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<p>If I understand that correctly, that means acceptance rate for freshman is only 4800/35000 this year (13.7%)??</p>

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Subject: UC Davis News: Applications up 6 percent</p>

<p>University of California, Davis
January 24, 2007</p>

<p>UNDERGRADUATE APPLICATIONS UP 6 PERCENT</p>

<p>More than 42,300 high school seniors, prospective transfer students
and others applied to study at the University of California, Davis,
for fall 2007 – a 5.9 percent increase over fall 2006.</p>

<p>A total of 42,311 students applied to UC Davis, compared with 39,936
applicants for fall 2006. There are 35,088 applicants for freshman
status this fall, a 7.6 percent increase from last year’s 32,611 and
the largest percentage gain in freshman applications among UC’s
undergraduate campuses.</p>

<p>A total of 7,223 applicants are seeking to transfer from another
college or university, for a 1.4 percent decrease from last fall’s
7,325.</p>

<p>Applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups rose to about
19 percent among both domestic freshman applicants and domestic
transfer students. Last year, they accounted for about 17 percent in
each applicant group.</p>

<p>“We’re encouraged by the increased diversity of our freshman and
transfer applicant pools,” said Pamela Burnett, director of
Undergraduate Admissions at UC Davis.</p>

<p>For fall 2007, UC Davis is aiming to enroll about 4,800 new freshmen
directly from high school and about 1,800 new transfer students.</p>

<p>Systemwide, UC applications are up 3.9 percent overall, from 106,784
for fall 2006 to 110,994 for fall 2007. A total of 87,213 students
applied for freshman status, for a 5.3 percent increase over last
year’s 82,841. Among transfer applicants, there was a 0.7 decrease,
from 23,943 last year to 23,781.</p>

<p>Freshman applicants by ethnicity</p>

<p>A total of 32,901 California high school students applied for
freshman status at UC Davis in 2007, compared with 30,650 for fall
2006. Those from traditionally underrepresented groups – African
American, American Indian and Chicano/Latino – increased 16 percent.
For fall 2007, they account for 19 percent, or 6,270, of all
California high school applicants, compared with 17.6 percent for
students who applied to study at UC Davis for fall 2006.</p>

<p>All ethnic groups experienced increases this year: African American,
from 1,141 last year to 1,242 this year, or 8.9 percent; American
Indian, from 201 last year to 217 this year, or 8 percent; Asian
American, from 10,972 to 11,239, or 2.4 percent; Chicano/Latino, from
4,062 to 4,811, or 18.4 percent; Filipino American, from 1,293 to
1,476, or 14.2 percent; and White/other, from 11,438 to 12,371, or
8.2 percent.</p>

<p>Students for whom an ethnicity is missing increased negligibly, from
1,543 to 1,545, or 0.1 percent.</p>

<p>Transfer applicants</p>

<p>A total of 5,691 domestic applicants are seeking to transfer from a
California community college this year, compared with 5,873 last
year. Those from traditionally underrepresented groups account for
19.1 percent of the domestic applicants, compared with 17.6 percent
last year.</p>

<p>Those groups with increases this year include: African American, from
213 last year to 222 this year, or 4.2 percent; Chicano/Latino, from
760 to 816, or 7.4 percent; and Filipino American, from 198 to 212,
or 7.1 percent.</p>

<p>The following groups experienced decreases: American Indian, from 61
last year to 53 this year, or 13.1 percent; Asian American, from
1,914 to 1,797, or 6.1 percent; and White/other, from 2,309 to 2,223,
or 3.7 percent.</p>

<p>Students for whom an ethnicity is missing also decreased from 418 to
365, or 12 percent.</p>

<p>Offers of admission</p>

<p>Applicants will be notified of admission decisions beginning in
mid-March.</p>

<p>Burnett encourages applicants to beat the rush by creating their
MyAdmissions account now so they can easily check the status of their
application online at <a href=“http://myadmissions.ucdavis.edu”>http://myadmissions.ucdavis.edu</a>.</p>

<p>UC Davis applications generally reflect trends in UC systemwide data.
Statistics for the system are available at
<a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/news/studstaff.html”>http://www.ucop.edu/news/studstaff.html</a>.</p>

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<p>You are mixing up acceptance rate with admission rate. Many more students are accepted than are actually admitted. See response in UCD thread.</p>

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<p>You do not understand it correctly.</p>

<p>Schools admit more applicants than there are spaces, because not all of them will matriculate.</p>

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<p>actually i asked my counselor about this. btw. she used to be on the board of admissions for uc. and she contacted UCD about the increase, they said that the increase in the number of applicants hasn't dramatically increased. But for UCLA it has.</p>

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<p>i'll say... and last year was crazy enough... basically all the freshman (such as me) are in triples this year.
if there's a bazillion new freshman and i'm a SOPHOMORE in a triple next year...
<em>sigh</em></p>

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<p>Although we are not expecting to admit as many as last year, 68% for Fall 2006, we still expect to admit at least 50% for Fall 2007.</p>

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<ul>
<li>heart skips a beat* 50%....ugh</li>
</ul>

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<p>i know exactly how you feel
uc davis is my dream school but i wont get in because im an average student from out of state
still, it cant hurt to try</p>

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<p>why are the admits going to drop?
Is this a UC system wide thing?</p>