Chances at UCI

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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<p>California Resident
Female- East Indian
Average High School</p>

<p>UC GP: 3.54
OVERALL GPA (weighted): 3.7</p>

<p>AP COURSES and TEST SCORES:
English 2P Honors- no test
AP Bio-1
AP Psych-5
AP English 3P- 3</p>

<p>I took 4 out of the 7 total AP/Honor classes offered for soph. and jr.</p>

<p>SAT SCORES:</p>

<p>MAY 09- 2050
CR 680
W 700
M 670</p>

<p>BIO- 600
LIT- 660
Retaking in December</p>

<p>EC'S:</p>

<p>CSF Seal Bearer
CSF Treasurer
100+ Hours at a Therapeutic Horsemanship Center (helping disabled kids ride horses)
Was a soccer referee for the city league for 2 years, around 100 hours
Soccer Coach this year for the city league
Youth Group Leader all four years- helped kids read, write, and speak Punjabi, very involved in organizing cultural shows and events
One award from Freshman year for outstanding community and school achievements.</p>

<p>Essays, according to the people that read them, are great :)</p>

<p>OTHER:
Family problems were going on around during the beginning of my sophomore year, have tried to make up for it. This is what one of my essays is about.
Upward curve in grades
Sophmore year- 3.17 and 3.5
Junior year- 3.7 and 4.16 [on B+ 89% :( ]</p>

<p>And, I live in a pretty crappy town lol. Our school's avg. SAT score is like 1400 and we live in a very low-income area of central california. Our town was declared the drug capital of the world a few years back and has the third highest teen pregnancy rate in the US.</p>

<p>CURRENT SCHEDULE and GRADES:
AP Calculus- B
Physics- B
AP Environmental Science- A
AP Government -A
English 101A at college-A
U.S History-A</p>

<p>Took Statistics at the college over the summer- A</p>

<p>UCI is my first choice school.. and I know my GPA is what's holding me back :(
Should I give up on UCI and set my sights on the lower UC's?</p>

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<p>I’m not sure if the UC system looks at you in context of your peers. If so, I think you have a great shot.</p>

<p>But lets say you went to a public high school in Orange County, I would say you would have a reach.</p>

<p>Why would you give up? Don’t set your standards too low…</p>

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<p>thanks junshik
I’m just afraid of getting my hopes up and then being disappointed…</p>

<p>BTW- forgot to mention I am in the top 12% of my class.</p>

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<p>you have a good shot</p>

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<p>How about at UCSB and UCSD?
bumppppppppppppppp</p>

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<p>you have a great shot at ucsb, ucsd is a reach, hopefully being Indian helps :)</p>

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<p>IMO, sb, irvine, and davis are all relatively similar in terms of getting in or not. </p>

<p>I also wouldn’t say SD is that much harder to get into as opposed to the other ones.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies funnypunjabi and junshik :)</p>

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<p>no problem, hey i am new member just wanted to know how to start a new thread?</p>

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<p>your SAT score is impressive, and your GPA isn’t terrible. i think you have a chance at UCI! </p>

<p>Chance me? :)</p>

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<p>You have a pretty good chance for Irvine. SAT and EC’s are great. Just keep up the good grades through your Senior year. UCI sent me a supplemental app. and asked for my 1st semester senior year grades, so it could happen to you too.</p>

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<p>pal, youre being too modest.</p>

<p>you definitely get in.</p>

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<p>Not really sure why tryphie bumped such an old thread… But, looking at the OP’s past posts, she got into ucsb and davis but rejected from uci.</p>