<p>Well this may sound completely arrogant and maybe even a bit facetious to some, but I honestly feel I'm one of the more intelligent people in my school. Problem was...I am lazy. I have a 3.28 G.P.A, my personal statements were incredible, and I have an abundant amount of EC's. I am involved in two varsity level sports, vice president of two clubs, in an exclusive service group at my school which needed a rigorous interview process, and I'm the treasurer of the school. My test scores were mediocre though. I got a 1700 on the SAT's and refused to pay money to "improve" my grade. I decided to take the ACT before admissions and scored 25 with a fever. What are my chances at getting into UCI?</p>
<p>i feel ya man. Sometimes when i talk to people with 4.0+ GPA, some have no common sense whatsoever on alot of things.
my stats are pretty similar, i hope i get in >.<
i have a 3.35 GPA with alot of ECs
i play a varsity level sport
ACT –> 24
SAT –> 1410
SAT II –> Mathlvl2-540 USH-460</p>
<p>^1410 is kinda low. Hopefully, if you have good essays, you get through.</p>
<p>yeah but my ACT is 24 which is equivalent to like a 1600+ so yeah… still low but my essays are pretty good. i’ve had like over 20 people read it and give me suggestions hehe. ><</p>
<p>Don’t worry too much,</p>
<p>what is ur intended major?</p>
<p>I have a friend who got into UCI with a 1400</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>preferred is INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCE UNDECLARED , and my alternate is UNAFFILIATED UNDECLARED.</p>
<p>i really doubt ill get in with ICS. maybe i have a chance with “unaffiliated undeclared”?</p>
<p>btw what was ur friends stats other than SAT? do u know?</p>
<p>Ahh, yeah it depends on your major I guess, or your other stats to really back you up.
My SAT is REALLY low. 1440. I got in though but my super good essay and gpa 4.2 helped me.
I got in under envir engineer. I hope you get it!</p>
<p>bombatwist</p>
<p>My friend got with a 3.9 GPA, a 1400 SAT, SAT II English of 540, Spanish 510. Major: Drama<------ I think the MAJOR has A LOT to do with admissions, I know someone else who applied with similar stats but applied as Bio Sciences Major and got rejected.</p>
<p>My friend at UCI told me to apply to a major no one choses (like I chose Chicano Studies and Spanish) and that can get you in. Once on campus u can always CHANGE the major</p>
<p>little strategy that goes a long way I suppose.</p>
<p>well i put undeclared as my alternate one so yeah. would that help?</p>
<p>And yet the average SAT of admitted students to the UCI School of Art for Fall 2008 was 1780… 12 points higher than the university-wide average and 19 points higher than the School of Biological Sciences.</p>
<p>Go figure.</p>
<p>wait…how is it possible to get a 4.2 and a 1400 sat?</p>
<p>Everyone in my school who has at least like 4.0 gpa gets around 2000-2200 sat</p>
<p>Because standardized tests don’t measure somebody’s level to do classroom work.</p>
<p>^ very true</p>
<p>I got a friend, got a 3.4 GPA</p>
<p>and a 2000 in his SAT</p>
<p>go figure</p>
<p>my gpa can’t backup my low SAT/ACT score =[.</p>
<p>hey guys don’t lose hope
i’m a freshmen at uci
i got a 3.6 gpa and a 1500 sat score
i was in 3 clubs and 2 sports</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>what major did u apply under?</p>
<p>i was undeclared
i heard those undeclared have a slight advantage</p>
<p>" wait…how is it possible to get a 4.2 and a 1400 sat? "</p>
<p>easy… you aren’t a good test taker on random material that you can’t study for, but able to study for classroom tests because its more focused on a certain topic than generalizations.
Plus I only took the SAT once cause I decided in sept I was gonna apply for a UC.</p>