<p>lol @ UCSD, definitely don’t give up on your dreams, u’ll find out soon enough.</p>
<p>danamarin> I graduated with honors in December and I’m currently taking time off to recharge before applying for a PhD program next Fall.</p>
<p>Don’t be mean you guys. People get curious, they have questions. Sure they may seem stupid to you, but hey anticipation brings extreme anxiety. Answer these questions with a purpose, or just don’t answer. No need to be rude at all.</p>
<p>YAY!!! The OP got into CAL!!! </p>
<p>Man the CAL acceptance letter sounds like a phony hallmark card.</p>
<p>Or you know, we could just have one topic that says that just because you didn’t get into LA doesn’t mean you won’t get into Berkeley. And then we can all assuage people’s fears in one topic instead of seeing multiple topics about the same damn question.</p>
<p>what’s the OP? sorry i’m kinda a newbie when it comes to internet lingo haha.</p>
<p>OP = Original Poster</p>
<p>@tiktok: I’m in the same boat as you. haha.</p>
<p>Well, UCSD has a point system, versus UCLA seems to have a wholistic approach? It seems they still have a point system, but one different than UCSD’s.</p>
<p>At the point based campuses, the points are added and the arithmetic total determines whether you are admitted (above the cutoff) or rejected (below the cutoff). UCLA and Cal do not use such an arithmetic deterministic admissions method. They do it the more traditional private college way - read the application, use some calculations to help them sort people, but then make decisions based on judgement rather than a rigid point cutoff. </p>
<p>However, the more significant fact about UC admissions is that every UC uses a different set of priorities and weights, even with the point system. It is possible to be rejected by several ‘lower’ campuses and accepted by a ‘higher’ one, while someone else in your school has the opposite experience. Some in at UCLA but not at Cal, some in at Cal but not at UCLA. The bottom line is that a pure stats or stats plus ECs plus essay view does not give a very accurate picture of admissions decisions.</p>