Admitted Student FAQs | Office of Undergraduate Admissions | UCI (2024)

Applicants who were eligible for a UC Application fee waiver automatically receive an SIR deposit deferral.For questions on deferring your SIR deposit, please contact your counselor in your Admitted Student Portal.SIR deposit defer requests must be made by May 13, 2024 for first-year applicants and May 30, 2024 for transfer applicants.

Applicants that missed the SIR deadline can submit an Appeal to Late SIR within 15 days of their deadline passing. Appeals may take 6-8 weeks to process and are considered on a case-by-case basis. To submit an Appeal to Late SIR, visit your Admitted Student Portal.

Please notify our office about any deficient grades by submitting the “Report Low Grade” form in your portal. This form can be found under the "Reporting Changes" section of your portal.All applicants should review their Admitted Provisional Contract under the "Conditions" tab in their Admitted Student Portal. The contract states all conditions needed to fulfill admission. At this time we are unable to provide a final decision until finalized official transcripts have been reviewed by our office.

UCI admissions decisions are based on the information submitted on your UC Application and/or have reported as planned. First-year applicants are responsible for reporting any schedule changes to your class schedule. To notify our office about a course schedule change, please submit the Report Changes in Schools or Coursework Form in your portal.This form is also located in the "Reporting Changes" section of your portal.

At this time we are unable to provide a final decision until all required documents have been reviewed by our office. Please visit the 'Conditions' tab in your portal to review the required grades for your courses.Notify our office about any D/F/NP grades by submitting the Update to Conditioned Courses form. This form can be found under the “Reporting Changes” section of your portal.

Admitted students planning to drop a course should review their Admitted Provisional Contract under the "Conditions" tab in their portal. The contract states all courses that are needed to fulfill your admission offer. At this time we are unable to provide a final decision until all required documents have been reviewed by our office.Notify our office about any course withdrawals by submitting the Update to Conditioned Courses form. This form can be found under the “Reporting Changes” section of your portal.

If you would like to contact our office, please use the Chat Bot function found on our website. Our staff is available to chat with you Mondays and Fridays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. PST. Our staff is also available by phone Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 949-824-6703.

In general, UCI does not defer undergraduate offers of admission. However, admission deferments can be requested under certain circ*mstances. If you would like more information about our Deferment Policy, please visit ourAdmissions Policies website.

Due to the high volume of competitive applications we receive, we are unable to admit all applicants to their first choice major listed on their application. Applicants who were not offered their primary major may have been admitted to the alternate major listed on their application or to our Undergraduate Undeclared program.

Minors can be declared through the academic unit the minor belongs to once you become an enrolled student.Please visit the UCI Course Catalog to see a list of minors offered at UCI.

Official final transcripts are due to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions by July 1, 2024. Official transcripts should be sent electronically through one of our online vendor options. If your institutionis unableto send electronic transcripts, they must issue your official transcript to our office in a sealed envelope.Processing physical transcripts can take 2-4 weeks once received by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. There is no need to send a physical transcript once an electronic one has been sent.Please visit our Submitting Official Documents page for more information.

Official test scores are due to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions by July 15, 2024.

If you earned scores of 3, 4, or 5 on the College Board Advanced Placement Examinations, you will receive credit toward graduation at UCI. The unit and subject credit allowed toward degree requirements assigned to each test are shown on theAP Exam Credit Chart.