<p>So now, the applicants need to wait til mid Feb at the earliest, right? And a few people will get letters starting in mid Feb 2008?</p>
<p>The start of a thread from last year:</p>
<p>02-16-2007 (The Brian)
Got a letter in the mail from UCSB... asking me to attend a meeting at hotels in either SF, SJ, LA, or Costa Mesa. RSVP online. it says it's a UCSB Reception for "high-acheiving applicants". Did everyone get this? what does this mean, if anything? </p>
<p>02-16-2007 (Calgonz)
I believe it means you're in. I remember my friend went to that a couple of years ago and she said that they told them they were all admitted. Congrats!</p>
<p>Yeah pretty much. I would think Irvine comes in a lot faster though, since they send out official decisions as early as January (people get Regents interviews for Berkeley and LA around that time too)</p>
<p>We are from Ohio and the only UC my daughter applied to was UCSB. We told her that if she gets in, we'll take her there for a visit. None of us have ever seen the campus.</p>
<p>type "ucsb pictures" into google and you'll get a lot of hits.</p>
<p>BTW you do realize that out of state a UC school like UCSB is over $40K/year? And that your D won't qualify for in-state rates, ever?</p>
<p>Admittedly this is my opinion, but I'd find it hard to justify $160K+ for a education at a large impersonal state school. For that kind of money you could go to Pepperdine if you're looking for CA coastal schools, or virtually any private in the country that could offer smaller classes, better advising, more personal attention, better choices of housing, better connections with alums, etc.</p>
<p>pictures are not the same as seeing the campus. you dont get that feel for the people.</p>
<p>anyways UCSB has decent middle eastern studies. and everywhere else i'm looking at is private or other state schools that arent my own. so we're planning on paying a pretty penny anyways. </p>
<p>also "a large impersonal state school", my state school is Ohio State, everything else is small. UCSB is more the size i had in mind.</p>
<p>mikemac- If people wanna pay 160k for UCSB, let them! If they're considering going there, I'm sure they already know the costs and believe they're worth it.</p>