[vc1188]

GRADES ARE OUT ON STUDENTACCESS ALREADY!

[annieme25]

i saw!!!! lol

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[Vindictive]

I just got accepted to UCI a few days ago for civil engineering

I'm very excited haha.

Is it true that there's a lot of Asians?

I'm Asian myself but the area where I come from there aren't a lot of Asians so I'm scared I might not fit in :/

[t1ffiexp]

I just got accepted to UCI a few days ago for civil engineering

I'm very excited haha.

Is it true that there's a lot of Asians?

I'm Asian myself but the area where I come from there aren't a lot of Asians so I'm scared I might not fit in :/

There's a lot, but it's not like the whole school is Asian. It shouldn't really be a problem. You'll meet a lot of people with different personalities in your first year, so you're going to fit in SOMEWHERE, haha.

Kinda off topic, but can the thread maker change the description to uci studenTs here? It kinda bugs me

[Iridescence]

So far, I'm trying to decide whether to dorm or rent an apartment. I've heard that dorming is more expensive, but it's such a better experience and you make more friends that way. So, I'm curious... when it comes down to it, which is better? Dorming or renting an apartment?

I don't really want to make a huge dent on my parents' accounts or anything.

Also... what is this 'theme' you speak of?

[t1ffiexp]

So far, I'm trying to decide whether to dorm or rent an apartment. I've heard that dorming is more expensive, but it's such a better experience and you make more friends that way. So, I'm curious... when it comes down to it, which is better? Dorming or renting an apartment?

I don't really want to make a huge dent on my parents' accounts or anything.

Also... what is this 'theme' you speak of?

I'll make a Pros/Cons list for you, based on my experience -
Dorm - PROS - you meet people, food is paid for, living on campus so you don't have to walk too far/drive, it's overall more social, you don't have to clean the bathroom, furniture is provided
Dorm - CONS - it can get LOUD, you won't sleep as much, possible roommate problems, dorm food isn't that good, bathrooms can get nasty, less privacy, more expensive

Apartment - PROS - more privacy, you have your own kitchen, cheaper, quiet, can have your own room without it being too expensive
Apartment - CONS - not as social so it might be harder to meet people, you need to buy furniture, remember to pay rent!, you might have to drive to campus and deal with crowded parking structures, have to cook..

That's all I can think of right now. haha. Honestly, people say first years should dorm because it's an easy way of meeting people, but that's not always true. You can meet a lot of people if you join a club and be more active on campus.. It's really up to you =) I know people who didn't dorm and they have plenty of friends.

Themed housing is.. when each hall/group of halls have their own theme. For instance, my hall was Jardin and our theme was .. uhh.. multiracial/ethnic? Something like that. (See, it really doesn't matter what your dorm is - I even forgot my hall's theme @_@). You can see the list of halls and themes at the housing website!

[Iridescence]

I'll make a Pros/Cons list for you, based on my experience -
Dorm - PROS - you meet people, food is paid for, living on campus so you don't have to walk too far/drive, it's overall more social, you don't have to clean the bathroom, furniture is provided
Dorm - CONS - it can get LOUD, you won't sleep as much, possible roommate problems, dorm food isn't that good, bathrooms can get nasty, less privacy, more expensive

Apartment - PROS - more privacy, you have your own kitchen, cheaper, quiet, can have your own room without it being too expensive
Apartment - CONS - not as social so it might be harder to meet people, you need to buy furniture, remember to pay rent!, you might have to drive to campus and deal with crowded parking structures, have to cook..

That's all I can think of right now. haha. Honestly, people say first years should dorm because it's an easy way of meeting people, but that's not always true. You can meet a lot of people if you join a club and be more active on campus.. It's really up to you =) I know people who didn't dorm and they have plenty of friends.

Themed housing is.. when each hall/group of halls have their own theme. For instance, my hall was Jardin and our theme was .. uhh.. multiracial/ethnic? Something like that. (See, it really doesn't matter what your dorm is - I even forgot my hall's theme @_@). You can see the list of halls and themes at the housing website!

Thanks very much! I'm really leaning with a dorm because I'm going to UCI when my hometown is like 5-6 hours away. So I'm basically not going to know anyone, so I'm kinda nervous about that. Especially since I have a tendency to be shy when I first meet people. I guess I have a lot of thinking to do this week.

Again. THANK YOU.

[tsukemene123]

I FEEL LIKE ANSWERING QUESTIONS!! So here we go.

