Please comment on draft application list

[ucbalumnus]

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@fogcity

Because she’s a California resident in the top 1% at her high school she’s assured of getting into at least one of the UCs, possibly Santa Barbara, and most certainly Riverside. In other words the UCs can be the safety. My sense is that even one of the lower UCs is as good as the two safeties on her list.

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<p>While she likely has ELC (which depends on her UC admissions GPA being in the top 9% compared to previous high school classes), that likely means that if she is not admitted to any UC she explicitly applies to, she will likely get admitted to UC Merced. If she wants to use the UC system as her safety, she should explicitly apply to all UCs that she prefers over UC Merced.</p>