UC Irving Nursing, should I be worried?

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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I’m a high schooler and my dream is getting into the Nursing program at UC Irvine, which only accepted 88 students last year (yikes)

stats
CSU GPA:4.04
UC GPA: 4.23 (took alot of honors and APs but got Bs in most of them, few A’s in humanities courses)
SAT: 1500 (new SAT)
Eligibility Index: (800*4.04)+1500=4739

*I’m also a male and I’ve heard that males have slight advantage because this is a female dominated occupation

extracurriculats
leadership in social justice, service clubs
academic awards in history (only national history day, placed high in state level)
music awards (international competitions)
volunteer (performs at senior centers, volunteers at hospital)-- not sure if this is gonna help me because I volunteer at the front desk so I just sit there and answer questions. nevertheless a hospital setting + experience.
*theres more but these are the main ones

another important note is my essay. I talked about aiding my mom who suffers from polio throughout my childhood and how that fostered my passion of helping others. Also had another essay that explained other circumstances that explained my lackluster academics my mediocre grades.

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WOW great SAT score bro! I think you have a definite chance at the nursing program, but don’t get your hopes up. There are ALOT of students nowadays that want to go into nursing, and sometimes admission officers just need that slight information to tip the scale between two identical applicants. Don’t lose hope though! I can see that you’re a competitive applicant!

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thanks! I recently got into Umich, Case Western, Penn State, and USF for nursing. Hopefully I’ll get in.

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Congratulations! Michigan’s nursing school is excellent. You may have personal reasons for wanting to stay in CA but you have gotten some excellent admits already. Best of luck to you! I am certainly biased but Go Blue!

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Your UC GPA is well within range and your SAT exceeds last year’s average for UCI Nursing so you are a competitive applicant.

Fall 2017 freshman applicants: 2,540

Fall 2017 freshman admissions: 88 (3.5% admitted)

Average UC GPA: 4.25 GPA

Average total SAT score: 2040

Average total SAT score (new version): 1354