@pmast25 I didn’t actually get accepted to UCLA, or given the actual Regents Scholarship. I was just among the top 1.5% of all UCLA applicants in terms of stats, I believe, so UCLA invited me to apply to the scholarship. As for the UCR Regents, I actually got the scholarship and am accepted. I will probably call them just to ask what part of my application made it not-good-enough. I was really looking forward to Regents/CHP at UCI.
Congrats on your UCI scholarship, though!
Haven’t received anything yet rejection or admission
Accepted to UCI and selected to CHP
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1770 (600 M, 600 W, 570 CR)
ACT (breakdown): 26
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Weighted GPA (if available): 4.38
UC/CSU GPA: 4.66
Rank/percentile (if available): 10/569
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (3), APUSH (3). AP Spanish Lang (4), AP Euro (3) - 6 upcoming AP exams.
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Economics, AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish Lit, AP Literature, Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, school honors, Nominated for Boy’s State
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CSF (VP), Spanish Club (secretary), Book Club (VP), started a club senior year
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: a lot of tutoring, CSF, book drives
Summer Activities: Upward Bound
Essays: They were well done.
Teacher Recommendation: N/A
Counselor Rec: N/A
Additional Rec: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undeclared-Social Sciences
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college student, parents are field workers
Reflection
Strengths: GPA, EC’s
Weaknesses: Test Scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ??? idk, happy i got accepted to UCI and selected for their honors
**Decision: Accepted to UC Irvine and selected to CHP **
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2060 (630 CR, 750 M, 680 W)
[] ACT (breakdown): 29 (33 M, 32 R, 27 E/W, 26 R)
[] SAT II: 550 Physics, 710 US History, 800 Math II, 620 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.93
[] Weighted GPA (if available): UC Capped-4.21
[] Rank/percentile (if available): 5/464
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (3), World History (4), Physics B (3), U.S. History (5), Calculus BC (5), Calculus AB (5), English Language & Composition (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP French, AP U.S. Government, Economics, AP English Literature & Composition, DE Differential Equations, DE Statistics
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model United Nations (Founder, President), Academic Decathlon (Captain), A Human Rights Organization (Vice President), Speech and Debate (Treasurer), CSF (officer), Cross Country (Varsity), Track & Field (Varsity), Mathletes, MESA
[] Job/Work Experience: A couple internships and family business
[] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club and a culmination of a few other areas (hundreds of hours)
[] Summer Activities: See Job/Work Experience
[li] Essays: I thought they were decent[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA?
[] Weaknesses: Lack of major awards?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA and test scores were high enough
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted @ University of the Pacific
[/ul]**General Comments **[list]
Let’s just keep results here, so it can serve as a future resource for future applicants to UC Irvine. Best of luck to all UC Irvine applicants!
Please be mindful that the college admission is just so very random.
Many factors can impact whether you get accepted or not.
How many (%s of applicants) were selected for Irvine Regents and CHP respectively?
Hi everyone I wasn’t accepted into CHP and I was really disappointed. Any reason why?
Major: Biomedical Engineering
GPA: 4.75W / 3.98 UW
SAT: 2150
ACT: 33
I spend quite some time revising my essays. I also think my EC’s are decent. (intern with UC Berkeley, 200 volunteer hours)
Who knows. My son wasn’t accepted yet (so obviously no Regents and no CHP). 2230 SAT, 3.95/4.51 GPA for Computer Game Science. No AP scores yet, though, but 26.5 college credits.
What was your class rank?
No class rank-dual enrolled private homeschooler. I know of other homeschoolers that get into UCs, but my son isn’t a top candidate like they were. Well, we’ll just have to wait and see.
I wasn’t accepted to UCI CHP either and I’m a bit surprised… I got the UCLA regents invite like @IAmTheGOAT.
When you say you weren’t accepted to UCI CHP - did you receive an email/message? I dont have any message yet. Or does it mean that you did not get UCI acceptance at all?
I think most of us mean we haven’t heard anything from UCI, so we assume no CHP since the notifications seem to have gone out last weekend/beginning of the week. Don’t know about admissions yet.
