UCI admits/Rejects: who's your admin counselor?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
1

<p>As many people have noticed, UCI admission have been... f***ed this year. A lot of people who didn't seem worth of getting in did, and vice versa.</p>

<p>I, for example, had a 3.4ish weighed GPA w/ 2250ish SAT (although i literally took almost every AP class my school had + enough JC classes that i would be like halfway through my soph year at a UC...) and got into UCI on regular admission (chemistry). (But i got rejected form SB...)</p>

<p>in all honesty, i didnt think i would get in; the only thing i can think of is all my JC credits and the JC is one of the local feeder schools for UCI (UCI is about 15 minutes from my house, the JC about 10). I'm not sure if this is true, but im wondering if the admission counselor's had any part in some "under-qualified" people getting and "over-qualified" people not.</p>

<p>anyway, the main reason i ask is because my friend is appealing her UCI rejection and she thinks she's good enough (i haven't looked at her stats, so i can't say)</p>

<p>So please post:
1.admission decision
2. basic numeric info (GPA, SAT, etc; please no long winded explanation of your ECs, UCs have typically been, and still are, heavily number based. Don't believe me? check out



<a href="http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/Adm_fr/Frosh_Prof08.htm">http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/Adm_fr/Frosh_Prof08.htm</a>

92% of UCLA's class had above a 4.0. )
3. major/school
4. Admission Counselor</p>

<p>you should be able to check who your admission counselor is on the myapplication website; although i don't know if they will have it there for people who were rejected...</p>

<p>mine: Megan Johnson</p>

2

<p>UC Irvine’s admission rate for this year 49%, which is almost in line with the admit rate for the last 5 or 7 years. You only believe it’s ****ed up since you’re only looking at those who got rejected. Have you looked at the entire pool of applicants that got accepted? For this year, the people who were admitted to UC Irvine had a GPA of 3.94. </p>

<p>Several UC admissions, including UC Berkeley/LA and probably Irvine, uses the holistic system instead of point-based system. The reason why UCLA’s admit has a very high GPA is because it receives so many bright and outstanding applicants and this is somewhat reflected in their GPA…generally.</p>

3

<p>Typo: “You may only believe”</p>

4

<p>my point was that many people (many of whom are submitting appeals) seemed to have very good stats and didnt get in, while those with sub-par stats (myself included) did get in. I’m wondering if the admission counselor had anything to do with the decision. i could be wrong; thats why im trying to ask people to post.</p>