<p>So this has just been a general observation of those at my (very competitive/International Baccalaureate program school) but UCI has been denying ALOT of qualified candidates this year.</p>
<p>For example; I got denied by UCI which I had considered a far safety while I was just accepted by more selective UCSD o.0. One of my best friends was also denied and will most likely attend UCSB (accepted).</p>
<p>So I suppose my question is if anyone else had noticed a similar trend or is this just more of a coincidence?</p>
<p>Yeah, a lot of qualified applicants have been denied to UCI but it’s probably because UCI expects them to go to a better school.
I was surprised too when I was accepted to UCSD because it never crossed my mind that I would actually be accepted…I was still accepted to UCI as well, and that was always my #1 choice, but now I have to consider UCSD lol…
The only rejection I’ve had is UCLA and that was def expected ><</p>
<p>From what I heard, every UC had a record # of applicants and this always means a lower % acceptance rate. I considered this an almost safety as well, and I was wait listed. California is one of the few places where competition for state schools is an absolute bloodbath. But as you think about it, getting the education you do for 25k less is a deal.</p>
<p>Agree. UCI was my safety UC, and i was waitlisted Not sure what’s going on but they should definitely not reject a person based on whether they think they will accept or not. It could be their top choice or they may need to live at home financially.</p>
<p>A friend of mine was rejected from cal poly slo and uci, but was accepted to ucd as well as ucsd. I also have a friend with well over a 4.5 weighted and who is an eagle scout who was waitlisted to ucla, while people who were less qualified were accepted. The admissions this year have seemed very random, I guess public schools are getting more competitive?</p>
<p>Yea I got into Cornell and waitlisted at ucla. Very random and I guess this year there were skyrocketing numbers of applicants everywhere. Oh well</p>
<p>No one should ever consider UCI as a “safety school.” Considering the growing rate of applicants each year and the current state of the economy, UCI is not an easy school to get into.</p>
<p>I heard that they accepted way to many freshmen last year and a lot of them were allowed to live off campus so this could have been a factor. Although this still doesn’t explain why qualified people were not accepted and under-qualified people were accepted.</p>
<p>exactly. I mean I’m pretty close to the uci campus, but under-qualified people were accepted over the over-qualified. and uci is definitely not a “safety school” by any means, but unless their averages rose drastically, I don’t see why a lot of over-qualified people wouldn’t get in</p>
<p>Safety usually means your stats are above the average stats for kids getting in the previous year. So for some, it should be a safety and others it’s a reach. Now I agree it can’t be labeled a safety anymore for anyone because students with amazing stats and ecs didn’t get in this year, and their decisionmaking was really crazy this year, but under normal circumstances it would have been a safety for many. I mean cmon melting should have gotten in no problem. Great stats, interesting ecs. In fact she should have been invited to the honors college. Plus a woman in engineering. Her rejection is whack!</p>
<p>Honestly, though, given how unpredictable these admissions people are, you can’t declare a school your safety unless your numbers DRAMATICALLY exceed admitted numbers.</p>
<p>I realize that as the UCs have ever increasing numbers of applicants, admissions rates are bound to go down over time but I maintain my point about their erratic jump in selectivity this year.</p>
<p>Today another one of my friends was rejected from UCI. He had a 2200+ SAT and 4.0+ GPA, along with some strong extra curriculars. He was already accepted at UCSD for Engineering (an impacted major none-the-less).</p>
<p>I don’t think that the number of applicants jumped THAT incredibly high to warrant these unusual decisions. As for the logic that they are denying overqualified applicants BECAUSE they are overqualified, that’s just nonsensical…</p>
<p>But decreasing admissions won’t increase yield for this year. Sure they’ll have a lower acceptance rate when they eventually publish the stats but nothing will have changed to draw in those who were given acceptances (in fact they will have diminished the number of people likely to attend). Doesn’t seem like a smart move when their budget is being slashed by the state…</p>
<p>But if they accepted people with lower stats, then it’s likely that uci is the only “good” school (comparatively) that they got accepted to, so it would be more likely that those people would attend.</p>
<p>Ryboy1, the title of that statistics page is “New Entrants.” The 1750 SAT score could just be an average of students who chose to go to UCI, not necessarily all students who got in.</p>
<p>@Picordy…but that’s the thing, all these people have anywhere from above to far above UCI’s average stats.</p>
<p>Another friend just got denied…He’s taking the hardest schedule our school offers, has awesome grades and a decent SAT (not to mention more than solid ECs, varsity sport, etc…).</p>
<p>I’m convinced that this is inordinate- in the least.</p>