Early Acceptance/Regents/CHP Qualifications?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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Okay so I didn’t know where to post this, it’s more UC-general than UCI specific.

So, I haven’t gotten early acceptance for any UC’s, and no honors college or regents. First, I’d like to know if there’s any chance I could still get Regents or honors at any UCs, or is that only ever offered to early acceptances?

Also, to be honest I’m a little confused why I didn’t get anything, because my stats are around the same or even higher than some of the early acceptance/honors students I’ve been seeing. (I applied to UCI, UCD, UCSD, UCB, UCSB) My stats:

GPA(UW):3.93 (W):4.16 (with my last two years being 4.4 and 4.5, a steep upward trend.)
ACT: 35 - Math 35 English 35 Science 35 Reading 36
5 APs (my school actually had restrictions on how many we could take per year, with Freshmen not allowed to take any at all)
I think my ECs are not the best of the best, but relatively strong. Lots of community service, at the same place every week throughout HS, very invested in this organization. Overcame financial barriers to learning music (ie couldn’t afford lessons, but found ways to learn anyway). Taught myself how to code, co-founder of Creative Computing Club, Math Team member, NHS member. Taught myself art, started a small business selling it.

Is there something else I’m missing? Are my ECs too weak?

Also, I applied to several Ivy and Ivy-level schools… I know these are long shots for pretty much anyone, but if I don’t even get into honors college/early acceptance to any UC, can I pretty much kiss any chance I might’ve had for these reach schools goodbye??

I know I probably sound a little paranoid/frantic, but all this waiting is starting to make me go bananas lol

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@nerdgirl97 take a deep breath. Your resume is very impressive and you should be proud. Please do not let a lack of early notification define you. As with all things holistic, it’s really very much a crap shoot where you will be accepted and with what perks, if any. But the reality is that, wherever you wind up, it’s what you do when you get there that matters, not so much where you go. My son, with a similar resume, received no early notifications at all…no CHP, no honors at UCSC, no chancellors letter from UCSB, etc. In the end, however, he was accepted to all the schools he applied to, and even wound up getting honors at UCSB. He SIR’d to UCD, and 6 days later was invited to their honors program. That was great and all, esp the priority registration, but it turns out that the most significant thing he did once there was to chat up the professor for one of his 1st quarter classes. He’d go to office hours just to talk current events. Later in the quarter, his prof suggested he apply for a research assistant position, and he wound up picking my son over 40 applicants. All of this without any assistance from the honors program, just personal initiative. That experience is invaluable in making him stand out from the crowd, far more than being Regents or an honors student will.

So stay strong, and continue to be an active, involved student. Take every opportunity that comes your way, and try to make some of your own opportunities. You’ll go far if you do, and you won’t even remember not getting CHP or whatever.