UC Irvine admission....

Applying to College
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<p>OK guys, I need some input of whether or not you think I'll be accepted into UCI or not...
I've applied to UCI, UCB, UCLA, UCM, UCSD, UCR, and UCD, but UCI is my first choice. After crunching the numbers, I'm pretty sure that I'm going to get in, but I'd like to hear it from some other familiar with the UC system.
I'm currently and in-state senior who's looking to get into Political Science (which doesn't look like a too competetive major).</p>

<p>UC GPA (10th-11th, the one that UC looks at): 3.93
AP Classes taken or in progress: 5 (two for 11th, three for 12th)
note- I did take 2 Honors courses in 10th, and two in 9th, but they're not "UC approved Honors courses", whatever that means. I'm not sure if they count.)</p>

<p>Test Scores:
SATI:
Math-590
CR-660
Writing:500</p>

<p>SATII: (UC takes the highest two)
Math: 570
US History: 710
Lit: 640</p>

<p>ACT: (Better UC score than the SATI, they take the higher one)
Composite Score-26</p>

<p>AP Tests:
US History: 4
English Language: 3</p>

<p>Notable Extra Curricular/Awards:
VP and Pres of Science club 3 years
500 hours of Martial Arts
VP of Senior Class
Boy's State
Two years Student Government
One year Student Ambassadors
1st Place JPL invention challenge
Green Belt (Martial Arts)
League of Cities Student delegate</p>

<p>Volunteer Service Hours: +100 (Kind of scattered over many things)</p>

<p>College Applications essays: In my opinion pretty good, but I have one grammatical error despite the numerous checks. -_-</p>

<p>Things that might count against me:
-Have only taken two years foreign language. the second year is being taken now, in 12th. (UC requires 2, reccommends 3)
-A vast majority of my volunteer service hours, (90) most of my important classes, and many extra curricular activites are being taken right now in 12th, including half of my martial arts hours. (don't know if that's necessarily a bad thing)
-A-G Courses (by semester) taken over High School career only equals about 38, slightly short of the average admitted student to UCI (by the stats, it doesn't look like too big a factor in admission)
- One. Grammatical. Error. On an otherwise flawless application. -_-</p>

<p>I'm interested to have some input on what UC's I can expect to get into, specifically Irvine. Thanks for your time, you're really helping a paranoid senior out! =D</p>

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<p>I think you'll get in. My statistics are somewhat similar and they sent me a letter with a guaranteed admission if I applied.</p>

<p>I didn't apply though.</p>

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<p>Really? You must've been ELC then. Is that correct?</p>

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<p>Now that I'm looking at it...
I think I should've posted this in the "Chance" section. Oh well.</p>

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<p>I think you will get in, but who knows.</p>

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<p>Yes, I was ELC.</p>

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<p>Don't worry!
I don't know if this will help, but UCI is relatively easy to get into compared to the other UCs (cal and UCLA) and your stats are well within their range.</p>

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<p>I think you'll get in. You seem to be within the right range. Your extracurriculars should earn you some good points. Don't sweat the other stuff, as long as you mentioned that you were in the process of completing courses and volunteer hours. </p>

<p>I applied to UCI too, and got guaranteed admission thanks to ELC.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys, the reassurances put me at ease a bit. I know that Irvine is pretty easy to get into, but still there's always going to be that nagging sense of minor and insignificant uncertianty. I can't wait for March. :P</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone who made ELC by the way. I was close, but not close enough.</p>