<p>I thought that my stats would more than qualify me for acceptance into CHP, if not the Regents Scholarship. >2300 SAT, 4.0 GPA, ~12 AP classes, summer research, class rank #3 in top competitive public OOS. Explain.</p>
<p>(To clarify, my UC Irvine Admissions webpage does not say anything about CHP or Regents.)</p>
<p>It’s not based only on scores, and Regents is more prestigious than CHP. The Regents scholars are chosen from the CHP pool.</p>
<p>well, obviously</p>
<p>4.0 weighted UC GPA or UC unweighted? Did you say anything in your essay that would have turned them off?</p>
<p>no chance of offense in either essay (one about piano, other about my grandfather); i’m not precisely sure if my 4.0 is uc gpa weighted or unweighted, i took about 12 or so AP classes before senior year and never got below an A in any course, along with a bunch of other classes denoted as honors (although i’m aware that the UCs don’t consider ‘honors’ classes from OOS high schools to be truly ‘honors’ for their purposes)</p>
<p>i presume if the ucs weight APs on a 5.0 scale then my actual UC gpa is approx. 4.3-4.5. you tell me</p>
<p>Have you heard from the other campuses? Maybe the Regents is only for Cali kids? Not everything seems logical in these admit decisions.</p>
<p>on the UC website regents is specified as being for US citizens, and at any rate i find it exceptionally difficult to believe that i was not accepted into the honors program at … uc irvine … of all places</p>
<p>you sound tremendously conceited; maybe that’s why.</p>
<p>I agree with doanallan. Regardless of your grades, maybe you don’t deserve to even get in since you look down on UCI so much.</p>
<p>My friend is also acted cocky for not receiving Regent’s from UCI too, but at least she did so discreetly.</p>
<p>Maybe the reason Regents rejected you is because they detected your stuck-up attitude in your essays.</p>
<p>You are extremely rude to people who are trying to help you. If you are so sure of yourself, then figure it out yourself.</p>
<p>"i find it exceptionally difficult to believe that i was not accepted into the honors program at … uc irvine … of all places ". Wow! Enough said…</p>
<p>UCI has limited spots in its CHP program and they are strategically extending invitations to high achieving applicants whom they believe would seriously consider attending UCI with CHP as a draw (i.e. weighing it against offers from higher ranking UCs - UCB, UCLA, UCSD or the likes).<br>
Then, there are those with super stats who are highly likely to get into HYPMS and given the choice between Ivies and UCI w/CHP would without question pick the former. So, my theory is: UCI is not going to bother with this category because admitting them would reduce the yield (% enrolled/% admitted) and target numbers of CHP students.</p>
<p>Do UCs even care about yield?</p>
<p>Sure, the yield is important for admissions people who have to make decisions about structuring their entering classes in that it has to be somewhat predictable; e.g. if they are planning for a 40% yield rate, they wouldn’t want to end up with less than 25%. Smaller variances can be managed with a waitlist. Schools ranking below the top 25 have to balance getting more high achieving students and filling the target number of spots for the entering class. It is not so much the actual yield % that matters but making sure they fill the available spots without having to lower their admission standards too much. This is clearly not an issue for UCB, UCLA and probably UCSD.</p>
<p>At honors experience day yesterday, my dad asked the proctor in charge of the school of social sciences parent Q & A session what they were looking for in the applicants they accepted into CHP. He was told that they aren’t looking for people with simply good grades and test scores, but those who have all their bases covered in regards to academics and activities outside of school including leadership positions in those activities. </p>
<p>You sound like a pretty generic asian applicant (OOS no less) in regards to extracurriculars and that paired with your ridiculous sense of entitlement probably gave CHP application readers a very negative impression of you.</p>
<p>Lol. I saw who your dad was, then… ^</p>
<p>@Prodigyy11</p>
<p>That’s interesting. I had no EC activities. Literally none. No leadership, no extra involvement, nothing else. I’m not a URM (white and upper-middle class). I have no idea how I got in if that’s the case. Perhaps they liked my essays? I certainly don’t think they were anything special, though.</p>
<p>Have to agree and say it was likely because of your attitude, OP. Somehow, I don’t think you’re the kind of person who would be happy with going to “UCI, of all places”, despite the fact that it’s a good school. It all works out, then, since it doesn’t look like UCI is too happy with you either.</p>
<p>They pick CHP/Regents students based on the chances of those students turning down “better” schools like Cal or UCLA to take advantage of the CHP program. And as with any school, they AREN’T just looking for the best scores or the most community service hours. Increasingly, college is less about numbers than you might think… Stop focusing on your stats and think about whether you are an engaging person with the drive to learn and achieve, and then ask whether you belong at top-ranked schools, which UCI is.</p>
<p>I made CHP with 3.7 UW GPA and 2330 SAT and and very few strong ECs, but I think my personal statements demonstrated that I’m a person, not just a string of statistics, and that I’m going to college to learn and mature as a person. Schools are looking for thinkers, not machines.</p>
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<p>There’s your problem.</p>
<p>I was invited for CHP, and my stats look just like yours - 2360, 4.27, >10 APs, summer research. I do, however, have nontrivial activities - piano, math/science competitions and summer programs, starting a club, and being a school portal admin. Likewise, my friends with at least decent stats, decent ECs, and nonterrible essays were invited. So my guess is your lack of activities is what kept you out of CHP.</p>
<p>I also reject the hypothesis that CHP/Regents decisions are made partially on whether the candidate is strong enough for Berkeley/Stanford/Ivies/etc. - my friend who got into Yale SCEA also received these honors, and personally I think I have a decent chance at schools like Berkeley, Cornell, and CMU (though of course I don’t expect certain admission!).</p>
<p>Uh, energize, basenne got into the CHP… He or she is not the OP.</p>