I just got a formal looking letter inviting me to the “UC Santa Barbara Reception for high-achieving applicants.” I was just wondering if anyone new if this meant acceptance or something? I’ve read a thread from years earlier, but I was just wondering if anyone knew anything new.
<p>I'M GUESSING Pretty much an acceptance. UCLA sends em out too.</p>
<p>got it too</p>
<p>what were your guys stats?</p>
<p>I'm a pretty mediocre student; 3.5 GPA weighted, 1360 SAT, and 650s ish on all SAT2s</p>
<p>Didn't get one from SB, but I got one from Davis a while back, wasn't really formal, more like a flyer/postcard for high achieving students. I had to RSVP online though. Free breakfast, which was pretty crappy. They gave a little speech thing, my name was on some backboard thing in front of the hall. Nothing much, I guess some lower UC's are just recruiting people.</p>
<p>It's NOT an acceptance. </p>
<p>After RSVPing, you get this message::</p>
<p>We are pleased that you will be attending the University of California, Santa Barbara reception for high-achieving applicants. Our goal in bringing this program to your area is to provide you and your family with the opportunity to meet UCSB faculty, staff and students who will introduce you to campus departments and student services. ** Your invitation to this event does not reflect your admission status to UCSB. **Offers of admission will be mailed during the month of March.</p>
<p>its not an acceptance, sure, but its a strong hint you got in. The UC schools know that their best students may have other attractive offers. So they have some programs to try and lure in these students. At UCLA there is an alumni scholarship that is invitation-only they use for this. The UCSB reception, I'm guessing, is to get you down to campus and excited about the place. And, BTW it IS a great place, but if you're thinking about it you need to make sure its a good fit for you, the same as with any other college.</p>
<p>So if you can, go down and check it out. Think about questions that you have, this is a good chance to kick the tires and see what you think.</p>
<p>"3.5 GPA weighted, 1360 SAT, and 650s ish on all SAT2s"</p>
<p>hmm dunno how much it means. i have a 3.96 and a 1540 and 800/780/710 and pretty good activities and i didn't get one. maybe you wrote an amazing essay?</p>
<p>Well, you're probably too good for them to bother. No program that they can offer will be better than an acceptance to Berkeley or Stanford. UCSB is still not near the top of the list.</p>
<p>You might be rejected because that's what they do when a student is overqualified and taking up a slot someone else desperately wants.</p>
<p>Um, the UCs never reject someone "overqualified." Sorry. They aren't ALLOWED to.</p>
<p>" At UCLA there is an alumni scholarship that is invitation-only they use for this."</p>
<p>Are you sure about that? I got an invitation in my email and through the phone but it seems like they sent them out to everyone.</p>
<p>i got an invitation from ucsb. i dont think im a "high-achieving applicant" though. 3.6 UC GPA, 1230 SAT, SAT II: 530, 560, and 640. Really good ECs. marching band, concert band, jazz band, french horn and bari sax, vounteered for 480 hours. I also wrote my 600 essay on how I'll contribute by my volunteering with Surfrider Foundation. hmm, but i do think it means we're in. even if they say it doesn't reflect our admissions decision.</p>
<p>UCLA's alumni application is an open, public application and anyone and everyone who applied to UCLA is invited to apply. The regents scholarship on the other hand is a whole other matter.</p>
<p>With the time, effort, and money put into running the reception from UCSB, the invitation sounds like an indication of an acceptance, although it isn't binding.</p>
<p>I have a 3.6 UC GPA, 1300 SAT, SAT II 740, 730, and 610, and I didn't get an invitation. Weird. Maybe they were sent out to random students, or we just haven't gotten them yet?</p>
<p>Where does everyone live? I'm in SF.</p>
<p>I'm betting that everyone who got an invitation, is within two hour driving distance to SB. I didn't get one, I'm in San Jose.</p>
<p>I live in Santa Ana (in Orange County) about... 3 hours away?</p>
<p>"I'm betting that everyone who got an invitation, is within two hour driving distance to SB. I didn't get one, I'm in San Jose."</p>
<p>That can't be true because there are multiple places that they are holding this event including LA, Costa Mesa, and San Francisco.</p>
<p>My stats are 4.1 W and 3.85UW, 1270, 740,700,630 and LOTS of extracurriculars.</p>
<p>well, i'm wrong.</p>