My daughter just got into both UC Irvine and Davis, with scholarships. UC Davis Honor program.
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UC Irvine: Informatics
Director’s Scholarship $20K/year
Out of State: MD
GPA 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.96
AP : 10
Extracurriculars: music, Horseback riding, honor society presidents, club presidents, volunteer
Supplements: yes
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My friends kid got Regents with their UCI admission
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Congratulations on Regents.
Not my kid, my friends kid. Super high stats and good ECs.
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My daughter got accepted for Computer Science. So happy for her. We’re OOS.
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Oops. Well congratulations to your Friends kid.
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Decision: Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any):
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Biological Sciences
ACADEMIC STATS::
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UC Unweighted GPA: 3.92
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.23
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.5
ELC (top 9% CA HS): No, but she did have Statewide.
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses: 26
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 15
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): Biology (4), Chemistry (3), Environmental Science (4), Lang (4), Calc BC (IP), Gov (IP), Physics (IP)
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses):HL Bio (IP), HL English (IP), SL Spanish
DE courses: Envir Science Class at UCSC, Envir and Indig Studies Class at UAS
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Cheer (4 years), Marine Bio Club (secretary and then president), Science Explorer’s Club (historian), Girls in Ocean Science, Attended Marine Biology Camp in Alaska, SEA Quest Research Class (online), Civics Engagement project about the environment, UCSD Pre-college Marine Bio class,
Job/Work Experience: She babysat and housesat but didn’t include on application.
Volunteer/Community service: , NCL (400 + volunteer hours and lots of leadership), PAWS club at animal shelter, Church nursery (200 + hours)
Summer Activities: Scuba diving with Shark Conservation class
Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): She spent all summer perfecting them.
DEMOGRAPHICS:
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Southern California
Country (if international applicant):
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
Other acceptances/waitlists/denials: Accepted CSUMB, CSULB, UC Berkeley, UCI
Waiting on: SDSU, Cal Poly Slo, UCSC, UCSB, UCSD, UCLA
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got waitlisted for biological sciences
Hi-My son is soph at UCI. I helped my son’s friend with ihis college apps this year as he is a 1st gen kiddo and needed some guidance. He got into UCR last week. His first choice is UCI. The email basically starts off as a rejection, but then it says if he has new and compelling evidence to support an appeal of the decision he should submit it through the Appeal Portal by 4-15-24. For an appeal to have merit it must bring to light new academic and personal information as well as information pertaining to compelling circumstances. Senior grades, awards and increased activities are not a basis for reversal of a decision.
Do you know if all rejections say this?
Decision: D24 Waitlisted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any):
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Aerospace Engineering
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.88
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.27
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.54
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses: close to 40
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 6+
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): Cal BC(5), Physics 1(4), Euro(4), Psych(5), 6 more in progress.
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses):
DE courses: 2
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist.
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Eagle Scout, Club founder president, Varsity Debate team
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Fundraised and worked for local food pantry.
Summer Activities: COSMOS, ASDRP
Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): Pretty Decent
Supplemental/Augmented Review: No
DEMOGRAPHICS:: Asian
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Nor Cal
Country (if international applicant):
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
Other acceptances/waitlists/denials:
Accepted: UIUC ,TAMU ,Purdue, Twin Cities, Boulder , ASU , UofAz, SJSU, UC-M, UC-R, UC Davis
Rejected: Georgia Tech & Austin
Waitlisted: UC Irvine
Awaiting: Remaining UCs, Cal Ploy, USC and some Ivies.
Congrats who got it. We are happy with the day. Davis came through and we have some great OOS options. #Blessed
My kid with similar stats was also waitlisted. Surprising, we were at least hoping to have an acceptance from UCI.
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I would assume that the wording is the same for all students that are denied admission and would have the option to appeal.
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Wonder how UCI select regents since it looks like every UC has different criteria. My sister was ranked 1 in the entire school district with metals and really good essays plus ecs but she didn’t get regents at UCI however she got it for UCLA. I’m also number 1 in district with similar if not better Ecs than my sis and I didn’t get one either.
Regents selection criteria is not listed for any of the campuses but usually the top 1-2% of applicants (as defined by each UC campus) and not necessarily the top academically.
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My D24 got in for MechE.
4.0 UW, 4.5 W (not sure UC values), 12APs (mostly 5’s), rank 4/400.
Also got into UCD and Cal Poly Pom. No other results yet.
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Decision: accepted, very unexpected
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): Director’s Scholarship
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Civil Engineering
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.25
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.41
ELC (top 9% CA HS): N/A OOS
Comments about course load (including senior year): 8 ap classes, 4 senior year, 2 sophomore year, 2 junior year
Number of a-g courses: 21
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 0??? OOS
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): AP Comp Sci Principles (4), AP Calc AB (4), AP Calc BC (5 for both superscore and subscore), AP Lang (4), Senior year ap classes: AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Statistics
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses): none
DE courses: none
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: National Honor Society (2 years), FBLA (1 year), Key Club (2 years), School Ambassador (1 year)
Job/Work Experience: Math Tutor (1 year)
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours of community service
Summer Activities: none
Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): how I learned to deal with my social anxiety throughout the course of high school, my talent in coding, how I showed my creative side through VFX editing in After Effects, how my calc teacher ignited my passion for mathematics
Supplemental/Augmented Review: No
DEMOGRAPHICS:: Asian American Filipino
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Nevada
Country (if international applicant):
Applied for need-based financial aid? Yes
First Generation? No
Other acceptances/waitlists/denials: still waiting on other UCs and calpoly slo
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D Accepted
School of Info & Computer Science
UC capped 4.21
UC uncapped 4.79
In state
No financial aid
No first generation
Tons of community hours
Officer for multiple school clubs
Paid part time job
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Congratulations! Just wondering how you know which school your daughter is admitted to? My D24’s admission letter only says her major is computer science, didn’t mention which school.
Got it. Thank you and congrats to all who got in and those with regents!