**UCI Class of 2018 Official Decisions Thread**

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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<p>Decision: Accepted (CHP)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (CR: 800, M: 680, W: 790)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: Bio M: 760, French: 740, World History: 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82 before senior year, 3.71 (?) after :-L
[<em>] UC GPA: I don’t remember/too lazy to recalculate
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 57/435
[<em>] ELC?: Yes
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), World History (5), French (4), English Lang. (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus AB AP, AP Lit, Physics C AP, Civics/Econ, French V Honors, Peer Tutoring
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, 4th/Bronze in the National French Contest, NHS (12), 1st Place in Int’l Pacific Basin Music Festival with my school’s orchestra
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Peer Tutor, Section Leader for 2nd Violins in school orchestra (9) Chamber/Audition only orchestra (10-11), Symphony Orchestra (10-11), I was in my school’s audition only orchestra), In a club to send 1000 books to Ghana (12), NHS (12), Psychology course at Stanford
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned in the lab at my dad’s company. I did some PCR and helped prep for my supervisor’s experiments/tests (No personal research)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at the West Bay Opera office one summer
[<em>] Personal Statement: Honestly, besides for the Psych. course and my involvement with my school orchestra, I thought they were pretty weak. Other people at my school did a lot more.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] Intended Major: Psychology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Very High. Let’s keep it at that
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nope
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades, SAT II and ACT scores, AP Scores, Involvement with music and foreign language
[</em>] Weaknesses: Senior grades (were pretty aweful, actually), weak extracurriculars, I joined a lot of things in 12th grade
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My pretty high grades and test scores, probably. My essays were pretty good in my opinion also. Maybe my violin playing helped (and I said that I’d do Studio Art also)[/li][/ul]General Comments: This is my first acceptance, so it’s really exciting! I thought I would have a really good chance at getting into Irvine, but I’m quite amazed that I got into CHP! It looks pretty cool. Good luck to everyone else who’s waiting to hear back!</p>

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<p>If anyone can tell me how to successfully change the size of the “Accepted,” thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 680 CR 620 M 620 W & 670 CR 660 M 590 W</p>

<p>ACT (breakdown): 34 M 30 R 33 E 33 S 33 Composite</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), Spanish Language (5), Chemistry (4), US History (2), English Lang and Comp (4), Spanish Lit and Culture (4), Calculus AB (TBD), Biology (TBD), English Lit and Comp (TBD), Macroeconomics (TBD), Government and Politics (TBD)</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Basketball 2 yrs (captain)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: none</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Park Volunteer, 30 hrs.; Summer Basketball scorekeeper, 10 hrs.</p>

<p>Personal Statement: better than average</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: yes</p>

<p>Intended Major: biochemistry</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): CA</p>

<p>School Type: public</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Mexican</p>

<p>Gender: M</p>

<p>Income Bracket: 30k-35k</p>

<p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation American and college</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: GPA, test scores, background, essays, quality of extracurricular</p>

<p>Weaknesses: community service</p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA, course load, test scores, quality of extracurricular</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted (CHP) **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (CR: 730 M: 770 W: 630)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (E: 36 M: 35 R: 35 S: 32 E+W: 34 W:10)
[<em>] SAT II: English Literature: 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.68
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.93
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] ELC?: N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese (5), Euro (3), Physics B (4), Spanish Language (2), USH (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP English, AP Gov/Econ
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Academic Support Tutor (2 years), After School Tutor (1 year), Local TV Station Intern (4 years)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 4 years for everything~ American Cancer Society Relay for Life (Logistics Chair, Team Captain, Fight Back Chair); CJSF; Leos Club (Publicity Director, Vice President); Interact Club (Historian, Social Chair)
[<em>] Personal Statement: pretty good. i worked hard on them :slight_smile:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Undeclared
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: 120k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, extracurriculars, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores, GPA, everything i left blank
[li] Why you think you were accepted: honestly not very sure, since i applied undeclared…[/li][/ul]General Comments: best of luck to all incoming college freshmen! :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (CHP)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 720 CR/730 M/600W (2050)
SAT II: 730 US History/ 630 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
UC GPA: 4.208
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/331
ELC?: Yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Bio (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Government, AP Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (member), Gay Straight Alliance (member)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Mentor @ the Boys & Girls Club (2012-present, Key Club (2011-present)
Personal Statement: interesting, but not amazing</p>

<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Social Sciences (undeclared)
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public, definitely not located in the nicest part of town
Race: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: low income :slight_smile:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: strong GPA, SAT, blehhh
Weaknesses: not enough leadership positions in EC’s</p>

<p>General Comments: Looking forward to/dreading acceptances/rejections during March…Good luck to everyone! </p>

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<p>Any engineering acceptances? Please post. Portal still says “We will notify you of our admissions decision as soon as it has been determined”</p>

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<p>My S got accepted in computer engeneering with CHP in mid February.</p>

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<p>Did anyone hear about UCI regents yet?</p>

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<p>UCI Regents results for freshmen were released a couple of weeks ago.</p>

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<p>uw GPA 3.93
W GPA 4.18
ACT 26
Already accepted in CAL POLY SLO Math</p>

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<p>Best of luck to everyone!</p>

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<p>Any transfers heard yet?</p>

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<p>So do you get an email notification to check the portal, or do we have to resort to constantly checking it?</p>

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<p>According to last years threads the portal updates with your admissions decision about two days before an email stating “Your Application Status Has Changed” gets sent out. So it seems constantly checking is the way to go.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to CHP</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2030 (math 710, reading 670, writing 650)
[</em>]ACT: 29
[<em>]SAT II: World History 710
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[<em>]UC GPA: 4.40
[</em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/516
[<em>]ELC?: Yes
[</em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): US history, World history, psychology, euro history, english lang (4, rest 5s)
[<em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP english lit, ap gov, ap statistics, advanced PE, earth science, advance art 2
[</em>]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): year-round club swimming for 12 years, high school swimming 4 years (team captain), community service clubs. other random clubs
[</em>]Job/Work Experience:Volunteer receptionist at doctor’s office, volunteer coach for swim team, lifeguard, head coach for summer swim league,
[<em>]Volunteer/Community service: two 50+ hour community service projects with club I was in. Countless volunteer swim coach hours
[</em>]Personal Statement: on my racial diversity and swimming
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>]Intended Major: history
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>]Country (if international applicant):
[<em>]School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: mixed (chinese, white)
[<em>]Gender: m
[</em>]Income Bracket: 150,000 +
[<em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>]Strengths: dedication to swimming and aquatic related fields, SAT score
[<em>]Weaknesses: senior year course load
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my test scores were high enough and my GPA was within range. It only made sense imo
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!! </p>

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<p>@dmoneybags can you share when did you hear from them. I am getting tired of checking the portal :(</p>

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<p>@knit2create … dmoneybags probably only knows because he/she was accepted to CHP. We’ve been checking too and there’s nothing there … Gotta love the suspense! Not.</p>

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<p>@mothergoldenbear thank you. I will keep checking I guess. Hopefully they will update soon :)</p>

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<p>I check everyday still nothing…!!</p>

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<p>@knit2create i received notification in the mail on February 10 and received an email to take a CHP only campus tour in late February. Other students from my school received notification on the same day.</p>