<p>No… If you’re over-qualified, you have a better chance of getting accepted.</p>
<p>In short: yes, the lower UC schools tend to try to protect their yield, and I’m assuming if you’re overqualified, you must demostrate some interest. I pulled much better offers than UCD and granted though SAT scores are not everything, the disparity between a 2100-2200 and a 1700-1800 is so much that you can’t contribute the latter scores as more competative than the former from things such as essays or EC’s. And I’m willing to bet that the 2100-2200 kids who got waitlisted also had EC’s. Moreover, I’m pulling offers from schools that my friend got rejected from last year and I got waitlisted here while he got into UCD last year. Either leaves the process completly randomized or yes overqualied WITHOUT demonstrating some sort of interest which may be transparent as I know I myself was just using UCD as a backup to my backup.</p>
<p>Me too. I just consider Davis as my safety. I think this should be the outcome like WUSTL for those Ivy guys… LOL</p>
<p>I got waitlisted with a 3.85 UC GPA & 33 ACT (~2200 equivalent). </p>
<p>My GPA in the sciences was a 4.4, my science ACT subscore was a 35, my Bio-M SAT II was a 780, and my AP Bio exam score was a 5. I figured I’d be okay seeing as I showed a strength in science and biology… guess not :x Anyone else experiencing this?</p>
<p>Haha I also got rejected from Cal Poly SLO for biology-general. Not sure why there either :[ people with waaaay lower stats than me got in D:</p>
<p>Do you apply to private colleges? I think you are much stronger than me and you should at least get in UC Berkeley or even Cornell.</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s definitely not all about GPA. I was admitted with an unweighted GPA of 3.0 (just barely) SAT scores of 1850 but I like to believe that it was my essay and my extracurricular activities. Don’t lose hope though. I know people who were more qualified than me and were denied and a few that were wait-listed.</p>
<p>It really IS all about the GPA… if you read the stats from UCLA and UCB from admitted students last year, available on official UC websites, greater than 92% had OVER a 4.0 UCGPA… Don’t even apply to UCB or UCLA without a UCGPA of over 4.0 Davis, SB and SD are not bad schools… shoot for them</p>
<p>Did you take rigorous courses? It might also be your personal statements. They’re trying to get to know the person behind the numbers. Maybe they didnt get the full idea of who you were as a person?</p>
<p>I know this link is berkeley, but it shows how complicated the process really is…</p>
<p>but numbers don’t lie… on other UC links, you’ll see overwhelmingly that applicants to davis, berkeley, ucla, have UCGPA’s, weighted with AP’s of OVER 4.0. I’m not saying don’t try, I’m saying that it starts with GPA…</p>
<p><a href=“http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/committees/aepe/hout_report.pdf[/url]”>http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/committees/aepe/hout_report.pdf</a></p>
<p>This kind of speculation (waitlisting overqualified applicants) started back when Davis first implemented the waitlist. I don’t really see Davis going through the trouble of protecting its yield numbers, but then again I wouldn’t be shocked if it did. If it is true (and I’m not saying it is), then you have nothing to worry because you will likely be accepted at Berkeley, UCLA, or UCSD. If it’s not true, then you work hard on your waitlist statement and hope for the best. This is the waitlist statement guideline I hand out to students:</p>
<p>You should explain why you are right for UC Davis, so save the gushing about how great UC Davis is, and how you intend to take advantage of what UC Davis has to offer, such as why UC Davis is uniquely suited to what you want to learn or accomplish. Be sure to indicate either that UC Davis is your first choice, backed up with why, or that you are committed to enroll at Davis if accepted.</p>
<p>Maybe I think it is because of my GPA 
But you know, I attended high school in China where there is a different educational system. I don’t think Chinese students can achieve 90+ easily as American students… Most of them is 80+, even 70+. We consider 85+ is A 75+ is B an 60+ is C 59 or less is D</p>
<p>So you are an international student and not a California resident?</p>
<p>No. I have been in California for 1 year and 4 months. I should be a CA resident.</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/2010/10_1031.pdf[/url]”>Page Not Found | FTB.ca.gov;
<p>As outlined in Page 3 of this PDF, if you live in California for a non-temporary or non-transitory purpose you are a resident. </p>
<p>But that is for income tax purposes so you should do some research on that.</p>
<p>Myomoo, they look at applicants holistically. You should take a look at this: [UC</a> Davis - GPA and Test Scores Needed for Admission](<a href=“http://collegeapps.about.com/od/GPA-SAT-ACT-Graphs/ss/uc-davis-admission-gpa-sat-act.htm]UC”>UC Davis: Acceptance Rate, SAT/ACT Scores, GPA)</p>
<p>There’s a lot of rejections and waitlisting in the upper right hand corner. The UC’s aren’t likely to be under the influence of “TUFT Syndrome” because of the sheer amount of Regent’s they send to Ivy League qualified students.</p>
<p>There must have been something in your application that they didn’t like. Lack of rigor in courses? Personal Statements? Lack of involvement? Or maybe the officer had an extremely bad day and something on your essays reminded him again.</p>
<p>They might reject overly qualified students elsewhere, but for the UC’s, there’s usually a reason why they did. A 2300/4.0 UW does not guarantee admission in the UC’s.</p>
<p>I sent an email to ask UCSD admission office about my missing course. I just provided my 3 year academic record in my Chinese high school, which is a three-year system. They said it may jeopardize because they don’t want a student who fail to obey the application requirement…</p>
<p>Well, if you didn’t take an A-G course, that would definitely be of detriment to your application. That may be the reason why.</p>
<p>If this wasn’t an A-G, what was the course that you were missing?</p>
<p>Your GPA shouldn’t have been a problem since mine was much lower than yours because I go to a competitive school.</p>
<p>Visual art</p>
<p>The visual requirement at the UCs is taken seriously. They want a full year of visual arts. Since you said you didn’t have this, it would be enough to reject your application.</p>
<p>With the numbers of in-state residents trying to get into these state schools, they are not eager to overlook requirements. You would probably have an easier time at private colleges.</p>
<p>Oh. That is amazing… So what I should do is just to wait for the rejections?</p>