I want to know, does UCI really fell like it has an overwhelming amount of Asians? I mean the stats show it, but does it feel that different from another heavily Asian populated UC school, like Cal?

I went to a high school that had around 80% Asians. It feels Asian if you hang out with all Asians, do you know what I mean? It's hard to explain, but your overall perception of the school depends on who you hang out with. For me, it wasn't a big transition because I went from a place with a lot of Asians to a place with a lot of Asians, haha. But I have friends of other ethnicities who say the Asian-ness of UCI is sometimes overwhelming.

I just got accepted to Irvine yesterday. Super exciting.

Can anyone tell me why they chose Irvine over another school they got accepted to? And what do you like about Irvine? I really want to know about the atmosphere and whatnot. I haven't had a chance to go visit it yet since it's so far away from where I live.

Also... are you allowed to have cars as a freshman? haha. =P

Yay, congratulations!!
I chose Irvine because it was the only school I got into that I wanted to go to. I was depressed and angry and felt like I got shafted by the admissions boards of a lot of colleges, but now I am absolutely ecstatic to be going here. I am so thankful I didn't get into any other college because I love Irvine so much, and you'll meet a lot of people who had the same experience and now feel the same way as me. Irvine has a beautiful campus and a lot to offer, if you take it. Every college experience is what you make of it, though.
And yes, of course you can have a car! In fact, bring one, but try to keep it a secret or people will bum rides off of you. You just have to pay for a parking pass.

i just got accepted to uci at midnight today XD. i was wondering if anybody can tell me about the housing stuff...iono what to expect >< so can any of you give me a little snippet of what you already know, please and thank you :]

Congrats! Housing is... different depending on where you live.
Middle Earth: This is near the engineering buildings. It is notorious for having better food (Brandywine and Pippin are sooo good), but a lot of people feel that the people who live in Middle Earth are less social, which may just be a stereotype because, like I said, it's next to one of the science schools. I've only been there a couple of times, but pretty much they're big buildings with long hallways of rooms and a few floors.
Mesa Court: I love Mesa, even though the food there might not be as good. It's across the street from UTC (which has In-N-Out, ZPizza, Taco Bell, etc.) and near the school of the arts and the student center. Love it. There are different phases of dorms, so it depends on where you live. Phase One dorms are right next to the MAC (Mailroom/activities center), Recreation Room (pool table, guitar hero, ping pong, board games), and commons (foooood). They have... I want to say six suites, plus a triple next to the laundry room and the RA's room. Each suite has around eight people living in it and a bathroom with two stalls and two showers. It's really easy to meet people in Phase Ones because everyone is in really close proximity and all the suite doors face inward to the suite. Phase Two dorms are a little farther from everything but still very close and are bigger with longer hallways. They're confusing and I always get lost in them, but people who live there seem to like them. They have a really huge common area. Phase Three dorms are faaaaaar away and have long long hallways, flights of stairs, three stories, and tons of people living in each hall (whereas Phase Ones have around fifty people, Phase Threes have eighty, I think). People I know who live in those say that it's harder to get to know everyone, but they become friends with the people in their suites.

thanks annieme25 :]
can you explain about the themes and what its for when im filling out the housing application?

Okay, themes. Themes don't matter too much, but I'll point out a few exceptions.
1. Prado: dance majors, pretty much. There's a story about a ballerina who hung herself in this hall but that's beside the point. This hall has a piano, and that is the point.
2. Otero? I think it's Otero. Music themed hall. Has a piano.
3. Sierra! I love Sierra. If you don't mind taking the extra class, Sierra has a lot to offer. Its setup and the way it operates are a lot different than other halls, and everyone who lives in Sierra is REALLY close, and I mean REEEEALLY close. They're pretty much a family. They are also close with people who have lived in Sierra in the past. Sierra IS a family.

Basically, if you want a piano, you can choose Prado or Otero, or you can just walk two minutes to the parking structure and use the pianos there.

hi i'm currently a senior and i have a few questions regarding housing:

is the campus village available for incoming freshmen?

regarding roommates, is it possible to request a specific person?

how are the showers? curtains? doors? the toilets have doors right?

1. Yeah, but I wouldn't really recommend it. It's really isolated from the rest of the freshmen.

2. Yes, I did.

3. Showers vary. They all have doors, as do the toilets. Most showers have that mottled glass where you can kind of see but not really, haha.

