<p>Thanks for the reply pirateslife, so it is very possible that we can apply more than once! Besides, what did UCLA do with her excessive units? 120 semester units is too many already and you said they took her best units? What does that mean taking her BEST units? Are you saying that the 60 units with the highest grades?</p>
<p>Kevin maybe we should send out the Gabe signal.</p>
<p>I thought the ranking of always being right went:</p>
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<li>Pirateslife</li>
<li>Gabe</li>
<li>noone</li>
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<p>Look, I don't care what Gabe or anyone says. I'm telling you I have applied twice. It is possible, I have done it.</p>
<p>lol wow you guys got rankings here! i'm sorry if i offended you pirateslife, didnt really mean to. but i think your theory about if we dont go to a specific cc then we have "no chance in hell" of being admitted to UCLA is a little faulty... hope that clarified my point.</p>
<p>LOL @ WillDO's comment!!!</p>
<p>My beautiful thread! My clean, simple stats thread! Ah, such is CC.</p>
<p>No offense taken. The "specific CC" thing as I said before was a declaration made by a professor I once had. The fact that UCLA accepts students from SMC at far higher rate seems to attest to that.</p>
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<p>You are wrong, my friend.</p>
<p>Sorry Muir, I just like to drop by from time to time and read posts from people experiencing the same anxiety as I am. This time I only applied to UCLA. If I don't get in this time, I am totally screwed.</p>
<p>hey hey.. don't start another debate like:
CCC vs CCC ... </p>
<p>Just look for the statistics like from UCLA, and that should tell you the truth. There is no need to say SMC is better than this or that or this X college is better than that Y college or this Y college is better than Z college or whatever college.</p>
<p>Haha, I'm not really upset. The debate is interesting.</p>
<p>600 and something SMC students transferred to UCLA last year. Show me a school with more admits. I understand that SMC had a lot more applicants, but that doesn't mean that all those other applicants were qualified enough. Most probably had gpas in the 3.2-3.3 range, and hadn't completed all their pre-reqs.</p>
<p>If so, I'll just randomly say that my community college is the best among all... hahhaahahahahah anyways, I don't wanna participate in this debate but i just wanna say I like my own community college where i'm studying at. </p>
<p>So, have fun debating guys, i'll have to see which person wins and which college is the best but i have to study for my midterms tomorrow...so see you all!</p>
<p>Pirateslife, everytime I see your sn I think of Russell the Pirate - YARRR!!!!!</p>
<p>Oh come on, this is a weak debate topic. Not even worth arguing.
By the way WillDo, I prefer: BWAHAHAHAARRRRRR!</p>
<p>watch "get whale soon" Yarr!</p>
<p>Sure is. If you wanna introduce the term "chances" in the debate, which refers to %. The answer is easy. It is best to attend Yuba Coll, since the chances are u will accepted are 55.56% compared to SMC's 46%.</p>
<p>Quite simple really.</p>
<p>The fact that SMC had more applicants is the key, pirate... look, if you have more applicants, then you have more of a chance that a percentage of those applicants will be qualified, and u'll have a different chance that others will not be qualified. The percentages end up evening out... SMC has like a 46% transfer rate while other colleges with a recognizable applicant pool to UCLA have similar rates plus or minus two percent. It is all in the size of the applicant pool. The only advantage that you can SMC is that they do a good job keeping their percentages up so high with so many applicants, because you get a more accurate statistical reading with a larger data pool. For this reason, SMC should be commended for being able to transfer 46% of their 14000 students to UCLA. That's not to say though, that students from ElCo or OCC have a less chance. They have the same chance as students from SMC...approx 46%. The fact that SMC has so many students transfering only makes SMC look better, but it doesn't hurt other students' chances from other CCCs.</p>
<p>Your right it does have to do with size of the applicant pool. I am not disputing that. My point of contention is that with huge applicant pools you are going to have huge numbers of semi-qualified applicants as well. Look, it is well known that SMC and UCLA are in bed together.
And yes, I am aware that SMC often uses these somewhat misleading statistics as a way to advertise and draw in students from all over the world. But there is definite validity to their claim. The numbers tell at least two different stories.</p>