<p>Any of you with some surprise stories from the college acceptance results this year? The only biggie this year for me was one of S's friends got into UCLA. His counselors and everyone's assessment was this was not even in lottery ticket range for him. His family's thrilled. They live in Asia; so the trip will now be shortened. My brother's close friend who is a Californian is floored with this acceptance. He had just given us the anti Asian rant about UCs and how impossible Berkeley and UCLA were getting in acceptances when DS broke the news. SAT scores not off the chart , 2000 for the SAT1, Under 3500 with the Sat2s, and in the second quintile of a college prep but not top rated private school on the East Coast.</p>
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<p>The UCs don’t take race or ethnicity into account for purposes of admissions. It is illegal for them to do so due to Prop 209.</p>
<p>International and out-of-state acceptances are up this year at the UCs due to California budget issues.</p>
<p>Money definitely talks when states are strapped.</p>
<p>Surprise in our neck of the woods in North County (of San Diego)–UC San Diego acceptances were hard to come by for our graduating class, and we’re talking about kids in the top 5% of the class.</p>
<p>Not exactly sure if this is what you’re looking for, but I have been looking for a place to ask this question. Are there any other parents out there who woke up one morning after all decisions were in and realized your kid had done much better at OOS schools than IS? I mean, it all makes sense from the schools’ perspective, but DS#2 did not get into a single IS public, including at least one that had significantly lower admission stats than several of the OOS schools he got into. As a result, he’s deposited at an OOS public, one that I think will work out well for him but that comes at a significant premium. (And now that I think a bit more, he was waitlisted at 2 of the 3 IS publics–way to keep their options open?)</p>
<p>I wasn’t really surprised. I think the majority of students and their parents don’t do the research well and choose unwisely.</p>
<p>Cash-strapped state universities are taking more out -of -state students. Hence, easier to get in as a OOS student. Since there are now fewer slots available for in-staters, it is harder to get in for in-state students.</p>
<p>There were some surprises for my D. I knew admissions would be tough, but not nearly as harsh as it turned out to be.</p>
<p>I’m not a parent, but I’m going to UVA next year. Huge shocker for me :D</p>
<p>I didn’t have a student in this application season, but I have friends who did. I was shocked at how hard the UCs have gotten. Even UCs that were considered mid-to-lower tier and some of the upper tier CSUs have gotten very difficult to get into. Makes me feel anxious about my 2012ers chances…</p>