UC Irvine Class of 2015 Decisions Thread

Ikickcows · March 20, 2011, 2:29pm

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):Not used
[ *] ACT:31
[ *] SAT II:Math 2: 680 U.S History: 660
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.0? LOL
[ *] UC GPA:3.4
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):121
[ *] ELC?:No
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):U.S history: 3, English language 3, World History 3,
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:Stats AP, Bio AP, French 5/6, Contemporary Themes, Econ/Gov, Swim
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):None
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Swim 4 Years, Little Clubs
[ *] Job/Work Experience:YMCA Lifeguard/Swim instructor, 2 summers
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:200+ hours
[ *] Personal Statement:They were pretty good, not amazing though
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[ *] Intended Major:Computer Engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):Cali
[ *] Country (if international applicant):U.S
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket:90k+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):First gen
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:Work experience and swim?
[ *] Weaknesses:GPA
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Nooo idea why I was accepted, but hopefully this gives some people hope!
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!

fl1p1npr1d3 · March 20, 2011, 2:49pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ list]
[ ] SAT I (breakdown): M: 730 CR: 590 W: 630
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] SAT II: Bio m: 600 Math 2: 620
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.78
[ *] UC GPA:3.96
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30%
[ *] ELC?: no
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):Art Histo. (3), Physics (?) Calc AB (?) Macro Econ (?) Micro Econ (?)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Econ, AP Phys
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National & International Taekwondo Medals
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Taekwondo (13 yrs.) Pres. Martial Arts Club, Pres. Pacific Asian Club
[ *] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[ ] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ Hrs
[ ] Personal Statement:Taekwondo, Immigration[ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: Comp. Sci. Eng.
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Filipino
[ *] Gender: M
[ ] Income Bracket: 170k
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Taekwondo National and International Medals
[/list][ b]Reflection[ list]
[ *] Strengths:ECs, Volunteer
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT 2
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well-rounded
[/list]**General Comments:
I’m really ***ed they couldn’t release these out earlier.
** Good Luck!!

sharks911 · March 20, 2011, 3:37pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t submit
[] ACT: 31 (31 English, 34 Math, 32 Reading, 28 Science, 7 Writing); 32 if superscored (Reading is then 33 and 8 writing)
[] SAT II: Math IIC 700, Bio M 670, USH 680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.47 (tough to get good grades at my school)
[] UC GPA: 3.74
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank…
[] ELC?: Nope
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), AP Micro/Macro (N/A yet), AP Calculus AB (N/A yet), AP French Language (N/A yet)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Micro/Macro, AP French Language, Honors Human Anatomy & Physiology, Biotechnology/Genetics-Evolution (1 semester each), Satire & Comedy-Study of Short Fiction (1 semester each)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Medical Club (officer), Chemistry Club, Tennis, Russian Classes, Personal Trainer Sessions, and Video Games Club xD
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer job as Customer Support
[] Volunteer/Community service: at library and at hospital
[] Personal Statement: Wrote one about my battles with minor physical disability and how it influenced my life and made me really interested in Medicine. My other one was about my Russian heritage.

[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biological Sciences (Pre-med Track)
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White (European)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 150,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Disability mostly, but maybe also being first to college in US and being European (that one probably not so much :])[/li]
[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT and maybe essays
[] Weaknesses: GPA and not a lot of ECs (a few key ones though)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure, but maybe strong ACT and decent essays[/li]
[/ul]General Comments:
Really happy to be into a strong pre-med oriented university like UC Irvine. :D

jack2011 · March 20, 2011, 4:31pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 620 M: 680 W: 660 Total: 1960
[] ACT:—
[] SAT II: Math II: 660 , Literature: 560
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
[] UC GPA: 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
[] ELC?: no
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): none…hahahaha
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Statistics, AVID 12, Govt AP, Economics, Eng Lit AP, Chemistry (lol), Pre Calc…
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Baseball team (3yrs), Cross Country (1yr)
[] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting 2yrs, work front desk and pool deck at athletic club
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100ish hours in local group
[] Personal Statement: work hard on them, liked what i ended with.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: i applied for business, but is says im undeclared??
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: none of yo business lol
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT I, essays, unweighted gpa
[] Weaknesses: SAT II, lack of AP’s
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: because im super chill…jk.
[/ul]General Comments: denied by ucla and ucsd, this gives me confidence for my UCSB and UCD which i like a lot. also got into slo for business which i like a lot too. good luck to everyone

juicycutie · March 20, 2011, 5:07pm

anyone heard from public health sciences major?

