Cal States vs. UCs

SDSU, SLO and CSULB all admit around 30-35%, historically. UCSD is about the same, historically, with UCI and UCSB more recently falling close to that range, with UCD not far behind. So it’s not the admit rate, then, so much as the other factors mentioned-commuter school feel, research opportunities, amount of remedial vs challenging academic courses, and plain old prestige factor.