Thanks very much! I'm really leaning with a dorm because I'm going to UCI when my hometown is like 5-6 hours away. So I'm basically not going to know anyone, so I'm kinda nervous about that. Especially since I have a tendency to be shy when I first meet people. I guess I have a lot of thinking to do this week.

Again. THANK YOU.

DEFINITELY DORM. I haven't met a single person who has regretted dorming, and every person I've met who didn't dorm regrets it.

[Iridescence]

I FEEL LIKE ANSWERING QUESTIONS!! So here we go.

I went to a high school that had around 80% Asians. It feels Asian if you hang out with all Asians, do you know what I mean? It's hard to explain, but your overall perception of the school depends on who you hang out with. For me, it wasn't a big transition because I went from a place with a lot of Asians to a place with a lot of Asians, haha. But I have friends of other ethnicities who say the Asian-ness of UCI is sometimes overwhelming.

Yay, congratulations!!
I chose Irvine because it was the only school I got into that I wanted to go to. I was depressed and angry and felt like I got shafted by the admissions boards of a lot of colleges, but now I am absolutely ecstatic to be going here. I am so thankful I didn't get into any other college because I love Irvine so much, and you'll meet a lot of people who had the same experience and now feel the same way as me. Irvine has a beautiful campus and a lot to offer, if you take it. Every college experience is what you make of it, though.
And yes, of course you can have a car! In fact, bring one, but try to keep it a secret or people will bum rides off of you. You just have to pay for a parking pass.

Congrats! Housing is... different depending on where you live.
Middle Earth: This is near the engineering buildings. It is notorious for having better food (Brandywine and Pippin are sooo good), but a lot of people feel that the people who live in Middle Earth are less social, which may just be a stereotype because, like I said, it's next to one of the science schools. I've only been there a couple of times, but pretty much they're big buildings with long hallways of rooms and a few floors.
Mesa Court: I love Mesa, even though the food there might not be as good. It's across the street from UTC (which has In-N-Out, ZPizza, Taco Bell, etc.) and near the school of the arts and the student center. Love it. There are different phases of dorms, so it depends on where you live. Phase One dorms are right next to the MAC (Mailroom/activities center), Recreation Room (pool table, guitar hero, ping pong, board games), and commons (foooood). They have... I want to say six suites, plus a triple next to the laundry room and the RA's room. Each suite has around eight people living in it and a bathroom with two stalls and two showers. It's really easy to meet people in Phase Ones because everyone is in really close proximity and all the suite doors face inward to the suite. Phase Two dorms are a little farther from everything but still very close and are bigger with longer hallways. They're confusing and I always get lost in them, but people who live there seem to like them. They have a really huge common area. Phase Three dorms are faaaaaar away and have long long hallways, flights of stairs, three stories, and tons of people living in each hall (whereas Phase Ones have around fifty people, Phase Threes have eighty, I think). People I know who live in those say that it's harder to get to know everyone, but they become friends with the people in their suites.

Okay, themes. Themes don't matter too much, but I'll point out a few exceptions.
1. Prado: dance majors, pretty much. There's a story about a ballerina who hung herself in this hall but that's beside the point. This hall has a piano, and that is the point.
2. Otero? I think it's Otero. Music themed hall. Has a piano.
3. Sierra! I love Sierra. If you don't mind taking the extra class, Sierra has a lot to offer. Its setup and the way it operates are a lot different than other halls, and everyone who lives in Sierra is REALLY close, and I mean REEEEALLY close. They're pretty much a family. They are also close with people who have lived in Sierra in the past. Sierra IS a family.

Basically, if you want a piano, you can choose Prado or Otero, or you can just walk two minutes to the parking structure and use the pianos there.


1. Yeah, but I wouldn't really recommend it. It's really isolated from the rest of the freshmen.

2. Yes, I did.

3. Showers vary. They all have doors, as do the toilets. Most showers have that mottled glass where you can kind of see but not really, haha.


DEFINITELY DORM. I haven't met a single person who has regretted dorming, and every person I've met who didn't dorm regrets it.

Oohh, thanks. I think I really will dorm. Preferably mesa court, maybe. hahah. Oh, yeah. So I was reading up on the residence halls and did you guys choose one with any regard for the features? like the unit 1 of mesa court has a gaming room and blahblahblah? just curious.

And oh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Did you guys feel weird having to take "craps" in a public facility at first? HAHAHAHAA.

[tsukemene123]

Every dorm in Mesa Court has a little rec area and a kitchen, so they're all pretty much the same in that respect. And then with hall funds your RA might let you choose if you want to buy something like a ping pong table or a pool table.

