<p>Currently 80% of freshmen live in the dorms. I'm not sure about the numbers for continuing students but it's much lower. That's mostly because people get apartments with their friends close to campus, so most people even though they aren't living "on-campus", they're still pretty close. Even so UCI is building more continuing student housing. The newest is Vista Del Campo and they are adding a whole new complex VDC Norte for next year. It's really nice, every year tons of people camp out overnight in line in order to be the first to sign up for it.</p>
<p>Irvine is not the most exciting place to live but it has pretty much everything you'd need and tons of college kids nearby so whatev, I like it.</p>
<p>i spent two years of high school in CA, but now that i'm in WA, it makes me out of state. UCs take about 2-5% out of state.. and the 5% is davis.
but good luck anyhow.</p>
<p>Those aren't the acceptance rates those are just the numbers from out of state who decide to go to a UC. For instance, UCLA is like 5 percent out of state students...Cal is like 10 percent...UCI is something like 3 percent...these aren't the acceptance rates.</p>
<p>hey im worried i wont be accepted cause of my low SAT scores but anyways here are my stats:</p>
<p>uc gpa 3.54
SAT I : 1670
SAT II : 440 470 550</p>
<p>i volunteer as a:
tutor (9-12)
hospital (9-12)</p>
<p>president of the american cancer society at my school
officer in FBLA (future buisness leaders of america)
place in fbla : tech concepts
JV and Varsirty tennis</p>
<p>and ive taken a bunch of AP and Honors classes</p>
<p>i think i may take the SAT I again and im looking at a 1850 ish
and SAT II move the 550 to a 650</p>
<p>^ Hmm based on your SAT scores, yeah they're kind of low. The lowest score I saw in the stats thread of people who got into UCI was around 1850-1900. and for SAT II, scores were around 550-600 for lowest. But yes, take SATs again!</p>
<p>to the topic-starter: did you weight your GPA? I think besides the GPA, you have a great chance of getting in.</p>
<p>lol, you revived an extremeley old thread to ask for chances =P. Ok, because I was a senior this year without any hobbies during admissions seasons, I've been following the admissions process for UCs closely. One thing people don't seem to notice is that admissions is limited to the given criteria at the school. Read this: <a href="http://www.admissions.uci.edu/fr_adm.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.admissions.uci.edu/fr_adm.html</a>. The campus criteria you see here is pretty much the ONLY things they look at (unless there is a more detailed page somewhere on <a href="http://www.uci.edu)%5B/url%5D">www.uci.edu)</a>. This means make sure you express any information related to the last three bullets or your personal essays may be useless.</p>
<p>There is SOME math involved in admissions processes. Academics is obviously weighed heavier than the other portions of the admissions process, but the other portions can help restore your lack of high academics, so you'll put up a fight with your stats (especially if you get those hypothetical SAT scores). I know three people with low academics and extracurriculars who got into UCI (one after appeals). The first one got accepted to mechanical engineering with a 3.2 weighted GPA and a 1570 on the SAT1 (yes, insane huh?). Another had a 3.3 weighted GPA and a 1680 sat1 score coupled with two SAT2 scores in the 500 ranges. This person got into BioSci after appeals. The third person has a 3.7 weighted GPA and a 1520 on teh sat1 along with two SAT2s in the 500 range. The third person got into Civil Engineering. Knowing that engineering majors are impacted, it seems like you have a pretty good chance of getting into UCI. Most of the people who would even consider going on College Confidential are already conscious about getting into a good school so you'll naturally see many high scores in threads. Don't let that scare you too much, but do let it. Your SATs are pretty decent, and you'll put up a good fight for admissions so don't worry! However, this does NOT mean stop trying. Pull up every point you can get on the SATs. Each point helps if you feel like you'll be on the border line during admissions.</p>
<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>fencing
JV letters (10,11)</p>
<p>literary magazine magazine staff (9-12)</p>
<p>library volunteer (9-12)
</p>
<p>Is the GPA UC-weighted? It's a weird calculation but it's what the admissions directors use. If you had been in-state, I would have said you're a match/slight reach, but since you're an OOS, you'd now be slight-reach. Even though they're decent right now, I would advise taking the SATs again just to try and buff up your stats as much as possible before November 30. Also, with your current grades, I would fight for an appeal in case you do get rejected.</p>
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<p>Given that you're in-state, I would say reach because of the SATs; if you can bring them up to your prospective stats, I would say slight-reach/slight-match if you can really improve significantly. Again, I would advise you to appeal in case you don't get admitted for the fact that from what I just read, you seem to be somewhere near the lower quartile of admits and upper quartile of rejects.</p>
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[quote=vc1188]
^ Hmm based on your SAT scores, yeah they're kind of low. The lowest score I saw in the stats thread of people who got into UCI was around 1850-1900. and for SAT II, scores were around 550-600 for lowest. But yes, take SATs again!
