I have not seen in previous year’s that they had a waitlist for the Honors college, so that appears to be something new. UCI has sent out an email in the past asking applicants if they had an interest in being part of the Honors college. Did he receive such an email and did he indicate his interest?
oh my bad.
I thought it was invitation to the honors college but I see it’s an invitation to join the waitlist…
Hmm I’m not sure. There’s a big blue banner that says join the Campuswide Honors Collegium Waitlist. And then says “Due to your record of achievement, you are eligible for the UC Irvine Campus Honors Collegium Waitlist. A limited number of spaces may become available for incoming first year students.”
This sounds like something new for this year since I have not seen anyone post about this before.
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Daughter accepted to Computer Engineering
ACADEMIC STATS:
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.97
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.37
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of AP courses: 7
Number of Honors courses: 4
DEMOGRAPHICS:
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): California (in-state)
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
Accepted: Purdue, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC Santa Cruz, UC Irvine, CalPoly SLO
Waitlisted: UC Davis
Pending: UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSB
Rejected: Stanford, UIUC, Georgia Tech, UCSD
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S25 waitlisted - Education
ACADEMIC STATS:
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.36
Comments about course load (including senior year): all APs and Honors offered at HS
DEMOGRAPHICS:
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): California (in-state)
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
Accepted: UCSC, UCD, Lewis and Clark, U of Colorado, U of Oregon, U of Denver and American University
Waitlisted: UCI, University of Washington
Pending: UCLA, UCSB, BU, GW, Tufts, UCB
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waitlisted chemistry
UW 4.0
Weighted 4.7
ELC Yes
EC solid, good leadership and depth and align with major with other extras and job
AP/UC honors 10
DE 9 including calc 2 and diff equations
Accepted: UCSD, UCD, UCR, SDSU, SLO
Waislisted: UCI
Waiting: UCLA, UCB, UCSB
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accepted business
oos
unweighted:90/100 weighted :80/100
only community service extracurriculars
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Just want to note that CC mentioned class registration priority for honors recipients but no mention of housing. Perhaps they updated the program this year. But it seems honor recipients do get 4yr guarantee housing.
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I bet they will get in. My D23 is there now and said one of her friends got off the WL the next day.
Accepted (Education Sciences) with Regents scholarship and Honors invite.
Stats:
Unweighted UC GPA: 4.0
UC Weighted (capped): 4.36
UC Weighted: 4.64
Was within top 9% at So Cal public high school.
Not first gen.
Six AP’s by end of 11th grade (Calculus AB, Mandarin, World History, Human Geography, US History, Lang), and four AP’s senior year (Lit, Gov, Stats, and African American History).
Accepted: UCSD, UCD (Regents), UCSB (Chancellor’s invite), UCSC, UCR; CSULB, LMU, Pitt, U Oregon, U Iowa
Rejected: Brown (ED)
Waiting: UCLA, Cal, Pomona College, Penn, Barnard, Wellesley, Tufts, Bryn Mawr, Occidental, Wesleyan
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Decision: Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded: none
Major: Psychology
ACADEMIC STATS:
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.83
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.17
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.74
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 2
Number of AP courses/exams: 13
Number of Dual Enrollment: 3
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Sports Captain (2 yr), Club President (3 yr), VP for another club( 1 yr), Club Secretary (1 yr)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: some, very little
Personal Insight essays (details): Focus on personal growth thru ECs
Supplemental/Augmented Review: No
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Southern California public HS
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Gen: no
Accepted: UCR, UCSC, UCD, UCSD, UW
Pending: UCLA, UCB, UCSB, USC, UM, ND, NYU
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Decision: Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any):
UCI Regent’s ($5K per year)
Honors Collegium at UCI
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Chemistry
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.00
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.397
ELC (top 9% CA HS): yes
Comments about course load (including senior year): Typical
Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses):
Calculus AB/BC - 5
Chemistry - 5
Psych - 5
US History - 5
Euro History - 5
Comp Sci - TBD
Stats - TBD
English Lit - TBD
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Fremont, CA
UCSD: Accepted
UCSC: Accepted
UCD: Accepted
UCSB: Accepted (Chancellor’s Reception Invite)
UCI: Accepted
UCB: TBD
UCLA: TBD
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Decision: Wait Listed
Major: Biology
UW: 3.93
W: 4.32
Multiple college courses
14 honors courses
3 APs (4s & 5)
OOS
Performing Arts High School (tons of extra curriculars)
First Gen: no
Accepted: U of Maryland (Scholars); UCSC (Director’s Scholarship); Arizona State University Barrett Honors College; U of New Mexico; Cal Lutheran
Declined: Princeton (ED); Northeastern
Wait listed: UCI, U of Chicago
Pending: UCLA, UCB, Penn, Columbia, Scripps, Occidental, Johns Hopkins
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UCI apparently won’t release financial aid packages until mid-April, but did anyone else see this message on the UCI OFAS portal: Login | Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships | UCI
Will be interested in hearing about financial aid. I see some saying they were already offered some scholarships so not sure about all that and timing.
Saw it, thought it was odd, but seems like it would only matter if you wanted to share with others. There is a pdf form to print and then upload I guess but don’t see why it would be required.
This is routine when it comes to access to student records. It is the same type of process that a parent needs to go through if they want to access a student’s bill to pay it.
WAITLISTED for mathematics/data science (alt)
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.53
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 3.78
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 3.91
Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 9 AP, 1 honor, 10 AP tests
main EC: color/winter guard, cultural club with leadership position , 100+ volunteer with president award, church praise team with leadership position, language school ta with multiple recognition/awards, summer internship
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): in state
(mostly as stats major)
Accepted: Penn State (EA), Indiana Bloomington (EA), Baylor, Cal Poly Pomona, SJSU, UCR
Waitlisted: UCI
Rejected: SDSU, UCSD, UCD, UT Austin, UIUC
Pending: UCSB, UCB, UCLA, Texas A&M, Boston U, Cal poly SLO, Purdue
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