UCI chance

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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<p>I'm currently in a school with a block schedule and I have about a 3.7 unweighted gpa, 3.8 weighted.
Freshman Year Grades- Mostly A's and a couple B's
Sophomore Year- Mostly A's and a couple B's. I had straight A's for two terms. I didn't take honors/AP classes this year because my parents told me not to
Junior Year- Started off pretty rough. I challenged myself this year. 1 term + 2nd term I received mostly B's and a couple A's. But I received my first C+ in my life in honors alg 2/trigonometry , but then I improved to a B+ the next term
-In 3rd + 4th term, I finished strong with straight A's
-took AP Us History and got an A
Senior Year- I'm not taking AP classes. Hoping for Straight A's</p>

<p>Test Scores: Took the SAT once so far and got about a 1600. I'm taking it 2 more times and hoping for huge improvement!!</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities:
-Piano lessons(5 Years) and Guitar(3 Years)
-Softball for 2 years, recreational and JV in freshman year
-Tennis for 4 years- 1 year recreational, 3 years Varsity
-Library Volunteer
-Learning Center Volunteer
-Middle School Mentor/Tutor
-Over 100 hours of community service, I don't really keep track after 100
-Students Helping Students/ Leadership Class- Peer Counseling program at my school(1 year)</p>

<p>My biggest regret is not joining honors society or the california scholar club, but I'm planning to join more clubs next year!
How does everything look right now?</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>A 3.8 weighted and a 3.7 unweighted GPA means that you’re definitely not taking enough honors/AP classes. Also, your SAT score is quite a bit below the average for UCI admits. So right now it doesn’t look too good, unfortunately.</p>

<p>I think you’ll have a better chance if you add more honors/AP classes to your senior schedule and get higher test scores. You don’t need any more extracurriculars.</p>

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<p>Thanks for being honest, but do UC’s look at the weighted GPA?</p>

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<p>They look at this thing called the “UC GPA” which is weighted:
[University</a> of California - Calculating GPA](<a href=“University of California Counselors”>University of California Counselors)</p>