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<p>I know people attending UCI who got much lower than that 1850 you've read O:) I won't say any names for the mere fact that I've embarrassed them enough on these forums already :D</p>
<p>Alright, I don't want to offend you Oyama, but it's wrong to say it is a "reach" just beacuse of his SATs. A reach basically means "only if you have the luck of the irish." It should be a "slight reach." As miniscule as it may seem, there are other parts of the admissions process that could easily outweigh poor academics. If you know UCSD's admissions process, you should know it is done by a point system. If you have low academics, then you can get points in areas like low income, leadership, community service, etc. </p>
<p>"Academic achievement factors
constitute 77% of the maximum points available"</p>
<p>Also, the other factors are hard to max out as you are allocated points based off your PS/FAFSA. It is rare for one to receive the maximum score in any of the components there, so one's own academia should be the strongest factor in admissions with backgrounds only catalyzing it.</p>
<p>There are talented people out there, Oyama. I agree that you should definitely rely heavily on academics, but some students may achieve points in many sectors by being disadvantaged (for example first generation university student and low income) or just being plain talented outside of academics. It happens often. Not everyone sticks their faces into books all day. These other sections can easily makeup for lows in the academic areas. From what I see in the site you linked to, some things are feasible..so it's not rare to fulfill any of these categories. </p>
<p>Oh, BTW, have you shared this to your buddies in the UCSD forum? I was looking for a detailed criteria chart for a few schools during application season. This page makes life so much easier :o.</p>
<p>I wholeheartedly agree with you, Jason, about the disadvantaged needing criteria to assist them in application processing; I, myself, am a first-gen college student, native Spanish speaker; have a history of low-income, etc. I lacked a lot in GPA but made up for it quite a bit with ECs and SAT scores. What I don't want to happen is for people to extrapolate ideas from a few extremes thinking ECs/backgrounds are THAT important--sure there will occasionally be that student who was a homosexual orphan who self-taught himself English while taking IB classes in Arkansas, but there are also countless upper-middle class students who just exceled in academics and made it to the same school; it just seems like the safer approach towards college than to use other situations as a crutch rather than just support :\ I hope that made sense.</p>
<p>And actually, Jason: It's been in circulation in the UCSD forum for a while now :} It was big for a while with a plethora of incoming seniors starting off with "So I have xxxx points... do I have a shot?!?!?!"</p>
<p>There should still be a few of those in the first few pages :\ It got annoying quick.</p>
<p>lol, after UCSD became this social orgy, I stopped reading posts. It was difficult to keep up...especially when the discussions were irrelevant to me.</p>
<p>Anyway, yes, the best approach is through academics. That made a lot of sense. That is one of the first things I tell to people who ask me how to get into UCs. For the people who already have their stats and are just waiting with a cup of tea (incoming seniors) for the admissions process to come by, I try to give them bigger hope. Besides, if you have these outstanding accomplishments like the Eagle Scout award, you basically achieve the points...I can't imagine an adcom saying "I hate this person, let's not give it to him/her."</p>
<p>since you guys were talking about chances for admission, how about seeing how I would fare:</p>
<p>UC weighted GPA: 3.83</p>
<p>SAT I: 2000
SAT II: Math II (620), Spanish (650)</p>
<p>EC's: Two years each of Cross Country and Track
Community service at church
(I know this part's gonna screw me up since it's not much at all)</p>
<p>Other Info: Irvine Resident, Asian Male, Middle-Income Family</p>
<p>I'm trying to be optimistic since my friend had a 3.4 gpa and lower stats than me in just about everything, but he got in. But still, what do you guys think??</p>
<p>Also, I plan on majoring in Economics, which i heard is pretty popular at uci.</p>
<p>^ High GPA, high SAT I score, and decent SAT II scores. And I'd say you had better ECs/community service than I did. I think your chances are pretty damn high. I had kind of similar stats:</p>
<p>Weighted GPA (10-11): 3.95 [I still duno if weighted GPA = UC GPA]
SAT I: 2130
SAT II: 800 & 580(yikes.)
EC's: Chinese School (and that's all)
Community service: Key Club (and that's all)</p>
<p>You should still apply because you never know, I applied to UCB, UCLA and UCI for the hell of it and im from New Jersey also!!! I got rejected from UCB and LA but got accepted to UCI surprisingly and Im attending in the fall.You should check up on your gpa to see if it is UC Weighted. My sats were terrible.. 1580 but i guess my gpa made up for it?.. 3.8 and decent ECs and essay. It also might depend on what major you apply to, since I got accepted for Computer Engineering. Good luck though, and feel free to msg me if have any other questions.</p>