Hi, can anyone chance me for UCI? After being rejected from Davis and SB, I’m a little worried for Irvine.
Major: Biomed Engineering - PreMed
Alternate Major: Psych
HS GPA weighted: 3.84
UC GPA weighted: 3.96 (I don’t know if I calculated this right, I checked on RogerHub and said that I have a 4.2 UC?)
Only As and Bs on my transcript
SAT w/ Essay: 1450 (700 English, 750 Math, 5 6 5 on the essay)
ACT w/ Essay: 31 (8 on essay)
APs: Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), Bio (4), Psych (4), Euro (3), Stats (IP), Music Theory (IP)
EC: Heavy involvement in band for 4 years (percussion section leader for 1 year), principal timpanist at youth orchestra for 2 years, member of two different indoor percussion groups, CSF life member, part-time job at a music store (since August), internship at Molina Healthcare, assistant instructor at karate studio, AP scholar with distinction
Essays: Topics included: Speech impediment that still affects communication to this day and how I overcame, my greatest talent (music) and how it shaped me to be a better person and leader, assistant instructor responsibility and how I taught classes by leading by example and not being an authoritarian, and how my grades have an upward trend and how I was able to pull them up.
Accepted to UCSD for human bio at Revelle, UCR for cell and developmental bio, and SJSU for bio sci.
Rejected from CPSLO, UCD, and UCSB.
Waiting for UCI and UCB.