***UCI RESULTS THREAD 2021***

Accepted! Checked the portal at 6:30pm on Thursday, March 16th. (Never received an email to check portal, jsyk)
Major: History
SAT: 1440/1600
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
Weighted GPA: 4.58
Extracurriculars: Tons: Athletics, Club Leadership, Community Service
CA or OOS: CA
Any hooks that helped you get in? My 4 PIQs were strong, ELC identified

  • Application was submitted on: 11-29-2016

Accepted! Well, I am not as much excited as Purdue (one of my dream colleges)
Chemisry
ACT: 23
UW GPA (out of 4.0): 3.57
Weighted GPA: No clue
EC: soccer (9th-12th), Chess Club (Founder), Community service
I am an international student, so I am oos :smiley:
Any hooks that helped you get in? Compared to other good applicants, I strongly believed that my four UC essays greatly helped to get accepted! This is the reason that I got accepted to UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, and UC San Diego…

Accepted, Pharm. Sciences

Objective:
SAT I: 1960 (old)
ACT: 32
SAT II: 720 Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
UC Weighted: not sure, weighted GPA is 4.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 6%
AP/AICE: AP Enviro, AP World, AP GoPo, AICE Geo AS, AICE Psych AS, AICE Thinking AS, AICE Thinking A, AICE Enviro AS, AICE Eng Lang AS, AICE Eng Lang A, AICE Marine AS, AICE Marine A, AICE Bio AS, AICE Bio A, AICE US History AS, AICE US History A, AICE Eng Lit AS, AICE Econ AS, AICE Econ A; 5 dual enrollments
Senior Year Course Load: 3 AICE (Lit, A US, A Marine), 1 AP (Gov), Honors Genetics, + 2 other honors classes + 2 online classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Young Naturalists, ISEF, 3rd in category State SEF, 2nd + 1st in category Regional SEF, 1st in School SEF; Siemens Semifinalist; STS badges; SciOly (2nd, two 3rds, two 4ths, one 6th, one 10th); AICE Diploma w/ Distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Science NHS, Science Olympiad, Brain Bee, Envirothon (States in April!!), environmental club, Environmental Honor Society (Charter member + officer), National Art Honor Society (Officer), National English Honor Society (collaborated with National Art, illustrated children’s book the group wrote), Rho Kappa
Job/Work Experience: Intern at environmental center part of University writing curriculum used in the school district to teach 4th graders
Volunteer/Community service: ~400, mostly environmental work or science mentoring. Fair portion is from a fellowship/dual-enrollment program where I designed a service-learning project and then mentored 3rd graders to do create their own project.
Summer Activities: Dual enrollment, residentials
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8, I was rushed to get through and I think some of it ended up being franken-essayed from other things I had written (namely STS application). About my roles mentoring, grant-writing, how I got my idea for my science fair project (not really what it was, so much)

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10/10 Standard, but attested to achievements. Research teacher of 3 years.
Teacher Rec #2: 10/10 Glowing. More personal insight, AP Enviro teacher from freshman year.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Pharm Sciences
State (if domestic applicant): OOS
School Type: Public
Gender: Female
Hooks: Nah

Reflection:

Strengths: Science Fair
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: It’s a miracle

@Maculata when did u check?

@dafishisdelish Two days ago. I didn’t ever find an email about my status being updated, so I just made a netID and went online.

Let’s stay on topic for this thread!

Have this thread for results only! Results should be rolling in soon so check your portal!

Accepted/Deferred/Rejected

Major:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA:
Extracurriculars: