Students who earn scores of 3, 4, or 5 on the College Board Advanced Placement Examinations will receive credit toward graduation at UCI. The unit and subject credit allowed toward degree requirements assigned to each test are shown in the accompanying chart.
Students cannot earn units or grade points at UCI in courses from which they have been exempted on the basis of Advanced Placement credit. Students who elect to enroll in courses for which they have already received Advanced Placement credit will have those courses specially coded on their transcript without unit or grade credit. However, if a student receives less than full series credit (i.e., 8 units of credit for a 12-unit series such as Art History 40A, 40B, 40C or 4 units of credit for an 8-unit series such as Mathematics 2A-B), the student may elect to take the final course in the series for credit.
The University grants eight quarter units (five and one-third semester units) of credit for each International Baccalaureate (IB) Higher Level examination on which a student scores 5 or higher. The University does not grant credit for subsidiary level examinations.
The units granted for IB examinations are not counted toward the maximum number of credits required for formal declaration of an undergraduate major or the maximum number of units a student may accumulate prior to graduation from the University. Students who enter the University with IB credit do not have to declare a major earlier than other students nor are they required to graduate earlier.
Application packets for undergraduate admission to the University are available from the counseling office of any California high school or community college, or from any University of California Admissions Office.
Students applying for admission to UCI should complete the application and submit it according to the instructions provided in the Undergraduate Application for Admission and Scholarships. A nonrefundable application fee of $40 must accompany the application. This basic fee entitles the applicant to be considered at one campus; for each additional campus selected, an additional $40 fee is required. Applicants concerned with admission or application procedure questions specific to UCI should communicate directly with the Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-1075; telephone (714) 824-6703. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
To ensure that applications will be considered for admission by both UCI (or other University campuses) and the student's choice of major or program of study, the completed application and the application fee should be filed during the priority filing period. Each campus accepts for consideration all applications it receives during this period. Additionally, students required to fulfill the examination requirements for freshman admission should make arrangements to take the standardized tests early. Completing the examination requirement (SAT I or ACT and three SAT II examinations) no later than the December testing date of the senior year of high school is strongly recommended for students applying for the fall quarter.
| Quarter to be Admitted at UCI | Priority Application Filing Dates | |
| Winter quarter, 1997 | File July 130, 1996 | |
| Spring quarter, 1997 | File October 130, 1996 | |
| Fall quarter, 1997 | File November 130, 1996 | |
| Winter quarter, 1998 | File July 130, 1997 | |
| Spring quarter, 1998 | File October 130, 1997 | |
After the priority filing period has ended, campuses will accept applications only if they still have openings for new students.
Students are advised to check with the Admissions Office to find out if the campus is accepting applications for winter or spring terms.
If the campus or campuses being considered are still accepting applications, students may, after submitting their application, add additional campus choice(s) to that or those initially listed on their application. A $40 fee for each additional campus will be required. Students should contact the Admissions Office on the campus to be added for information on which programs are still open and the procedures for adding campuses.
Students should be aware that processing an additional campus choice will take several weeks before the new campus actually receives the application and data. Students should also be aware that special program commitments, such as the Educational Opportunity Program or UCLA's Academic Advancement Program may vary from campus to campus. Students can communicate with the Housing or Financial Aid Office directly for information about deadlines, priorities, and availability of these services.
The Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools requires complete, accurate, and up-to-date information about a student's academic program and work in progress in order to process and respond to the application in a timely manner. The transcript and other documents submitted as part of the application become the property of the University; they cannot be returned or forwarded in any form to another college or university.
Freshman Applicants. Applicants will be notified if a preliminary high school transcript is required. Applicants are also responsible for asking testing agencies to report examination scores for either the SAT I or ACT tests and three SAT II examinations to the UCI Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools. An official final high school transcript showing a statement of graduation also must be forwarded to the campus at which the student has decided to register and enroll. Official final transcripts should arrive in the UCI Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools by July 15 for those students admitted for fall quarter. Those students entering in the winter or spring quarters must have their transcripts in the Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools within one month of the completion of the term of the school from which they entered. A California Certificate of Proficiency, the results from a proficiency test from any state, or a General Education Development (GED) Certificate can be accepted in place of a high school diploma.
Transfer Applicants. Transfer students should not send transcripts unless requested to do so. It is essential that applicants accurately complete the self-reported college credit information in the application because it will be used for initial admission screening. Once students are admitted and decide to enroll at UCI, an official transcript from each college attended and the high school from which they graduated must be sent to the Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools. Unless a student is attending a summer session, final official transcripts should arrive in the UCI Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools by July 15 for those students admitted for the fall quarter. Summer-session transcripts must be submitted by September 15. Students entering UCI in the winter or spring quarters must have their final official transcripts sent to the Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools no later than one month after completion of the term of the school they are currently attending.
Students should make arrangements to take the required tests with the Educational Testing Service, College Board/ATP, CN 6200, Princeton, NJ 08541-6200, for SAT I and SAT II examinations. For the ACT, students should write to the American College Testing Program Registration Unit, P.O. Box 168, Iowa City, IA 52243. (Test fees should be paid to the testing services, not to the University.) At the same time the test is taken, students should request that their scores be reported to the UCI Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools. To prevent confusion or unnecessary delay, it is important to use precisely the same form of the student's name on both the application for admission and the test materials.
In 199697 SAT I and SAT II are offered concurrently on the following Saturday mornings: October 12, 1996; December 7, 1996; January 25, 1997; March 25, 1997 (SAT I only); May 3, 1997; and June 7, 1997.
The 1996-97 ACT Tests are offered on the following dates: October 26, 1996; December 14, 1996; February 8, 1997; April 12, 1997; and June 14, 1997.
Details on testing are available from the College Board, the American College Testing Program, and from most high school counseling offices.
Most fall quarter freshmen applicants are notified of their status between March 1 and 31. Transfer applicants are usually notified by May 1. In some cases for transfer applicants, complete transcripts of course work are required before a final decision can be made; such records will be requested by the Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools. Note that these target dates apply only to those applicants who submitted their applications during the fall priority filing period (November 1-30). Those students who apply after the priority period will be notified as soon as possible after March 31.
Statement of Intention to Register
Students who are accepted for admission will receive, with their notification of admission, a Statement of Intention to Register (SIR) form. The SIR serves to notify each campus of the student's decision to accept or not accept its offer of admission. Before completing and returning the form, students who have applied to more than one campus are advised to take as much time as is appropriate in considering their responses to each campus. However, it is essential that students allow enough time to meet the deadline for returning their SIR. Once they have decided on which campus to attend, students should submit their positive SIR and nonrefundable $100 deposit (if applicable) to the campus Admissions Office. Students should not submit a positive SIR to more than one campus. Additionally, once the positive SIR and fee have been received, the student cannot transfer to another UC campus.
Freshman students entering in the fall quarter must return their positive SIR by May 1 or by the date indicated on the SIR.
Transfer students entering in a fall quarter must return their positive SIR by June 1, or by the date indicated on the SIR.
Students entering in a winter or spring quarter must return the SIR by the date indicated on the SIR.
Admission to UCI is not an assurance of receiving financial aid nor does it guarantee assignment to University housing. Separate applications are required of applicants desiring financial aid or University housing, and receipt of communications from the Financial Aid Office, the Housing Office, or any office other than the Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools does not imply that eligibility for admission has been established.
