<p>Stripersforsure and makingitrain, you guys are both anomailes. You guys should definitely appeal.</p>
<p>Accepted OOS! 3.75 UC gpa, ACT 27. A few days ago I realized I forgot to send my SAT score 2020 which is so much better than my ACT score so I wasn't sure if I'd get in but I did and I'm so relieved!</p>
<p>i got in!!!!! thank god, i am also out of state! ucsc is my top choice!</p>
<p>Accepted
major: Business Management Economics
UC GPA - 4.0
SAT - 1750</p>
<p>accepted, environmental studies major. i am so happy i got in out of state! UCSC was my first choice! UC GPA - 3.5, SATs - 1830 , US history - 630, Literature - 530 , lots of ECs, good essay. YAY!</p>
<p>accepted!
4.08 UC GPA
3.97 WGPA
around 3.8ish UWGPA
1969 SAT
32 ACT
Sat II
670 Math II
690 US History
i think 50 a-g courses
few AP/honors courses
three sport varsity, various school awards and other ecs</p>
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I got in! OOS</p>
<p>1770 SAT
4.41
640 Literature
650 US History
It's not impossible to go to a UC from out of state! haha
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With all due respect to UCSC, it isn't exactly Berkeley/UCLA/UCSD, where it actually IS virtually impossible to get in OOS.</p>
<p>Lol. It is not "Virtually impossible" to get into Cal/UCLA/UCSD out of state. The instate factor only adds a little bit to your resume. </p>
<p>I think the system makes sense. You pay the high California taxes, you expect good education at a good price. This is what it is like in every state. California just happens to have maybe the best state school system in the country. If you live in Texas, you should have better grades than the instate Cal applicants, because you could just go to A&M and call it a day, which is also a good school.</p>
<p>Last month my son recieved mail (and email) that said:
"It is my pleasure to send you this invitation to compete for a UC Santa Cruz Merit Scholarship. UCSC Merit Scholarships are awarded to a limited number of students who have demonstrated academic excellence. You qualify to compete for this renewable award because your academic record in high school placed you among the top freshman applicants."</p>
<p>He didnt bother filling out the paperwork, since he got accepted EA by Caltech and MIT - his top choices. </p>
<p>Yesterday he was turned down by UCSC, which is odd considering the letter. Is it because he didnt bother filling out the scholarship info? Nothing says "not interested" like turning down a potential scholarship? Or maybe his app screamed 'safety'? It will be interesting to see if UCLA also turns him down for not filling out the Regents App.</p>
<p>I find it impossible that he got turned down by UCSC if he was accepted to Cal Tech and MIT.</p>
<p>So did I, so I wrote to the woman who sent the scholarship info, just out of curiosity. She forwarded it to someone in admissions, who responded last night. If they made a mistake, they are not going to admit it.</p>
<p>Meanwhile he has also been accepted at UCLA and UCSD.</p>
<p>I assure you, I am not making this up. My son, with his 2270 SAT, plus 3 SATIIs with 800, 7 AP scores of 5, and amazing math honors and ECs got turned down by UCSC.</p>
<p>Sounds like to me that they knew he wasn't going there if accepted so they just wanted to leave a spot open for someone else.</p>
<p>Yes, but suppose UCSC was a financial safety? UCs are often that for middle class kids who may not qualify for finaid at private schools.</p>
<p>Well did he want to go there? If so, he should definitely appeal. Thats really strange.</p>
<p>No, he didn't. He was accepted EA to Caltech and MIT. UCSC was his last choice.</p>
<p>BTW, he couldn't really appeal - you can only add on info. You cannot ask them to reappraise. That is, at least what the website says. I suppose if he had applied for the merit scholarships and received them, but did not get accepted, would be something use in an appeal. Pretty silly, really. </p>
<p>The moral to all this is that adcoms make mistakes. We know someone who used to be on admissions at a top university. He told my son that he was a sure thing at MIT and Caltech, but also told him that adcoms make mistakes. When he found out my son was thinking of applying to several other colleges if he didn't get EA at MIT and Caltech, he seemed to think it was a waste of time for my son to apply so broadly. When he left, my son whispered "wasn't he the one who warned us that adcoms make mistakes". He was probably the reason he applied at the UCs - we got worried that there were no safeties on his list.</p>