Hey all! I got in to UCI this cycle by the skin of my teeth and am feeling some mad survivor guilt.
I paid like $70 for the magoosh gre study program and knocked the gre out of the park - 170v, 163q - so I'd totally recommend that if you can afford it and are concerned about the gre.
I got started on my essays really early because I'm kind of a slow writer and I wanted time lots and lots of editing. I'm happy to edit your personal statements if you pm me!
The 2017 applicants channeled their nervous energy into generating a lot of data. Here is a great deal of it -
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScblLkOC10eqmrQDn_PLVrutN5sllsTnQ4A6Xoq8OnMJfq7uQ/viewanalytics
This is survey results about how 2017 applicants ranked different schools - it includes fairly extensive qualitative pros and cons of each program.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1o1QTZb-PHuih117SY9LW7rPF0-Qm_WGjUvfc7pj0NVM/edit?usp=sharing
This is survey results about how many schools applicants applied to versus how many schools invited them to interviews. I made it mainly to get data for this one:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bvloEuIlsL5AohmhoBjuF_3UV_ADCF3lz8yVtkLjY9o/edit?usp=drivesdk
This spreadsheet gathered data about how many positions each program had and approximately how many applicants each program interviewed in the 2017 cycle. In addition, I used the data from the survey to make some guesses about admission.
If you have any questions please feel free to pm me! I'm eager to help.
