Accepted to UCSB, not UCSD, chance at Davis?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Davis
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<p>I was accepted to UC Santa Barbara
I was rejected from UC San Diego and UCLA</p>

<p>1990 SAT
30 ACT
4.19 Weighted GPA (4.5 Junior Year)
3.75 Unweighted GPA (4.0 Junior Year)
5 AP Classes Senior Year (4.5 first semester)
Decent, but not overwhelmingly impressive, Extracurriculars
Not too much Community Service :frowning:
Essay was NOT a sob story (I think writing about how you enjoy life was a mistake, should have written about how miserable it was, that seems to be favored).</p>

<p>Iā€™ve been rejected from many places that I thought were going to be easy to get in to, and Davis is really my last shot at a college that Iā€™m genuinely interested in - so Iā€™m worried.</p>

<p>Is UCSB typically harder to get into than Davis? Do I have any chance at all?</p>

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<p>id appreciate it if someone could get back to me :)</p>

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<p>Depends on your major, really. I would think, on average, UCSB has a greater amount of applicants per year. If that is any indicator of difficulty, then it would be far more difficult to get into UCSB. Personally, Iā€™ve always thought Davis was a better school, but I would say they are equally difficult to gain admittance. You have a decent shot. They will be out soon enough.</p>

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<p>I applied as an undeclared applicantā€¦which concerns me. But I was undeclared at UCSB tooā€¦</p>

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<p>For last yearā€™s freshman applicants at UC Davis, 86% of the applicants with a UC GPA of 4.0 and above were admitted.</p>

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<p>I found a link that may be helpful for people who are trying to compare their chances. It lists the acceptance rates for in-state students in 2010. Iā€™m assuming theyā€™re all going to be 3-4% lower this year than last year, but the comparison is probably still valid.</p>

<p>[UC</a> freshman admission rate drops a bit; more than 10,000 wait-listed | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times](<a href=ā€œArchive blogsā€>Archive blogs)</p>

<p>Gives me a bit of hope for Davis, seeing that Santa Barbara was more difficult to gain acceptance to than Davis was one year ago.</p>

<p>Still terrified. Can anyone else weigh in on what they think my odds may be?</p>

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<p>i think the odds are definitely in your favor. and even if you somehow get denied, you still got SB!</p>

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<p>Here is a better one:</p>

<p>[CaliforniaColleges.edu</a> - University of California (UC) Acceptance Enrollment Rates](<a href=ā€œhttp://www.californiacolleges.edu/admissions/acceptance-enrollment-rate-uc.asp]CaliforniaColleges.eduā€>http://www.californiacolleges.edu/admissions/acceptance-enrollment-rate-uc.asp)</p>

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<p>Good to hear, thanks. Santa Barbara is only about 15 minutes from my house though and Iā€™m afraid its too close to home! Weā€™ll seeā€¦haha.</p>