You had no math related activities, outside class? You’d have to know more than her major and stats. Agree, this is not about her.
Don’t ask on Monday. Why does it matter at this point. She got in, you didn’t. Congratulate her and move on.Focus on the options you do have. Santa Barbara and San Diego are prettier anyway. Never been to Davis.
@lookingforward Her stats? Uh she did cheerleading…
I got UCSB Chancellor’s Reception; she got accepted at UCSB but no Chancellor’s Reception. I don’t get in to UCLA; she gets in.
Welcome to the weird and wild world of college admissions.
Wallow a bit, then move on.
Who said it has to be consistent across schools? It’s not. Such is life. You’ll encounter the same in the working world, I can promise you that. Life isn’t “fair”.
Do you see yourself as more of a city slicker, a beach bum, or a rancher/farmer? That hokey question is step one in helping you decide whether to attend UCSD, UCSB, or UCD.
Most quality universities and colleges offer ample academic quality and resources to both give you a great education and offer some support in your next steps.
You have been given the keys to a car. It is up to you to make that car a Porsche. (or whatever your favorite is…). My point is, you cannot exhaust the academic or resource opportunities of any decent accredited school, much less these three excellent universities, so soak up and put to use as much as you can. Make the most of your set of keys.
@doschicos No I will ask her on Monday. Don’t worry I won’t be confrontational about about ;
and just because life isn’t fair doesn’t mean we should bow down and accept it. However, judging by your quotes, you don’t think this wasn’t “fair”
@prezbucky Thanks for the advice, and my compliments on the eloquent metaphor. I assure you I am evaluating these three schools. I doubt I’ll go to San Diego because many majors are impacted or capped and I’m sort of undecided. Davis is the closest to home and a couple of my high school friends are going there, but I’m definitely not a farm boy. I really like what I’m seeing from Santa Barbara so far.
What is fair? You don’t know what the school is looking for and one isn’t usually the best judge of oneself.
Cool. And – you wouldn’t have to learn to milk cows if you attended Davis. You might, however, have to get used to “farm smells”, or so I hear. hehe
If you have identified UCSB as the early favorite, that’s cool. I suggest reading as much as you can about the schools so you can be as sure as possible that you’re making the best choice for yourself.
“…I doubt I’ll go to San Diego because many majors are impacted…”.
You sound rather hypothetical here!
If you think UCSD is too impacted (since that is your excuse to not want to go there), would you have gone with more impacted UCLA, if you had the chance?
@uclaparent9 well… as I said… UCLA has a certain brand appeal.
@E17 It doesn’t matter if I think her admittance and your rejection are fair, what’s done is done. My kid got waitlisted at Harvard a couple of years ago. Luckily, he laughed it off and now attends the “trade” school down the street. What I am telling you is to get over it. There will always be someone who gets something you don’t no matter the reason. The sooner you learn that lesson, the better off you will be. You are a teen who gets to attend college near the beach in Santa Barbara or San Diego, It doesn’t get much better than that. Be thankful instead of bitter and second guessing yourself.
It’s only “unfair” if you they owed you admission.
They didn’t.
@E17 Many applicants with better stats than you have been rejected or offered a spot in waiting list. With the volume of applicants, it is a kind of a lottery. Move on and be thankful for what you have. Know someone with much higher stats than you, is offered a spot on waiting list. You do not have a lock on admission if we go by your logic based on stats.
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To be honest, I am a bit irked at their decision considering my resumé.
I have minimal extracurriculars I will admit.
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According to this: http://www.admission.ucla.edu/Prospect/Adm_fr/Frosh_Prof16.htm, people with a GPA above 4.3 (which you barely make the cut for) only have a 47% chance of getting in. So sorry to break it to you, but your chances of getting in weren’t too great to begin with
@pleasgod My stats in comparison to her’s. Calm down and don’t try to be smart, it’s not becoming on you nor do you know how to wear it.
Don’t shoot the messenger. The poster above is just pointing out a fact. For the gazillionth time, this isn’t a you/her thing.