Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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<p>Junior year of High School completed (Male Student, white)- Planning to Major in Political Science</p>

<p>Overall unweighted HS GPA: 3.3</p>

<p>Freshman year I had a 2.6 GPA due to family issues and general lack of focus. Since then, I have been transferred into a private christian school. I improved my GPA to 3.3 sophomore year, and then 3.6 junior year. I plan for strait A's with one AP class, giving me a 4.17 year to toss into the average.</p>

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<p>AP Classes: AP Biology</p>

<p>Honors Classes: Two</p>

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<p>SAT Reasoning Scores: Critical Reading- 680 Math- 640 Writing- 600 Overall- 1920</p>

<p>I plan to retake the SAT reasoning and hope to improve Critical reading to 700+, I plan on making the writing bump up to 700. I recieved an 8 on my essay because I didn't have enough time to finish.</p>

<p>SAT Subject tests: None yet, taking one in October.</p>

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<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Jazz Band 5-9th grade.</p>

<p>Concert Band 4-9th grade.</p>

<p>Tenor Saxophone player for 8 years.</p>

<p>Varsity Golf- Junior year, continuing senior year</p>

<p>Varsity Soccer- Sophomore year</p>

<p>National Honor Society of High School Scholars</p>

<p>50 hours Community Service</p>

<p>Journalism/Publications for two years, and continuing senior year and throughout college. High school online newspaper won the NSPA national Pacemaker award for high school newspapers while I was a staff writer. Pacemaker finalist my junior year. Featured on the High School Journalism "National Edition" junior year for a published article (meaning I have an article published on a national medium, and many published pieces of writing on my high school's online and print edition newspapers). One of my articles recieved Honorable Mention at the NSPA competition.</p>

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<p>Refs:</p>

<p>Excellent ref from Bible Teacher.
Excellent ref from Journalism/English teacher.</p>

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<p>Essay: Not to seem pompous, but I am an excellent writer, and expect my essay to be superb. I plan to write about my struggle throughout high school from freshman year to my very focused current year, my experiences in golf, publications, my trip to New York for Columbia University's annual journalism conference, and my social experiences as a Disk Jockey.</p>

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<p>I have a 3-day suspention on my record because I accidentally walked into the girl's bathroom. This was during the last month of the school year and affected my sophomore grades big time.</p>

<p>I work a part time job at a restaurant, about 20 hours per week. My class rank currently is 37 of 86.</p>

<p>What are my chances of regular decision with a 2100 SAT1 score (after my retake), improved GPA with strait A's in the first semester of senior year, good SAT 2 scores, and a great essay?</p>

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<p>UCs only count your sophomore and junior year so your GPA should be higher. Your SATS seem decent for UCI. Recalculate your GPA because something around a 3.5 with your SATS will give you a decent shot at the school. BTW are you in-state or out-of-state?</p>

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<p>UC's dont care about senior year (just dont get rescinded).</p>

<p>even wiht 19xx you are close to guaranteed for uci i'd say (in state).</p>

<p>UC's ONLY have a regular decisions. I dont know if youre asking for uci or some private schools. be specific please.</p>

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<p>if in state, you have a good chance, but not a sure thing.</p>

<p>my friend got rejected with a 3.45 uc gpa and a 2010 SAT; 800, 790 SATII.</p>

<p>try your best on your SAT since you can't improve your gpa anymore.</p>

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<p>I'm in state, and yes- this is for UCI. </p>

<p>My Sophomore and Junior GPA is only still around 3.38.</p>

<p>Those yearly GPA's are estimated- but I've just calculated it now, and 3.38 is the sophomore/junior number.</p>

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<p>only thing you can do is raise that SAT score. I'm also hoping to get into UCI and my weighted GPA is lower than yours. 3.28 =(</p>

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<p>my estimation of chance: 70% if you dont improve your sat score. 95% if you do.</p>

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<p>it's more like a 55% chance.</p>

<p>a 3.4 ucgpa is almost a coin flip; if you improve your SAT's then it can be up to 65-70%.</p>

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<p>I'm a California resident. I've seen somewhere that UCI takes 94% of California applicants? Does that increase my chances?</p>

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<p>CORRECTION!</p>

<p>After re-evaluating my GPA for ONLY sophomore and junior year-</p>

<p>I've found that my UW GPA is 3.44, and my W GPA is 3.48.</p>

<p>Any better?</p>