20 years ago, you can probably get accepted to UC Irvine with this low GPA. In 2018, maybe, totally impossible. However, do apply to UC Irvine anyway. I know a football player at Berkeley who got a 2.0 GPA in high school, but his football skills are good enough to beat Stanford in the Big Game. read more
Grades and Standardized Test Scores for UC Irvine. In the scattergram above, the green and blue dots represent accepted students. As you can see, most students who got into Irvine had GPAs of 3.5 or higher, SAT scores (RW+M) of 1000 or higher, and ACT scores of 20 or higher. read more