UC Santa Barbara Class of 2027 Official Thread

Son got in for Physics but applied to Mechanical Engineering
GPA 4.4 W/4.0UW
6 APs
Eagle Scout
Some extra-curriculars but nothing too crazy

Accepted: UCD, SDSU, Purdue, Case Western, ASU, UofA, Colo State
Waitlisted: UCSD
Waiting on: UCB, SLO, Stanford
Rejected: UCLA, UCI

This is Round 2 for us. Last year he applied to 10 Reach schools and got 7 rejections and 3 waitlists which went nowhere. He ended up taking a gap year and we started the process all over again. If you think that this process is hard, try doing it twice - but he did it!

We are very pleased that this year has offered more possibilities. Son is happy with the acceptance but not sure he wants to switch to Physics.

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