How much can improvements help me get into UCI

Gumbymom
Tue, 20 Jun 2017 01:53:49 +0000

UCI Business and Software Engineering would be very competitive and you need solid test scores and a UC GPA of 4.0+. Not sure about Film and Media studies, but all majors at the UC’s are competitive.

UCI admits into the University and then into your major, so you could get accepted into UCI but not into your preferred major (many times accepted as Undecided). Trying to switch into the competitive/popular majors can be problematic, so if you have a first choice major, it is best to try and get a direct admit. UCI does consider alternate majors, so I would definitely list one on your application.

The 2017 Freshman profile is not available until August, but here is the 2016 profile. For the best chances, you want to be at or above the 50th percentile.

GPA and test scores of middle 25%-75% students

High School UC GPA: 3.93 - 4.22
ACT Composite Score: 25 - 32
SAT Critical Reading: 530 - 670
SAT Mathematics: 590 - 740

Average GPA for Business was 4.15
Average GPA for SE was 4.09
Average GPA for Film and Media Studies was 4.05.

Your ACT score is solid, but UCI does love those 4.0+ UC GPA’s.