Hey I’m in the same boat - no decision yet - I know its awful but it is what it is
I got accepted into UCI today for Business Administration which is really impacted. Just wanted to make a final post to help you guys out, and that anything can happen.
Decision: Accepted to UC Irvine
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1560 cumulative
[ *] ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take it
[ *] SAT II: Didn’t take it
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[ *] Weighted GPA (if available): Around 4.3
[ *] Rank/percentile (if available): 24/510
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): school doesnt offer
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Studio Art 2-D, AP Chem (dropped 2nd sem), AP Environmental Science, Gov/Econ, English
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Mediocre awards, mostly school awards like principle honor roll and varsity tennis awards.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club 3 years VP 1 year, Asian Culture Club historian 2 years, Varsity tennis 4 years, Red Cross club 2 years,
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: around 130 hours
[ *] Summer Activities: None
[ *] Essays: Very strong / personal / compelling (the people I had read it were all on verge of tears)
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: none
[ *] Counselor Rec: none
[ *] Additional Rec: none
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Business Administration
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public, not very competitive
[ *] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: GPA, Essays, Extra curricular
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT score definitely, volunteer hours
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I believe my GPA helped as well as my essays.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UCSB and UCR. Rejected to UCSD
[ /list][ b]General Comments: Keep your head up guys! I am living proof of how test scores don’t matter and that anything is possible. Goodluck everyone, hope to see you guys at UCI :).[ /b]
@HelpPleasee I hope not do you know any past years stats? & what’s your alternate major?
Have any Japanese majors gotten in yet?
I got a supplemental questionnaire back in January but my friend got hers in March?
I NEVER GOT A SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE D: THIS IS BAD ISNT IT?
Any french majors?
I bet the UCI admission officers are looking at these posts and enjoying themselves
Accepted as undeclared (applied as civil engineering and biomedical engineering as alternate) initials J.S.
Just noticed now after taking a nap, first uc acceptance! Much hope to you guys!
any math or humanities majors?
@ItsHydro weighted or unweighted? I had a 3.6 gpa unweighted… but that was 3 years ago i’m assuming they got more selective.
@keepswimmin21 what were your stats?
Accepted
Major: Economics
SAT: 1840
UC GPA: 4.45
awwwwww still nothing…
i checked the acceptances on twitter, all of them are from the school of social sciences and school of physical sciences
if there’s another batch tomorrow will it be around the same time?
i’m freaking out XDDDDDXDXD
Anybody get in as a Chemistry major?
Most Bus Admin havent heard anything yet?
Business Admin major here… nothing so far