chances of getting in???

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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SAT: 1910, Math 690, Writing: 630, CR: 590
TOEFL: 107
UW GPA: 3.61 (International student at an extremely competitive private high school)
8 AP’s: AP Psych, AP Chem. AP Computer Science, AP US History, AP Econ, AP Calculus AB, AP Chinese (Test), AP English Lit (Test)
3 Teachers Rec: one from advisor, one from AP Chem Teacher, and one from Spanish Teacher
Easies: good? lol
Legacy: Kind of? uncle went to Stern and received his MBA degree there
Scholarship: no
Activities:

  1. 3-Year Musical
  2. Many Community services including tutoring Spanish-speaking children and Chinese students
  3. sophomore student council rep
  4. Founder of a charitable club and organized a service trip to rural Chinese schools and temples (and raised $3000+ of donation)
  5. Fencing Club Co-Captain
  6. Football
  7. Tennis
  8. Photography: 6 awards
  9. Soloist and singer in a school A Capella Club that helped to raise $3 million in fundraising gala for school
  10. Interned at my father’s cross-national company and was responsible of showcasing the company to German clients and translating. Assisted the production and sales department.

Thank You SOOO much!

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What is your UC GPA? Your SAT and TOEFL scores seem ok, but UCI is really GPA focused.

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It’s 3.9

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What they look at on the application is here: https://www.admissions.uci.edu/applicants/freshman_selection.html

I don’t think they care about legacy stuff for state schools. Also, UCs don’t ask for letters of recommendation.