***UC Irvine Class of 2020 Admissions Results/Stats Discussion***

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So I just checked my portal and decisions seem to have come out for students accepted to the Campuswide Honors Program (CHP). I didn’t get an email or letter, but my portal has been updated, so everyone else’s are also likely updated. Since no one created a results page following last years format, I figured I would do so:

Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted to (Insert: School) [ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected by (Insert: School) [ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT (breakdown):
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Weighted GPA (if available):
[ *] Rank/percentile (if available):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]

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How long ago do you think your portal was updated? What did it say?

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@jd2016 Why don’t you post your stats?

Can anyone else confirm if they received this?

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Pick one:
**Decision: Accepted CHP to School of Social Sciences **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (730 CR, 800 M, 700 W)
[] ACT (breakdown): 34 (35 E, 32 M, 32 R, 35 S, E/W: 31)
[] SAT II: 760 Lit, 690 US History, 710 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Weighted GPA (if available): 4.72
[] Rank/percentile (if available): 2
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s - (Human Geography, European History, U.S. History, Calculus AB, Environmental Science) 4’s - (English Language, Physics 1)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Zero Period Link Crew, AP Calculus BC, Journalism, AP Spanish Language, AP English Literature, AP U.S. Government/AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology, Theater
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, National Commended Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction[/li]
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Water Polo, Improv Team, many Theater Productions, Link Crew, Co-Editor-in-Chief of School Magazine, Founder of Food Club (We share foods starting with a different letter each month)
[] Job/Work Experience: After School Math Tutor (2nd semester junior year)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Church Youth Group (Student Leader), National Honor Society (Service Coordinator),
[] Summer Activities: Helped children with disabilities learn how to play water polo previous two summers, internship with USC School of Social Work last summer
[li] Essays: Wrote both required essays and the additional information one as well. [/li]
[/ul][ b]Other[ /b][ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes (FAFSA)
[] Intended Major: Sociology
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican)
[] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I guess Hispanic…? [/li]
[/ul][ b]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Stats were above UCI’s average, I put a lot of effort into my essays.
[] Weaknesses: Perhaps too well-rounded? I think one of my essays could’ve been too personal… I dunno.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: For my strengths, and my school has a history of sending many students to UCI
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred Yale, Accepted USC, Biola, Northeastern

Sorry I’ll fix the format later… I’m new to CC.

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I checked my portal around 6:00 pm. It has a large banner right when you log in that says “You have been admitted to UC Irvine!” and on the right side of the webpage there’s a square link to the CHP website that says “congratulations” over it. I’m just confused as to why they didn’t send any mail, physical or electronic.

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Don’t be confused, seems pretty clear that you were accepted and thats all that really matters — Congrats!

I have similar stats but I applied Engineering Undeclared which is (maybe) why I didn’t receive it.

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Anyone else get it?

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@Andrew545 I haven’t gotten it. Considering the fact that they haven’t sent out the email telling students to check the portal, I’d wager that not all of the acceptances are in yet, so don’t worry. Congrats to the OP for getting it, though! :slight_smile:

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@meanjean I sure hope so ! I would expect more people to have posted if all of them really were sent out already.

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My D was accepted in Pharmaceutical Sciences/CHP, it’s in her portal tonight.

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After seeing this DD checked her portal and she too was accepted. But two of her friends checked just now and neither one saw anything on theirs. We weren’t expecting to know anything until March so this came as a total surprise.

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Daughter got in as well, biological sciences. Instate,GPA 4 UW, ACT=33, also got the chancellor’s invite to UCSB and email from UCR.

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Son got in.
Physical sciences
4.0/4.5
2300

No email was sent. The portal updated.

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Almost all (at least major) colleges notify applicants via their web portal which is eventually followed up with an email a few days later in case folks don’t get on the portal (See Cal Poly decision 2020 thread).

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As a 1989 UCI alum congrats to all who got in to get the ball rolling!!

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**Decision: Accepted to School of Biological Sciences w/ CHP **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (670 CR, 750 M, 750 W)
[] SAT II: 780 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Weighted GPA (if available): UC 4.39
[] Rank/percentile (if available): 6/483
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Environmental Science (4), AP Calculus AB (3), AP Biology (3), AP English Lang (3), AP Chemistry (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, 2015 Nordstrom Scholarship Semi-finalist

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB (Commissioner of Publicity), Varsity Cheerleading, Solar Tech Club (President), Future Business Leaders of America (Vice-President), School’s Engineering Program (Public Relations Team Leader), Ecology Club (Director of Membership), KIWIN’S (Public Relations)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Altar serving at my church, Cabin leader for week long science camp local elementary school goes to, Math and science tutor
[li] Essays: Well-written, creative. Got revised by multiple English teachers on campus until no further revisions/suggestions were made.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biological Sciences
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First-generation college, low-income, dual-enrolled to local community college and took courses there.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT 1 and 2
[] Weaknesses: ECs seem pretty weak to me. AP scores! Thankfully, they aren’t weighted too heavily.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have pretty high stats compared to UCI’s averages
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: CSUF, CSULB, SDSU w/ Honors College, CPP, SFSU, UCSB w/ Chancellor’s invite
Waiting for: Cal, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCR, Cornell, Northeastern, Richmond
[/ul]General Comments: Thankful that I’ve been accepted not only to UCI itself but also their CHP :slight_smile: Best of luck to the rest of y’all waiting for your decisions!

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Hi everyone! Don’t know when my portal was updated but my friend told me about it around 7 pm. Congrats to everyone else and hopefully this will help someone next year!

Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted to Electrical Engineering Regents & CHP[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 730, M: 740, W:800
[ *] ACT (breakdown): 35 C (35 R / 34 W / 34 M / 32 S I think?)
[ *] SAT II: M: 770, Bio E: 790
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[ *] Weighted GPA (if available): 4.46
[ *] Rank/percentile (if available): 5/185
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc AB (5), AP US History (5), AP Lang (5), AP Physics 1 (4), APES/Psych/WHAP (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Stats, AP Lit, AP Micro/Macro, AP Gov
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not any major awards, just NMSC Finalist, AP Scholar w/ Distinction and stuff like that

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (current prez), Track/Field (varsity captain, school record holders, All-CIF SS athlete)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 240 hrs of service, did a lot of volunteer coordinating around the community and for my AP Lang teacher
[ *] Summer Activities: I had an internship at a hospital, eventually wrote up two abstracts on medical devices and presented it at a convention
[ *] Essays: I considered them to be 8/10 because they were legitimately personal and authentic, discussed my future plans in the medical device industry and my inspiration for choosing it. Really drew upon personal characteristics and potential

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Electrical Engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (if you consider female in STEM), first-gen

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: ELC; strong GPA; SAT/ACT
[ *] Weaknesses: Wish I took SAT subjects earlier and studied well for it!
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Besides statistics, the honesty of my essays made it sound like I really knew what I was doing in my future.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Johns Hopkins (but had to pass on that offer), UC Berkeley

[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good luck to those who are waiting on their decisions!

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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted CHP School of Social Sciences [ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):2080 (650 Critical Reading, 740 Math, 690 Writing)
[ *] ACT (breakdown):N/A
[ *] SAT II:N/A
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.82
[ *] Weighted GPA (if available):4.18 (UC GPA)
[ *] Rank/percentile (if available):27/355
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):European History:3, US History:3, English Language:4, Chemistry:1, Calculus AB:5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, Physics, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Calculus BC
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Club & Class Officer.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Intern at Law Firm
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: About 100 Volunteer hours
[ *] Summer Activities: Attended some JSA Institutes
[ *] Essays: Talked about overcoming ADHD
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major: Economics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Test Scores & Grades
[ *] Weaknesses: EC’s
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Grades and SAT were well above the average.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to ASU.

[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]

I’m glad to be accepted into the CHP. If I don’t get into Cal or UCLA then I will be attending UCI.

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**Decision: Accepted to School of Social Sciences **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (780 W, 710 M, 700 R)
[] ACT (breakdown): 34 (35 W, 34 M, 33 R, 32 S)
[] SAT II: none sent
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA (if available): N/A
[] Rank/percentile (if available): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Macroeconomics (4), Microeconomics (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP Environmental Science, AP Human Geography, Spanish III
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): –

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Filmmaker (independent), Student Assistant on school creative writing course, film club (founder)
[] Job/Work Experience: PA on feature film, intern at software production company
[] Volunteer/Community service: (Volunteer) Worked at a school in India for students from low-income families
[] Summer Activities: Harvard Summer Program & ECs from above
[] Essays: Some of the best I’ve written
[] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[] Counselor Rec: N/A
[] Additional Rec: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Private, Boarding, Selective
[] Ethnicity: Asian Indian & White (Middle East)
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: High test scores, GPA, great essays, some good ECs
[] Weaknesses: no SAT IIs, some boring ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows? I’m just glad I was accepted.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Stanford EA, waiting for Harvard, UPenn, Brown, UChicago, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Tulane, and NYU.

[/ul]General Comments:
UC Irvine was my [sort of] safety school so I’m very glad I got in. It’s good to know that if no one else accepts me, I’ll still be going to a very good school for the next four years.

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Decision: Accepted to School of Physical Sciences CHP

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT (breakdown): 33 C (32 R / 33 W / 35 M / 33 S)
[] SAT II: Math II: 800, Bio M: 730, Chem:740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[] Weighted GPA (if available): UC GPA: 4.5 (uncapped), 4.18 (capped)
[] Rank/percentile (if available): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc AB (5), AP US History (4), AP Lang (4), Chem (4), Bio (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Stats, Multicultural Lit, Honors Physics, Advanced Graphic Design, Gov/Econ
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing major, commended scholar for psat, AP scholar with distinction, and some other school/athletic ones
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Basketball (Captain) (9-10)[/li]
Badminton (Varsity) (11-12)

Speedcubing (basically I go to Rubik’s cube competitions and compete and get ranked, I rank 3rd in California for Women’s, I think this pretty unique because not many people speedcube and most people that do this are guys, this is also my common app essay topic) (9-12)

Public health trip in rural China for two summers in a row (shadowed village doctor and spread disease awareness to the villagers) (10, 12)

Treasurer for a club where we organized health fairs (10-12)

Co-president and founder of HOSA at my school (11-12)

Volunteered at a hospital in the summer time (11)

Foreign Exchange program where I lived with host families in China and taught them English in the summer (11)

Took classes (AP Biology and Advanced Biotechnology) on UC Berkeley campus through ATDP, this isn’t that prestigious but it helps for UCs (10-11)

[] Job/Work Experience: Bookkeeping job (9-12)
[] Volunteer/Community service: check ECs
[] Summer Activities: check ECs
[] Essays: one was about how going to Rubik’s cube competitions helped me get over stage fright (pretty unique in my opinion) and my other was about how Hong Kong cafes is the world I come from and how it has inspired my dreams (this was decent)

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): i wish

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: competitive Rubik’s cuber, ACT/SAT subject test scores. focused ECs
[] Weaknesses: unweighted GPA, typical applicant

[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: stats are above average for Irvine and maybe my essays
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected Cornell ED and deferred UChicago

[/ul]General Comments: I am just excited because this is my first acceptance from any schools