<p>Managerial Economics</p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.75
SAT 1: 1510.....
SAT 2: Chinese 800, Math2c 700
ACT: 25</p>
<p>2 yrs sports
no community service</p>
<p>thats basically it, lucky me</p>
<p>Accepted :]</p>
<p>Super happy...but a calm happy. Don't know much about the school and applied on a whim (considering the ease of the UC app), but I'm looking forward to sitting down and learning more about UCD and other schools once April comes around and I have all my decisions :)</p>
<p>just a quick question...is UCD generally easier to get into than UCI?</p>
<p>Accepted--Undeclared Life Science Major</p>
<p>GPA: 4.2
ACT: 33
SAT II: Math II (740), Biology M (720)
E.C.: Band, Choir, and Drama ect.</p>
<p>@symphony</p>
<p>Generally, yes as we have seen in past years, UCI has been more selective than UCD by a little bit (not too much though).</p>
<p>Accepted :)</p>
<p>GPA W: 4.1
ACT: 27
10 APs
national status ECs</p>
<p>To answer the question above if UCI is easier to get into than UCD... Basically they are just different. UCI is more number based as you can see from their stats of admittied freshmen. If you go the numbers... you are more likely to get in. Davis, on the other hand, focuses more on a wholistic view by seeing the ECs and essays especially since this year was far more compeititive. </p>
<p>Go to the rejections thread to see how numbers arent always the best to rely on for getting in.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if that is true. I have many people at my school with 3.8+ gpas and 2000+ sats w/ good essays + good ec's and got rejected from davis today, however there are many people at my school with low gpa decent/high sat great essays/great ec's and have gotten into irvine already.</p>
<p>Perhaps Davis is looking less at straight numbers and even more towards enrolling interesting students with leadership and EC's that show accomplishment. Everyone enjoys a lively campus with a vareity of energetic students. Students who sit in their dorm room and study don't contribute to the campus environment.</p>
<p>admitted!
major: spanish
weighted GPA: 3.8
SAT: 1870
SAT II: spanish, 760; math 2, 540
ec: lots
(precalc honors, spanish 3 honors, ap env sci, spanish 4ap, spanish 5ap)</p>
<p>Admitted!!
Major: Economics
UC GPA 4.0
SAT I: 2040
790 Math IIC, 760 US History
EC: Singing, Track/XC</p>
<p>Here is how it appears that the system works.</p>
<p>UCD does not evaluate holistically, nor does it read the essay except to look for specific categories to which they assign points. They have a formula that produces a single point score and admission to each major/school is determined by a cutoff they calculate each year to yield the desired number of admits.</p>
<p>The formula involves 8500 possible points for stats (with a minimally qualifying student - non-ELC, 3.0, 1420/2400 SAT etc - having about 5450 of those just by qualifying). The total of possible points runs to over 14,000 with assignments for various attributes or categories:</p>
<p>ELC
Classes beyond 35 minimum a-g
High stats while attending a low performing school
Low Income
Academic prep program participation
First generation to college
Nontraditional e.g. home schooled
Veteran
Leadership
Special achievement/talent
Special challenges in life
Significant 9-11 grades improvement
Disability</p>
<p>Nothing for the ECs unless it happens to align with those categories.
Nothing for community service.
Nothing for brilliant writing on the essay.
Nothing to either prefer URMs or bias against others</p>
<p>With the huge effect of more than 5,700 points for categories outside of stats, you can understand how a stats oriented view appears pretty random. </p>
<p>Except for Cal and UCLA, the other UCs have their own strict formulae for admissions, but each has their own factors. These vary a lot from school to school, which means that you get unusual patterns of acceptance and rejection.</p>
<p>Accepted!! CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT INTO DAVIS
Unweighted: 3.45
Semi-Competitive Public School</p>
<p>SAT I Total: 2100</p>
<p>II US History: 780
II Literature: 710
II Math 2: 700</p>
<p>AP's
Statistics
Literature
Language (Score: 4)
World History (4)
U.S. History (4)</p>
<p>EC:
4 years Yearbook Editor, Senior Year Editor In Chief
11 years competitive swimming
4 years Varsity Swimming
2 years Frosh/Soph Cross Country
9 years Jazz Piano</p>
<p>nmn923 your EC's are wonderful and your SAT's are too! I can't believe you can't believe you got into UCD, congrats you earned it. :)</p>
<p>Daughter accepted to Davis. We will be taking a tour after spring break. I have never visited. It looks like a very nice campus from the photos. I guess I had better start looking at flight info.</p>
<p>Adultparentmom! - I'm glad that you will be visiting our campus for the first time. The information found at Sacramento</a> International Airport - Davis Wiki might be helpful especially the "Transportation To and From" section near the bottom of the page which gives information regarding the shuttle services available between Sacramento International Airport and Davis. I hope you enjoy your trip.</p>
<p>My D was accepted as well (2040/4.1 UC GPA animal biology). We loved our visit at scholars day, and it would be great if she could know about the scholars program BEFORE she had to accept, and if it was more than 20 minutes from home. Still, it's a contender, and my D got into Duke, and Santa Clara with a scholarship.</p>
<p>Some have implied or said Davis is "doing something (special)", perhaps with the point system. Any further insights on what makes this "special"?</p>
<p>Thank you UCD Admissions, that is very helpful.</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Asian Male(Yea...) Out of State Admissions, In-State Tuition (long story on that status)</p>
<p>Ex. Top 100 High Schools in the US
7 AP's/3 Honors
3.68 Unweighted GPA/3.82 Weighted GPA</p>
<p>SAT I: 1840/2400
ACT: 29
SAT II: Chemistry: 640, US: 650, Math IIC: 690</p>
<p>Co-Captain for the Science Olympiad Team
Indoor/Outdoor Track for 3 Years: (1.5 Years JV, 1.5 Years V)
Model UN Member
Math League All-Star Member
Volunteered in the Ambulance Corps for 2 Years
Did a Medical Internship for 0.5 Years
9 Years of Piano (with 2x Distinguished Awards)
Staff Writer/Editor for the School Newspaper</p>
<p>AP's (So Far)</p>
<p>Chemistry: 3
European History: 3
US History: 4
Statistics: 4
Still taking Physics C, BC Calculus and Biology</p>
<p>Major: Biological Sciences: Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior</p>
<p>accepted.
good thing since i want to become a vet.
still, i'm waiting for cornell too.</p>
<p>Heh, I'll be seeing your daughter around, Shrinkrap (also got in with Animal Bio major)</p>