<p>9th-11th Unweighted GPA 3.6 --> 12 Honors with 6 AP's</p>
<p>UC Weighted: 4.0 or 4.1
unweighted: 3.5</p>
<p>SAT I --> 1870
SAT II --> math 720, chinese 770</p>
<p>Volunteer: strong, consistent resume that shows my leadership skills
1) UPMC Passavant Hospital 500 hrs +
2) Carnegie Science Center 150+
3) Northland Public Library 100+</p>
<p>I work 4 jobs simultaneously to develope my conceptual skills:
1) trilingual interpreter for an electronic company in China
2) Chinese cultural dance instructor
3) YMCA childcare staff
4) Office assistant for a management company in America</p>
<p>Area of Focus: //Communications// I am trilingual in Chinese, Japanese, English
1)I have been working as a trilingual interpreter for an altimeter company in China for 3 years
2)I organized English classes to teach the Chinese children from an orphanage (interviewed by Nanjing K-1 channel)
3)I published an article in Chinese Yangtze Newspaper after surveying 300 Chinese students. I wrote of youth's cultural differences by comparing Chinese students to American students. </p>
<p>Internships:
1) International Affairs at University of Pittsburgh
2) Intern at UPMC Passavant McGowan Regenerative Tissue Lab</p>
<p>Strong recommendation letters. </p>
<p>Strong essay topic: I have turned my disadvantages into advantages and created opportunities for my self. Focused on my one personal family struggle in my 10th grade year and how I have evolved from that hardship and contributed to the community.</p>
<p>Your academic record is a match for irvine OOS (its not particularly difficult for OOS students) and your EC's are quite good. I'd say you are in.</p>
<p>It is definitely more difficult for OOS students. Imagine the admissions system being a tally of points. For the OOS students, the cutoff to determine who is accepted is raised. However, since you have strong ECs, a high GPA, and high SAT2s (to balance out that sat1), you are a match for UCI.</p>
<p>Thanks for the comments, guys! I really appreciate them...</p>
<p>What is a match, exactly? About 60%?</p>
<p>By the way, I applied undeclared.. and I plan to major in international business / communication, not science related (ie engineering)... will that give me an edge? Or make admission slightly less competitive?</p>
<p>Undeclared/undecided is the easiest major to get into since it isn't really a major. However I recommend switching out asap (while you do orientation). U/U majors are treated like **** here. They get the worst priority.</p>
<p>err, what was your gpa?
i'm oos and i have ike a 3.4 weighted ucgpa lmao (even though it's higher than 4.0 weighted "normally")
and i got a 2120 on my sats ><</p>
<p>i'm from out of state too, and except for the gpa and sat ii scores (my gpa's a little bit higher, but my sat ii scores are siginificantly lower), we're about the same. i got in, so i'll say that you have a very good chance (since i don't understand the whole reach, match, etc). good luck! don't stress out :)</p>
<p>stressed0ut, you're going to be fine for UCI. I'm not sure about scholarships and stuff but you have way higher credentials than the average admitted student. Even if you're out of state, Irvine's impressively high acceptance rate should be something to consider before getting worked up about it.</p>