UCI - Acceptance rate lower than UCD and now lower than UCSB

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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<p>In its relatively short history as one of the UC's newer schools, recently released admission statistics shows that UCI now has an admit rate of 49% which makes it the 4th most competitive UC school.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2008/fall_2008_admissions_table_5.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2008/fall_2008_admissions_table_5.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>As an example, look at the comparison between UCI and UCSB in 3 short years:</p>

<pre><code> 2008 2005
</code></pre>

<p>UCI 49.0% 61.0%
UCSB 49.7% 53.5%</p>

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<p>UCI sure knows what it has to do to climb up the USNWR rankings</p>

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<p>i thought that UCLA had 55k applicants?!?!?! for 2008 </p>

<p>Its good to see that irvine will move up on the ranks !</p>

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<p>Acceptance rate is only one of many areas that make a school competitive. </p>

<p>by GPA
UCB
UCLA
UCSD
UCD=UCSB=UCI
UCSC
UCR
UCM</p>

<p>by A-G courses (number taken)
UCB
UCLA
UCSD=UCD
UCI
UCSB=UCSC
UCR
UCM</p>

<p>by SAT scores (combined)
UCB
UCLA
UCSD
UCD
UCSB
UCI
UCSC
UCR
UCM</p>

<p>By ELC admitted
UCB
UCLA
UCSD
UCD
UCSB
UCI
UCR
UCSC
UCM</p>

<p>Low HS API
UCM
UCR
UCSB
UCLA=UCD
UCB=UCSD
UCSC
UCI (lowest % of all UC's)</p>

<p>Add to this endowment, $ spent on research, grants, awards etc.</p>

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<p>what is low hs api?</p>

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<p>im pretty sure API relates to school's star testing scores</p>

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<p>so it means uci gets kids from worse or better schools?</p>

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<p>Schools get a higher ranking for taking students from a broader range of socio-economic backgrounds. UCI needs to improve in this area.</p>

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<p>This seems really arbitrary. As long as your application fits the criteria of UCI and it is in the upper half, then you are pretty much accepted. I'm pretty sure schools don't really take into account where they accept although they give benefits to those high schools in the lowest percentile.</p>

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<p>Collegemom, why does UCI need to improve in taking students from crappy schools?</p>

<p>I came from a highly competitive school (top 40 in nation) and I feel that it was a disadvantage to be from that kind of school because it would be harder to get good grades. Students that go to a more competitive school should benefit for overcoming MORE competition than if they went to some mediocre high school.</p>

<p>To get good grades at a crappy school is not a difficult feat. Admissions should be judged purely on the merit of a student rather than race and economic status. Giving an advantage to students that go to bad schools is on the level of affirmative action; it has no place in this merit-based admission system.</p>

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<p>totally agreed with Shoefactory=]</p>

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<p>I wish that what ShoeFactory said was entirely true. Realistically, however, we can never expect such a fair system to come into effect. There are way too many people in academia who assert that a diverse student body is far more valuable than an extremely intelligent and motivated one. I really don't see what diversity has to do with making a school better academic-wise.</p>

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<p>Collegemom I have no idea where you got that data from...if you can even call that data.</p>

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<p>That data came from University of California Office of President.</p>

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<p>Where's the link?</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2008/freshman_admit_profile_2008.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2008/freshman_admit_profile_2008.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Theres the data. Anyway, you can see that in terms of SAT scores and ELC UCI is placed 4th, just like how its 4th for acceptance rates. Everywhere else its pretty much tied with UCD and UCSB, and it does have the lowest acceptance rate of low API scores, but that could be considered a good thing.</p>

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<p>"To get good grades at a crappy school is not a difficult feat."</p>

<p>Try it sometime and get back to me on that....There is a reason that this is weighted heavily.</p>

<p>I don't make the criteria I'm just telling you what it is. ;)</p>

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<p>by SAT scores (combined) UCI is ranked 6th not 4th.
UCB
UCLA
UCSD
UCD
UCSB
UCI
UCSC
UCR
UCM</p>

<p>It is not tied for number of A-G courses either.
by A-G courses (number taken)
UCB
UCLA
UCSD=UCD
UCI
UCSB=UCSC
UCR
UCM</p>

<p>UCI is last for low API and 6th for ELC. How exactly is it a good thing to lock out underprivileged students from attending a UC and having a chance at a future? Try growing up poor without tutors, money for EC's and for many students, food on the table. Try having substandard teachers, being in an unmotivated environment and not having enough books to go around. Try attending a school where there are little or no AP's and tell me how that works for you.</p>

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<p>thank you collegemom, i was waiting for some1 to point that out</p>

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<p>"To get good grades at a crappy school is not a difficult feat."</p>

<p>I meant difficult in comparison. Inherently, to be better than worse students is easier than being better than better students at a school that is more competitive. I have friends that got straight A's in high school but now are struggling in college although they work hard. I went to a very competitive high school, and everyone says college is definitely easier than high school. That is the difference between bad schools and good schools.</p>

<p>I know you didn't give me the criteria. But you argued that UCI needs to improve it, implying that you believe diversity makes a school academically more competent. Don't give me that crap about you just presenting the facts.</p>