<p>This one truly does not make sense - those two UCs are generally considered to be at the same level by everyone else… it almost seems the parents are shooting down the son’s preferences arbitrarily.</p>
<p>It seems like they’re not really familiar with the UC system. They also say that they doubt their son can get into UC Irvine, but are considering UCSB and UC Davis, which is strange when all 3 schools have nearly identical admitted student statistics.</p>