<p>@helloxsarah I keep checking my portal like every 5 minutes </p>
<p>Rejected, applied for Business Administration, which might have been a reason.
SAT 2200
UC GPA 3.6
National Merit Scholarship Finalist (Semifinalist when I applied)</p>
<p>Got into UC Davis and UCR for UCs, Fordham and St. John’s with full scholarship. Waitlisted for UCSD.
I was kind of surprised when I was rejected, to be honest.</p>
<p>Still no decision… WTH UCI</p>
<p>^ that makes sense. Ugh but does UCI really need to torture us like this? I feel like i’m running through a field of landmines.</p>
<p>^ that makes sense. Ugh but does UCI really need to torture us like this? I feel like i’m running through a field of landmines.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1850 710(m) 590 (w) 550 (cr)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 670 chem 640 math 2
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
[ *] UC GPA: 3.92
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6%
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): bio (4) chem (3) English Lang (3) psych (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: honors physio, APENG lit, ap physics, ap gov, ap Econ, ap calc bc, ap art, bball
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ap scholar award, lady spartan
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): world vision (events coordinator) capernaum (activities and Vice President) senior board (site council) California scholarship federation (secretary)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ assisted living
[ *] Personal Statement: solid
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: via fafsa
[ *] Intended Major: nursing
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: 30
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first gen
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: personal statement
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA, sat, ECs
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nursin is extremely impacted and only two UCs offer it as a major</p>
<p>I got into csulb for nursing as well and I’m still deciding if I would go to UCI or LB (if I get in off the waitlist)</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2010 CR 660, M 710, W 640
[ *] ACT:none
[ *] SAT II: Math II 660, US History 640, Spanish 800
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6ish
[ *] UC GPA: 3.7/3.8
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank. Probably 4 or 5 out of 45.
[ *] ELC?: dont even know what this is
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):none
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):none
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Econ/us gov, english, independent living
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 9th and 10th grade jv basketball+ varsity volleyball, soccer outside of school. None in 11th/12th. About 8 community college classes throughout high school.
[ *] Job/Work Experience:not much but mentioned working for my dad’s business
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 1 semester of volunteering at a hospital
[ *] Personal Statement: I think it was pretty well written. Better grammar and structure than actual content. Generic essay about the struggles of the son of immigrants.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: Business Economics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant) CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA!
[ *] School Type: Tiny K-12 public
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino. More specifically Salvadorean
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: ~40k on fafsa/taxes. Very comfortable. I might eat 150k chocolate bars.
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation high school, first gen college, first gen American
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:Not sure. Good SAT. Fair essay. CC classes. Good looking but idk how that helps.
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA, ECs, no APs, only took 3 classes senior year.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good SAT and I guess my essay must have been pretty good.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
I’m much smarter than my GPA and academic course load would suggest. That shone through in my essay and my SAT score was good with no studying whatsoever. Maybe getting into UCI isn’t really that hard. Most of the people’s info I have read really shows how hard they tried and how much time they wasted to get accepted into UCI. Kids in high school waste 4 of their best years in life preparing to prepare for their careers. School and learning is great, but they should not completely consume a student’s life when they should be enjoying their carefree years having some fun and developing some meaningful relationships with friends and beginning to date in order to build some long lasting confidence which is an extraordinarily useful tool in life. That’s just my opinion and I had to let it out in this little rant.</p>