**Decision: Accepted to UC Irvine w/ CHP **
Objective:[ul]
[] ACT (breakdown): 34 (E 35, M 34, R 35, S 32)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Weighted GPA (if available): 4.5
[] Rank/percentile (if available): 5/270
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (3), Eng. Lang (5), Currently taking English Lit, Physics, Calc BC & US Gov
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs mentioned above and journalism class
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cheer (Captain 2 yrs), School Paper (Editor-In-Chief), Interact Club, California Scholarship Federation, Girl Scout
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 Different Jobs
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~100 Hours
[] Summer Activities: Girl Scout Volunteer Counselor, Cheer
[li] Essays: UC #1 I wrote a week before the deadline, but read it again just now and liked it. UC #2 was probably the best essay I wrote throughout the college process.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Business Administration
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Medium Sized Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Grades, Test Scores
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted: Because of my academic achievement!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far been accepted to Chapman U (Presidential Scholarship) & University of Miami (21K in Merit Aid)
Is UC Irvine’s CHP that prestigious? Would someone potentially go to UCI for its CHP instead of other schools like UCLA, UCSD, or UCB?
@rayyyyyy I’m not trying to brag, but in all honesty, I have better stats and ECs than my friends who got Irvine CHP. I think it might be because of my essays, or randomness factor, maybe that kept me from getting it?
Chance me?
Major: CS
Unweighted GPA: 3.83
Weighted GPA: 4.166
SAT: 2160
SAT2: Bio - 780, Chem - 770, Math2 - 800
**Decision: Accepted to (CHP w/ Regents) **
Hopefully this helps someone!
Objective
SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (790 CR, 800 WR, 800 M)
ACT (breakdown): Did not take
SAT II: 750 Math II, 760 Chemistry, 760 US History, 770 Chinese w/Listening
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chemistry: 5, AP US History: 5, AP English Language and Comp: 5, AP Psychology: 5, AP Human Geography: 5, AP Chinese: 5, AP Comparative Government: 4, AP Statistics: 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Government, Japanese
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, published a paper on Japanese Tokugawa foreign relations during the 17th-19th centuries (I sent in the first page of the journal article as a supplement) in a Stanford Institute of International Studies journal, Chinese-American Semiconductor Professionals Association Scholarship (not that major), various awards from the World Affairs Council for my passion for international relations, a bunch of awards from flute competitions
Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Director of Foreign Relations for the UN International Youth Council (currently in the midst of creating a youth-run policy journal), Youth Ambassador to Finland (1 of 12 students to receive a scholarship from the Finnish govt), Stanford Reischauer Japanese and Sejong Korean Scholar (competitive program, only 25 students nationally selected), Board Member of the Silicon Valley United Nations Association (10-12), Student Ambassador for local World Affairs Council (10-12), Principal Flutist of a state-level youth symphony and school Wind Ensemble (sent in a flute supplement) (9-12), Undersecretary general for Model UN (9-12), Director of finances for National Honor Society (10-12), Founded my own financial literacy initiative after interning at a microfinance NGO in China (10-12), Business editor for award-winning school newsmagazine (10-12)
Job/Work Experience: Interning at a microfinance NGO? That was only for a summer though.
Volunteer/Community service: Many hours through the UN Association
Summer Activities: 2013 summer was spent touring Central Europe with my youth symphony for 2-3 weeks, Interned at a Microfinance NGO in Central China, 2014 summer: Received a scholarship from the Finnish government to study abroad 7-8 weeks
Essays: So bad lol I spent about 30 minutes on both essays
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: International Relations/Linguistics/East Asian Studies- I haven’t decided yet
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity: Chinese-American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~$400,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
Reflection
Strengths: SAT I score, unique passions and extracurriculars, not a cookie-cutter Asian, international perspective
Weaknesses: GPA, SAT II scores, bad at math
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My high school has a REALLY good relationship with all the UCs
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: UPenn College of Arts and Sciences (likely), Wellesley, UC Irvine w/Regents
Deferred: Princeton SCEA but I’m so over it
Still waiting on a couple more Ivies, UC’s and privates!
You mentioned that UPenn is likely for you.
Did they give you some sort of hint or assurance?
“Accepted: UPenn College of Arts and Sciences (likely), Wellesley, UC Irvine w/Regents”
@SteventoCollege I received a likely letter from them the Thursday before President’s Week! This is from an article from the Daily Pennsylvanian, written on February 12, the day likely letters were sent out:
"Just under 200 applicants to the Class of 2019 will receive likely letters on Thursday, Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said. The letters will be sent in the form of an online message through applicants’ portals.
Likely letters, which are sent out prior to regular decision release in late March, inform applicants that they are “likely” to be admitted to Penn. Generally, likely letters mean that applicants will receive an acceptance.
The purpose of such communication is to ensure that Penn is at the forefront of outstanding students’ minds when considering their options later in the spring, Furda said."