<p>I was recently rejected from UCSB, which hurts considerably because it was my number one school. I had received an invitation for the Chancellor's Reception in Chicago, which from what I hear is the only reception where they didn't tell everyone they were accepted at the program. I am very disappointed and feel somewhat mislead, because the letter said I was a "Top Applicant" and they wanted to "recognize me for my academic achievements". In the future UCSB should change the wording of this message if they send it to students who are about to be rejected.</p>
<p>I feel the same way. I was waitlisted and attented the Chicago reception and I was very hopeful and really thought I had a chance. I think Chicago was the only one where they didn’t tell us of admission decisions right away. In the future, receptions should only be for those who are admitted. I also received emails about meeting my admissions counselors and thought I had a high chance. I agree that the invite was misleading.</p>
<p>Wow, are you serious?! That’s pretty messed up. They definitely need to fix that. Inviting you to an event while telling you that you are a “top applicant” is definitely misleading. So sorry that this happened to both of you! :(</p>
<p>What did they tell you at these receptions/ when did they occur? It seems like a huge waste of time for them to set these up, just to invite students who they weren’t for sure going to accept. I am sorry guys.</p>
<p>Thanks you guys. Uh I’m soo upset I was rejected at ucsd too. They were mainly trying to sell us on the school and told us all the great majors and showed us a video. Thats what I’m thinking!! I feel like the reception was a waste of time, for them and me. I don’t understand why go through all that and yet tell the other applicants that they got in.</p>
<p>The Chicago reception occurred at march 2</p>
<p>That’s just wrong and cruel.</p>
<p>Chicago People : why not contact your local TV station and ask them to make a puss about this whole ordeal. !!! UCSB is so corrupted…They have no right to treat young people that way…</p>
<p>Very intentional calculated,unethical behavior from such a fine institution like UCSB… So disgusting…</p>
<p>The whole process was misleading and just setting my hopes up. I received emails about meeting my admission counselor which only a few received and I thought that boosted my chances. I still don’t understand why they would send out invites for people they were going to reject anyways. I honestly don’t think its fair to single out a city like that and I’m not sure if I would even appeal. Ive lost all hope for even being considered to being waitlisted for Ucla on Friday. Oh well.</p>
<p>The way they handle this matter just like a sale man. Trying to woo out of state students by showing them sunny sandy beach in the middle of winter to PR for their school and then dropped them with rejection and waitlist emails after telling them they were top applicants at UCSB…It is totally stupid… goshhh… I will never step my foot on this campus ever…</p>
<p>@sariwa I am so sorry. Maybe write a letter of appeal?</p>
<p>They need to address this…it is a cruel thing to do. It seems that the same invitation gets mailed regardless of location. S received an invitation to the San Jose event and the wording of the invite would lead any normal applicant to take it as very good news. My guess is that for location outside of CA. there are a smaller number of applicants and UCSB invites most/all in order to fill the room. </p>
<p>If this was your first choice, it would be worth an appeal.</p>
<p>i am sorry for this. as others said, this is just wrong. i would write a complain letter to the school to vent my frustration. i don’t think this should be used as the reason for appeal though.</p>
<p>I understand that you’re upset and that you got your hope up, however to state that the institution intentionally hurt you and to propose attempts to have to school reprimanded is a bit extreme. It was clear that invitation to the reception did not mean admission, and according to what others have posted in the reception thread they explicitly told you this at the Chicago reception. It’s not the schools fault you got your hopes up, I’m sure some people who attended were accepted and found the presentation beneficial.</p>
<p>CaliforniaRooted, I understand your point, however I do not feel that UCSB intentionally hurt me and I also knew that being denied was a possibility after attending the Chicago reception. I do not have a problem with a reception, and think that is a great thing for admitted students. The problem I have is that the letter said I was one of the top applicants in the region, only to be rejected. An easy fix to this problem would be to only send this letter to admitted students, and in other threads people have said that they send it to only the top 10% of applicants. Like dietz199 said, I suspect this is only a problem in the Chicago area as other receptions were only for admitted students.</p>
<p>That is really strange. I attended the San Jose reception and they told everyone on the spot that we were accepted once we were in the room. Did they not tell you that during yours? I was under the impression that the receptions were the same across the board… It’d be really weird if that location was the only one that didn’t guarantee admission. Nonetheless that really does suck. I don’t know what to say… I’m sorry. 
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Maybe because they issued the invites before they made the decision?</p>
<p>Here is the wording on their FAQ…to me it’s a “wink wink” don’t worry you will be accepted type of statement. It’s just not right. </p>
<p>Does this mean I have been admitted? Who was invited to the reception? Your invitation does not indicate that you have been admitted. However, invitations were only sent to our highest achieving applicants in select regions.</p>
<p>I am sorry for those who feel misled, but I do not think UCSB misled anyone. Part of the issue is these threads and trying to read something into the invite…is this a likely letter? Now it makes sense that top applicants in CA get accepted, but they cannot accept top applicants from all over (this is a CA public school). UCSB clearly told people in the chicago area that the invitation did not mean admission, they told those in attendance that some would be accepted and some would be denied . Now remember this is a california public school and only a small percentage of oos and international students get accepted. If it were a private school, then I think your feelings would be justified. Now it is time to move on and remember there are many great schools. I live in CA and there were a number of great students denied or wait listed at UCSB. Based on the stats posted from those waitlisted/denied I need to tell you that many of the kids denied from CA (at our school) had better stats and were still denied. Hope it works out well for all those denied/waitlisted.</p>