US Top 50 · Irvine, California · Reach

University of California, Irvine加州大学欧文分校

US News 2026 #32 (US News 2026 National Universities)

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At a glance

University of California, Irvine is a Reach school on our readiness map — that label describes how demanding the preparation is for international-school applicants, not an admission probability.

Based in Irvine, California (US Top 50, US News 2026 #32 per US News 2026 National Universities), it reviews both AP and A-Level curricula, so the question is not which system you study but how strong your core-subject evidence is.

The benchmarks and admit-case chart below come from anonymized application records of Chinese international-school students, aggregated with percentile ranges to protect every individual case.

Where past admits landed

Past admits (whole school, anonymized)GPA and test scores are rounded for anonymity; ACT cases converted to the SAT axis via official concordance
3.43.53.63.73.83.94.012001300140015001600SAT (ACT converted)GPA

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Case benchmarks (anonymized aggregate)

Median GPA3.85P25-P75: 3.67 – 4.03
Median SAT1500P25-P75: 690 – 1600
Median AP count5P25-P75: 2 – 11

Ranges use P25/P75 percentiles instead of extremes so a single outlier cannot skew the picture.

Anonymized admit cases

psychologyAP

GPA 3.8-3.89 · SAT 1450-1510 · TOEFL 95-106 · AP 1-2 门

Anthropology BAAP

GPA 3.6-3.79 · AP 1-2 门

data scienceAP

GPA 3.6-3.79 · SAT 1520-1540 · TOEFL 107-113 · AP 5-6 门

Electrical EngineeringAP

SAT 1450-1510 · TOEFL 95-106 · AP 3-4 门

专业未标注AP

AP 5-6 门

Cases never include student names, school names, teachers, essay text or external application ids.