[t1ffiexp]

Oohh, thanks. I think I really will dorm. Preferably mesa court, maybe. hahah. Oh, yeah. So I was reading up on the residence halls and did you guys choose one with any regard for the features? like the unit 1 of mesa court has a gaming room and blahblahblah? just curious.

And oh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Did you guys feel weird having to take "craps" in a public facility at first? HAHAHAHAA.

You should really go on the housing tours to decide which ones you like. =) Unit I-III of Mesa Court have more of a "house" feel since the stairways feed right into the common room (it's like a house with a bunch of different suites), while the Unit IVs felt more like apartments - a long hallways with doors on both sides. haha. I chose Unit IV because the rooms are bigger, but it was a longer walk. I kinda liked it too because the doors and walls weren't thin so it doesn't get that loud. The only bad thing is that our bedroom doors close automatically, so you need to find something to prop it open. =)

And as gerrronimo said, each hall has their own recreation area. We HAD a ping pong table until a bunch of drunk guys broke it in half. I don't even know what you'd do to a ping pong table to break it like that. Other halls have pool tables or foosball tables too. As long as you have a fun RA, you'll have a good time in your dorm. =) AND!! If you're a little self conscious about using the restroom to take "craps", each hall has ONE private restroom on the first floor =) It really should not be much of a problem though, because when classes start, everyone's going to be in and out at different times.

[hungrycollegeboy]

Who here has CV for next year? Two of my CV mates are going off to VDC and the other one isn't even sure if he's gonna get in CV because of some last minute issues.

Also, I couldn't go to the CV roommate hook up thingy.
I'm getting CV again, but I dunno many people (guys) who are also doing CV.

Oh and uh... bookstore is gonna be a pain tomorrow...

[Death Note]

Just wondering... has there been a decent percentage of people with a 3.0 accepted to UCI ?(Yeah, my GPA is total failure D:) I've seen plenty of 3.2's accepted...but i'm scared D:.

[vc1188]

Oh and uh... bookstore is gonna be a pain tomorrow...

oh hell yes x_X What I do now is buy books after I've been to my classes, so I get an idea of which books I actually NEED. Then I look them up at the OC public libraries to see if they have them. Then I buy from the bookstore as a last resort. By then the bookstore chaos is over hahah

Just wondering... has there been a decent percentage of people with a 3.0 accepted to UCI ?(Yeah, my GPA is total failure D:) I've seen plenty of 3.2's accepted...but i'm scared D:.

Well, I'm sure there are people with low GPAs who are accepted, but all of their other stats probably need to be pretty spectacular

[miss scarlett]

I have a question!

I'm a senior this year, and I got accepted to UCI. However, on my first semester grade of senior year, I got one D, and one P for passing (that is because my teacher didn't send in our grades in time, that idiot lol -__-) which later, I found out, was a D after he passed out our grades. Does this lose my chance in getting into UCI? My other grades were A, A, B, and C. The two classes that I got a D on were Pre-Cal and Physics Honors.

[<3goesDOKIDOKI]

^it might affect your admissions. you're supposed to write a letter and let them know about your grades

[t1ffiexp]

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I'm... pretty sure it will affect your admission. But you never really know for sure until you talk to UCI admissions..

[vc1188]

I have a question!

I'm a senior this year, and I got accepted to UCI. However, on my first semester grade of senior year, I got one D, and one P for passing (that is because my teacher didn't send in our grades in time, that idiot lol -__-) which later, I found out, was a D after he passed out our grades. Does this lose my chance in getting into UCI? My other grades were A, A, B, and C. The two classes that I got a D on were Pre-Cal and Physics Honors.

yeah if you don't state that you'll make those classes up during the summer (and also don't follow through with that statement) they might/will probably(?) revoke your admission

[Vindictive]

sooo.
i plan to attend uci next fall.

but i have a question for current students.

how did you pay for the tuition?

i currently have ~7000 in cal grant but that's about it :/
should i just take out hella loans or is there another way?

[vc1188]

sooo.
i plan to attend uci next fall.

but i have a question for current students.

how did you pay for the tuition?

i currently have ~7000 in cal grant but that's about it :/
should i just take out hella loans or is there another way?

For some reason I'm never fully eligible for Cal Grant. But I pay for my tuition with my Federal Pell Grant, UCI Grant, and Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)

Anyway, you can always apply for a ton of scholarships