<p>Hello everyone! I would really like everyone's advice.
I'm really worried that I can't make it to any UC's at all b/c of my junior year. Thanks. </p>
<p>Female/Chinese
Low income
First Gen
California Resident</p>
<p>Incoming Senior</p>
<p>GPA (10-11): UW: 3.54 W:3.79
SAT: 1830 (Retaking..Aiming for ~2000+)
No SAT II's</p>
<p>AP:
APUSH 3
AP Calc 3
AP Stats 4</p>
<p>Freshman GPA: 4.0/3.80</p>
<p>Sophomore GPA: 3.83/3.83
English B/B
World Hist A/A
Pre Calc A/A
Chemistry A/A
Mandarin level 3 A/A
PE A/A
Art A/A</p>
<p>Junior GPA: 3.33/3.17
English A/B
AP US Hist B/B
AP Calc C/C<br>
AP Stats A/A
Physics B/ B
Mandarin (Last lvl) A/A</p>
<p>Senior Courses (not confirmed):
AP Gov
AP Calc BC (Although I did bad in AB, I'm glad I made it into BC. But I'm scared I can't handle BC)
AP Environmental
AP Euro (Might drop for an art class b/c I don't think I can handle too much AP's)
English
Pysch</p>
<p>EC:
Key Club
Optimistic Club
CSF
NHS
YLA (Volunteer program at elementary/middle school) ~175+ hours
Musical
Volunteered at Rose Parade
Weekend Chinese school
I also started work 1 hr a day 2days a week at the school library in my Junior year.</p>
<p>I really would like to attend UCI, but I think my stats are below average. What can I do to get in? What are my chances of getting into UCI at this point? What about UCSB, UCD? I'm really worried b/c I screwed up big time in my junior year. I tried to bring it up in the second semester but I couldn't. Please help!</p>
<p>PS: What if I make it into UCI for example, would that help the chances of my brother who wants to attend that school? He is 1 year younger than me. </p>
<p>I’m planning to major in BusAdmin or BusEcon. Which one should I put on my application or should I put undeclared? Generally, which one is easier to get into? If i put BusEcon, but want to change to BusAdmin how hard is that to do? Thanks again</p>
<p>For THIS YEAR, people with much lower stats than you got in. If it plays the same for next year, you’re probably in. I do not suggest applying undeclared and then changing later on-- I’m not sure about the Business majors but some could be impacted or are very hard to switch into.</p>
<p>You should be OK for UCSB.</p>
<p>I would suggest taking some SAT IIs. If you do well, it’ll help you,</p>
<p>I highly suggest taking SAT IIs. Maybe Math II and something else. Also I would attempt to get a 5 in Calc BC cuz itll put you way ahead of all the other freshman and you get to skip 2 classes during college, but if its too hard then thats ok. Business Admin is more competitive while Business Econ is alot more easier to get into, I would list Business Admin as first choice major and Business Econ as second choice, if they still give u that option on the UC application.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t stress so much if I were you. I had a 3.5 WEIGHTED GPA, 1740 SAT score and I STILL got into UCI and UCSC. Just write a really good essay and do some extra-curricular activities.</p>
<p>Business admin would probably lower your chance as the slots are more limited. Business econ is a large major by nature so that should be no problem.</p>
<p>Difference between business admin and business econ at UCI can be summed up in a nutshell.</p>
<p>Business Admin - hard to get in but classes are less competitive/easier
Business Econ- Easy to get in but classes are more competitive/harder</p>
<p>Both lands you very similar internships and job positions and in the end after your first job most employers wont care which major your were in.</p>
<p>P.S Senior Business Econ major with a management minor, so I’ve taken courses from both sides. I must say i work a ton harder in my econ courses than management courses</p>
<p>@frenchfries11 Thanks for your reply. What do you mean by change my name?</p>
<p>@ehvyizcool Thanks so much! Should I still send my SAT II scores even if they are low or so so?</p>
<p>@sunnydelightxd Really?! What year did you get accepted? Did you have stellar ECs? You don’t know how happy your comment made me :)</p>
<p>@peterr86 So there’s really not much of a difference between Bus Admin and Bus Econ except what it emphasizes on? Then it’s better if i put Bus Econ as my primary and Bus Admin as my second choice?</p>
<p>Thanks so much for all your replies! It means a lot to me and I appreciate all your help!</p>
<p>If you’re given two choices to put for majors, then I would put BizAdmin as your primary and BusEcon as your secondary.</p>
<p>I have gone through the BusEcon –> transfer to BusAdmin route. I was actually accepted into BusAdm as a freshman, but dropped out of it without knowing that I won’t be allowed to return back. Long story.</p>
<p>I think you have a decent chance with first gen and low income after you improve your SAT. A downward trending GPA is not really good but you could also explain to uci if there were any hardships that caused this. I hope the reason is not because you hate homework as your username indicates. But anyway, good luck as well!</p>