1% of ACT takers in the writing category? I was stoked when I saw that 10, 11, and 12 scores were all top 1% (I got 11 also).</p>