<p>4 AP classes total: Art History AP, Statistics AP, Environmental Science AP and Economics AP</p>
<p>AP Tests: Art History AP (5)</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
violin (since age 5)
awards/honors won:
-All State Orchestra (12) First Violin
-CJMEA Regional Orchestra (11)
-AFAF (American Fine Arts Festival) Competition Winner --> performed at CARNEGIE HALL and MERKIN HALL both in NYC
-Best Solo Performance at Annapolis Music Festival Annapolis, MD
-YPMP (Young People's Music Program) competition winner (11) and finalist (9)
-School Orchestra co-concertmistress
-Chamber Orchestra co-concertmistress
-ASTA Music Conference at Rowan University participant</p>
<p>volunteer music group
co-founded; president</p>
<p>school environmental group
secretary (11,12)</p>
<p>language school
president (9,10)
most creative script award (10)</p>
<p>i agree... my grades are improving much this year...</p>
<p>senior year:
Present History Honors (90)
Orchestra (100)
AP Environmental Science (80)
PE (100)
English 12 (86)
AP Economics (94)
AP Statistics (80)</p>
<p>Do you think these grades improve my chances/</p>
<p>i was an '05 applicant who got accepted with the same stats (and an even lower gpa i might add). you're probably at a disadvantage being out of state, but don't give up! and by the way, why irvine? i'm curious to know.</p>
<p>I think she means why UCI over some of the other UCs like UCSB or UCD...btw I think it's a good choice...I am currently a second year at UCI and enjoying it :) and I got into all the UCs I applied to (including berk) except for ucla, haha.</p>
<p>Overall, you GPA is kinda low. That's the only thing, other than that your scores look decent. Oh yeah, you'll be in good company with the Asians here. 50% of the school, haha.</p>
<p>correct me if i'm wrong, selecting the december scores on your applications automatically makes them your official ones? in any case, i'd check out studentsreview.com for individual opinions on different schools; they tend to be a bit biased but that's left for you to decide. don't want to jump the gun there, i was surprised you chose irvine for a change of atmosphere; in my opinion UCI is an even smaller bubble than my own hometown and that is what's been my biggest adjustment since my move down here...once again solely my own presumptions. anyway, don't want to blabbler on but if you'd like to know more "why's" i'd love to expand hahahah. (and don't get me wrong, there's tons to love about irvine)</p>
<p>I grew up in Irvine and I'm going to UCI. How's that for lack of change?</p>
<p>You're going to have a tough time getting in with that 3.3</p>
<p>Irvine may be a bubble, but I guess at least you'll be more afraid of the police than crime ($45 parking ticket my second week of school).</p>
<p>I love this analogy: You would be safe in Irvine even if you were an elderly woman in a wheelchair walking (wheeling i guess) down a dark street in the middle of night with ten thousand dollars cash in your lap.</p>
<p>it's great to hear that irvine is such a safe place!!</p>
<p>yeah i understand the question, but the thing is i just want to get into any UC school so that i could go to the west coast and experience something new.</p>
<p>That's not true. It's in a very suburban populated place with towns all around it (including Newport Beach and well..the beach..a short drive away)...it's not like UCI is isolated...It's in Orange County. Now, is OC the most exciting place in the world? No, but it's hardly the middle of nowhere.</p>
<p>I have been to UCI plenty of times. It's a great campus, I like the pure aesthetics of it better than most of the other UCs I've been too, however there isn't much to do around there. It's isolated compared to other schools like Berkeley or UCLA.</p>
<p>Yes, the immediate area around UCI is not as bustling as Berkeley or UCLA. (However that can be a positive in some people's eyes.) I would compare the area around UCI to that of Palo Alto (Stanford). </p>
<p>The area around UCI has improved over time - more student friendly. UCI and southern OC is so new compared to most regions in the US, that it's identity is still evolving. UCI administration have brought in faculty to assist with the evolution of UCI as it moves away from its "commuter" status to become a fully integrated campus. </p>
<p>Over the next few years, when over 40% of the students will live on campus, you will see more of an identity for the school and a more "college-like" feel in the surrounding community.</p>