michirondelle · March 20, 2011, 5:41pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 790, M: 680, W: 630; Total: 2100
[] ACT:—
[] SAT II: Bio-E: 740, Literature:750, Math II:680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3 LOL
[] UC GPA: 3.58 -_-
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30-something/570
[] ELC?: Nope!
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology: 4, APUSH: 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):—
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP English Lit, AP Calculus AB, AP Govt/Econ, APES, Anatomy, Journalism
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief senior year and section editor junior year), Key Club (Vice-President), Asian Culture Club (Vice-President for 2 yrs), Interact Club (2 yr member)
[] Job/Work Experience:—
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours from Key Club, public library and at the social security office.
[] Personal Statement: Pretty awesome, I think. It’s probably what got me in. I talked about my dramatic family, how certain issues led me to want to help women and children and how my perceptiveness and ability to empathize would make me a good doctor.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes!
[] Intended Major: Biological Sciences
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):–
[] School Type: Public, low API score
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: < $20,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Low income?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT scores, ECs, personal statement, National Merit thing probably helped too…
[] Weaknesses: GPA, most definitely.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I thought that my grades would shoot my chances, but my personal statement really came through. I’m well-rounded and showed personality in my application and I think that’s what really matters. But I was definitely on the fence with them…[/li][/ul]General Comments: Don’t forget how much of an influence your personal statements are! Mine saved my application! Also, salvage your grades with good test scores and extracurriculars.

I’m willing to help anyone out with their waitlist or freshman application essays- just send me a PM!

medleyHD · March 20, 2011, 5:48pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2000
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Bio M: 570 Math IIC: 650
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.38
[] UC GPA: 3.43
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 100+ (SURPRISED I GOT IN WITH THIS RANK)
[] ELC?: No
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History, AP US History, AP Calculus AB
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Biology, World Literature, Mandarin, T.A.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State Qualifier for Speech and Debate, National Semis- qualifier for speech, Lions Club speaker club winner
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of service club, VP of Leadership/Interest club, Executive Assistant of student government, co-founder of a premedical club, event captain of speech and debate
[] Job/Work Experience: City of Hope Hospital Intern/ Lab Assistant
[] Volunteer/Community service: Over 300 hours of service
[] Personal Statement: It was alright.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biological Sciences
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, low API
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <$20,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation college student, researched diabetic medicine as a lab assistant
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extra-curricular activities, leadership
[] Weaknesses: GPA, SATs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’M VERY LUCKY [/li][/ul]General Comments:
Good luck to everyone else!

Romo323 · March 20, 2011, 10:49pm

ACCEPTED
Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 1430, math 570, others 30 for both

ACT: 20(25 Math, forgot others)
SAT II: Math IIC 570, Spanish M 670, Lit 440
UC GPA: about 3.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP CalculusAB(3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Lit, Shakespeare, health, economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Basketball, Baseball, Cross Country, Church

Personal Statement: my point of view in life, struggles, parent divorce.
</code></pre>

Other:

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes

Intended Major: Undeclared
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 37,000
Hooks (first generation college, divorce parents, bad neigborhood
</code></pre>

Reflection:

<pre><code>* Strengths: extracurricular activities

Weaknesses: GPA and test scores
Why you think you were accepted/: i think the uc prompts
</code></pre>

General Comments:
My first choice for college. Accepted to UCR, CSULA, CSULB, UCI. Rejected UCLA and SDSU. Waiting on UCSB, Loyola Marymount University.

Minnymom · March 20, 2011, 11:12pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective: SAT I (breakdown): Reading-650 Math-670 Writing-650
SAT II: Math II 680, US History 650
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
UC GPA: 4.05
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/578
ELC?: no
AP Calculus (5); Eng. Comp (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Gov’t, AP EngLit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Video Production Director, Engineering Academy, Minority Academy Mentor
Job/Work Experience: Summers since 2008- Paid Teacher’s Assistant Summer School
Volunteer/Community service: Medical Office Clerk, Elementary School Aide
Personal Statement Comments: Wrote about challenging project in video production and personal reflection about TAing in Summer Program
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Large Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): AA Male
Reflection
Strengths:Personal Statements
Weaknesses: Not that many APclasses
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows… its anyone’s game this year!
General Comments: Good Luck!!

Download · March 20, 2011, 11:34pm

I was accepted to UCI a while ago, you can find my stats here (where I got rejected from UCSD):
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/12202242-post63.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/12202242-post63.html</a>
I’m not attending this school though, I’ll be going to UCLA, but I figured this may help other people.

