UCI Chance Thread (Apply this fall)

Applying to College
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<p>Hey guys! I'm looking for UCI Bio. If I don't get in, I'll probably just go to a CC and transfer after a couple years. I'll apply to UCLA, UCSD, UCR, and UCB just to see what'll happen
My GPA is absolute crap, I know.</p>

<p>Unweighted- 3.19
Weighted- 3.57
rank: 126/647 (sigh)</p>

<p>Took a CC class (Calculus) got an A.</p>

<p>10 AP classes by the time I graduate (I took all the hardest classes I could take)</p>

<p>AP government-4
AP economics-4
AP Calc AB-5
AP Calc BC- waiting for results
AP US History- waiting for results
AP Biology- waiting for results
AP Spanish- waiting for results
AP Lit- taking next year
AP Stats- taking next year
AP Psychology- taking next year</p>

<p>SAT- 2240</p>

<p>SAT II: Biology- 760, Spanish- 800, US History- 740</p>

<p>Latino/Hispanic (Colombia), Immigrant parents</p>

<p>My EC's are what I'm hoping would help me out (probably what caused the ****ty GPA):</p>

<p>Varsity for all of em
-Soccer (2 years)
-FCI International Football Club (2 years, captain)
-AYSO Soccer (11 years)
-Water polo (2 years)
-Swim (2 years)
-Trident Swim Club</p>

<p>Theatre (probably some 600-700 hours)
-6 theatre productions
-8 theatre dramathons
-2 theatre showcases</p>

<p>-Comedy Sportz Improv team (100 hours, most likely)
-Internship at Vanderbuilt Medical Research Center</p>

<p>-Employed as a lifeguard at a local pool</p>

<p>Leadership:
-President of Theatre Club
-President of the International Thespian Society
-Link Crew Leader
-Soccer Club Captain
-Stage Manager
-Set Construction Crew Head</p>

<p>-Academic Decathlon (1 year)
-AYSO soccer referee (1 year)
-Key Club (1 year)</p>

<p>Registered lifeguard, AYSO soccer referee</p>

<p>Awards:
-Bilingual Competency Award
-1st place Lion's Club speech competition
- Undefeated League champions (soccer)
- AP Scholar with honors</p>

<p>GREAT essay, about my father. </p>

<p>I should've dropped my EC's and focused on my school work. There was a period of time where I had swim from 2-5, and then water polo from 6-9:30 everyday. It was very hard for me to even scrape that GPA.</p>

<p>Thanks a lot for all your insight guys!</p>

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<p>Never mind your GPA, your SAT will get you in</p>

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<p>I have to disagree with JBCHUN. I’ve seen many stories about candidates with both good GPAs and good SAT scores who get rejected from any number of places, including myself (admittedly, many of the schools I applied to were reaches).</p>

<p>You neglected to mention what grade you’re in. If you’re going to be a senior, do everything you can to get the GPA up to maybe a 3.5 if possible. Otherwise, the rest of your application looks to be in place, you also didn’t mention teacher recs.</p>

<p>If you have time, do/participate in/make something exceptional (unique if you can) before/as you apply. But focus on the GPA as you mentioned.</p>