<p>Any insights on the e-mail sent today by UC President Mark Yudof stating that an applicant's application will be forwarded to all UC campuses for admission consideration regardless of which UCs the candidate elected to apply to but that this will not take candidate out of the running for admission to the campuses he or she did apply to?</p>
<p>It is what it is.</p>
<p>LOL. Well, that’s certainly true!</p>
<p>This is just another poorly-disguised attempt to increase enrollment at UC Merced and UC Riverside.</p>
<p>I got this e-mail today too and admission to UCR. I hope I am not stuck with UCR.:(</p>
<p>It means the applicants who paid $120 to apply to Riverside and Merced could have been reviewed there without paying a penny!</p>
<p>It also means that the overconfident applicants who only applied to Davis, Santa Cruz, Irvine and Santa Barbara and won’t get into any of them have a free fallpack position.</p>
<p>Application numbers are up again – UCLA hit about 61,000 for frosh and total 81,000 including transfer. The transfer numbers have been going up considerably, probably because in the last two years more people have been going to comm colls as a gateway to the UC, including students who got into four-year schools but opted to save money. A lot of good students are going to be denied admission to the chosen campus and so it looks like they will try to soften the blow by routing people to other UCs. I wonder if it goes beyond Merced – will LA/Berkeley apps be sent to Santa Cruz?</p>
<p>It seems it would be too inefficient, if not near impossible, for each campus to review all applications to any school. So I wonder if, say for instance, an applicant applies to UCLA and Berkeley and is internally rejected by both, his or her application is then passed on? All speculation but that seems to be the name of the game with admissions. :)</p>
<p>Does this apply to all applicants, or only specific people who received an e-mail?</p>
<p>Is there anyone who DID NOT get the email that is applying to a UC? I don’t think its based on if they have already rejected you because it seems like most people have gotten the email (possibly everyone). Also, if you didn’t get the email could you please list your stats so we can maybe guess how they determined who got the email and who didn’t?</p>
<p>I didn’t. I’m out of state though, so I feel like it would make sense that they didn’t extend the same offer to me (if such is the case).
Anyway, my stats are (copied from my chance thread):
UC GPA: 3.57 unweighted, 4.21 weighted
SAT: 2310 (M 770 CR 740 W 800)
SAT II: Chem 730, Math II 750, Latin 740
AP: U.S. History 5, Biology 5, French 5, Calc BC 5
Senior Courseload: AP Physics C, AP English Lit, AP Latin, AP Psychology, AP Art, Multivariable Calc/Linear Algebra, French Independent Study
Extracurriculars: I play viola for 2 full orchestras, 1 chamber group, 1 baroque ensemble, 1 chamber orchestra, plus theory classes and private lessons
I’m vice-president of the art club (we raise money for materials, work on projects to put up in the school, hold school-wide events for art education, etc.) and do a couple of out of school art workshops
I volunteer at a bilingual daycare for children of immigrants
I’m also part of the school’s branch of Water Aid International
I work at a summer school, teaching Chinese, Math, and English
Awards: National French and Latin Exam Gold Medals, North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad Top 100, National Merit Semifinalist, a couple national art awards (I’m not naming it for privacy reasons), a local music award (there’s more stuff, but they’re pretty small, and there’s no room on the app anyway)
Personal statements were pretty good, not outstanding</p>
<p>I didn’t get such letter either. I’m an international so maybe that’s the reason? The poster above me is OOS as well…</p>
<p>They probably sent the email to all in-state UC applicants. I don’t think it’s any indication of an applicant’s competitiveness. </p>
<p>If it matters, I have good numerical states (2300 SAT, doing IB), horrible EC’s and below average essays</p>
<p>The e-mail seems very general; I don’t think it was sent out based on competitiveness.</p>
<p>yah i received it too and i’m instate. All instate students probably got it</p>
<p>We got it too, for my son, we are in Ca as well.</p>
<p>Love the typo in the subject line of the email…</p>
<p>The email isn’t a big deal. It has nothing to do with what “end” of the pool you are in; by that I mean that it does not have any relation to your chances at the campuses you did apply to.</p>
<p>The email is just an attempt to increase interest in the UCs. UC knows that a lot of students want to go out of state because of California’s budget crisis, especially with education. They merely want students to get excited about the possibility of attending a UC campus.</p>
<p>I’m an international and didn’t get the email too. :/</p>
<p>I’m an OOS (applied to CoC), and I didn’t get it</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>Class Rank: 20/538
Most Rigorous Curriculum out of 538 students
-Will Graduate with 2 College Courses and 11 AP Scores
My School’s GPA: 4.504
UC GPA: No Idea lol (I had 2B+s in sophomore year, and a 1 B- in Junior year, rest are As, total 6 APs Sophomore and Junior year, 6 honors)
Senior Year: Currently have 8 As, no Bs in 3AP Classes and 1 Sophomore/Junior level college course and rest honors
ACT: 34, 10 Essay
I sent in 2 ACTs:
36M,34S,33E,32R,10E
35M,36S,30E,32R,12E</p>
<p>SAT Chem- 780, SAT Math 2- 800</p>
<p>Personal Statements- Excellent (one of the very few essays I didn’t procrastinate on 
)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-2 Years Research on 3 different projects at 2 different Universities (250 hours+), 2 with Professor, 1 Independent, produced 3 Research Papers, School Sci Fair Winner X2 (this year, both of my projects won…we’ll see how far this gets me), went to Junior Humanities Science Symposium twice
-Chess VP, Co-Captain, District Champs 2 years running, 10th grade and 11th grade City Champion, Taught Chess to kids over summer, Been playing for 8 years
-Table Tennis Club Founder+President, Nationally ranked, #2 Junior in State, awards at local/state and national (multi-state) tournaments. 2000+ hours spent on table tennis since 9th grade. Attend 3-4 state clubs. International tournament qualifier
-Science Quiz Bowl A Team Captain (12), B Team Captain (11), for the last 4 years, out of 32 teams our A team either got first place and advanced to nationals or 2nd place. Been doing this for 6 years, coached kids at the middle school. Part of School’s Chem Olympiad team, our combined score (of 9 people) got us 1st out 30ish teams in the state
-Math A Team (11,12), B Team (9,10), Euler Award, Award for 3rd highest scoring junior in League, qualified for CSAML (states), NEAML (New Englands), we got 1st in League last year and 3rd in state
-Volunteer (250+ Hours)- 4 Years Proctor at Local and State Competitions, 2 Years Key Club, 4 Years Tutoring (High School + Middle School students), Camp Sunrise (Special Needs Camp), Local Fairs and Cultural Activities, Taught Chess and did Science Experiments with elementary kids over summer</p>
<p>So…I’m not sure if I’ve already been put in the rejection pile (hopefully not), but yeah, I didn’t get one of those letter thingies.</p>
<p>^I’m guessing it was just sent to in-state applicants then. The e-mail is no indication of acceptance or rejection.</p>