I’ll be posting my friend’s stats as well, seeing as he got accepted to UCI:

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 600M,590CR, 540W
[] ACT: 27 Composite (30M,29R, 25S, 23E)
[] SAT II: 710 Math2, 540 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.66
[] UC GPA: 3.84
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): —
[] ELC?: no
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (3), English Lang. and Comp. (3), and Art History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): —
[] Senior Year Course Load: (All AP classes) Calculus AB, Physics C Mechanics, Physics B, English Lit. and Comp., and US Gov.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): none really, just one club
[] Job/Work Experience: —
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hours
[] Personal Statement: he worked on them the Thanksgiving break before the weekend before deadline (lol)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Electrical engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): –
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: m
[] Income Bracket: very low
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first gen, low income
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Hard to figure out haha! His volunteering/community service?
[] Weaknesses: His whole app (lol!) Low GPA, low test scores, lack of ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think he got accepted, because he was REALLY lucky. Also, he has low income and first gen hooks, so those helped a lot too.[/li][/ul]General Comments: He was accepted to Cal Poly SLO and UCI, rejected from UCLA and UCSD.

JeSuis · March 20, 2011, 11:54pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1890 (M 630, W 600, R 600)
[] ACT: 31 (E 35, M 35, S 25, R 27)
[] SAT II: USH 700, Math II 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75ish
[] UC GPA: 4.09
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] ELC?: No
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), English Lit(3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP French IV, AP Calc AB, AP English 12, IB Euro History, AP Bio, IB Theory of Knowledge
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Animal helping club (president and founder), School newspaper (entertainment editor)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours
[] Personal Statement: Both well written, but not unique
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Undeclared
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Public with 9 API
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <$50,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Single Parent Household?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, GPA, Senior year course load, SAT II
[] Weaknesses: Essays were pretty generic (but well written), not ELC
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well-qualified? Not really much else to say.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I found out about UC San Diego (which was a week later than usual) before UCI… I get that they wanna space it out but honestly, made me really not wanna go there when I was one of the last to find out. Going to UC San Diego!

cinemafreak · March 21, 2011, 12:41am

so i got accepted into irvine with a film studies major and i got pretty low test scores. i got a 1650 SAT and a 25 ACT score. my gpa unweighted was a 3.8 and my weighted was a 3.9. i had a lot of good ec’s though. so maybe that’s why… my sat 2 scores were okay. Lit: 600 US history: 650

Shewwane · March 21, 2011, 9:56am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1660 (M 580, R 610, W 470)
ACT: 29 (E 26, M 27, R 34, S 28)
SAT II: Math II 620, Bio E 470 (lol)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3
UC GPA: 3.6ish (not sure)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 50%, lol
ELC?: Nope
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (3), Composition (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a
Senior Year Course Load: 2 AP courses (Literature and Government), Ceramics, Discrete Math, Introduction to Teaching, Computers
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, lol

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): VP of Future Educators Association
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at a daycare and elementary school, 100+ hours
Personal Statement: Pretty good

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
Intended Major: I applied for Business, got into Japanese Language and Literature
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Normal
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $60,000ish
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None really

Reflection

Strengths: I have no clue. Community service and ACT score?
Weaknesses: My SAT II score, LOL
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was an applicant who turned in a supplemental form, so I think that might have helped a bit
General Comments: Good luck for the people still waiting! I honestly thought I had no chance in hell because my scores were so mediocre compared to others. Don’t give up when you see amazing scores on CC 'cause you still have a chance like I did :)

xpaulinabearx · March 21, 2011, 9:22pm

What exactly is a UC Supplement?..haha i’m such a noob >,<

Helpmepleasee · March 21, 2011, 10:29pm

Is tomorrow the LAST wave or was today? I still haven’t gotten in and I feel like I’m qualified…

SprinkKnoT · March 21, 2011, 10:52pm

Wednesday is the estimated last day, but no one knows for sure. My GF is still waiting and her and I are getting ****ed at the system.

Shewwane · March 22, 2011, 6:58pm

xpaulinabearx - supplemental questionnaires are sent out to students who are basically borderline of being accepted or rejected. you write a little bit more about yourself and basically try and win your way into being accepted :)

UndeclaredMajor · March 22, 2011, 7:53pm

I just got rejected from Irvine, and I don’t really know why. I was accepted to UCSB yesterday and now I’m just perplexed.

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2000 (M 700, R 640, W 660)
ACT: didnt submit
SAT II: Math II 800, Bio E 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
UC GPA: 3.9
ELC?: Nope
AP (place score in parenthesis): bio (3), statistics (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs and 2 leadership classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): VP of dance club
Secretary of origami club
Head of committee in leadership class
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours
Personal Statement: I thought they were alright
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
Intended Major: undeclared, business was my alternate
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: high ranking competitive highschool
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $25k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation college

Reflection

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: LOL I don’t really know why.

POPPED · March 22, 2011, 7:59pm

i always thought uci was harder to get into :x

UndeclaredMajor · March 22, 2011, 8:04pm

I think its harder than SB to get into based on number of applicants, but my stats weren’t horrendous for UCI… goodness gracious I give up on college LOL

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