@flurryhear no I never emailed Uci counselors and sadly got rejected. I was talking about SDSU!!
Itās so sad. I had a friend that had a 1310 and 4.2 and got rejected for social work at sdsu. Iām not saying you donāt deserve it bc you do but they system is a joke!
@clof2024 I really hope they donāt hold those scholarship questions for or against a student for admission. My daughter did answer them and they were very long. Took her a few days to throughly complete them right in the middle of honors applications for other schools. Also not all of them applied to each student. They wanted you to skip the question entirely if it didnt apply to you. So I hope they wouldnt hold that against a student.
No I completely agree and understand why thatās upsetting! Was she in state? I personally really donāt like the uc system or any of the ca state systems because of how they pick their applicants
Yes she was on state! She also got rejected to all the ucs, all my friends didnāt get into a single uc. Even kids with 4.3s and 1480s.
@clof2024: Not completing the scholarship forms would have no effect on the UCI admission decison. The financial aid office and admission are separate. Also UCI does not consider an applicants level of interest according to the common dataset.
The issue that every poster that did not get a favorable decision seems to forget is that there is a huge competition for a small amount of spots available at the UCās.
8 out of the 10 most applied colleges in the US are found in California and 6 of those are UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UCB, UCSB and UCD in that order.
California has a large population of high achieving students that are applying to the UCās and the UCās are just unable to accept that all of these great students.
Look at the numbers: https://www.ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/_files/factsheets/2020/table-1.1-freshman-applications-by-campus-and-residency.pdf
Many years ago, the UCās had a limit of 3 UC schools in which you could apply and you would rank them. Perhaps the UC system needs to go back and rethink their strategy but I can pretty much guarantee that there would be a lot of push back from students and parents on limiting their access to all the schools.
As a California parent, I feel lucky that we Californians have a great choice of excellent schools within our state. With 9 UCās, 23 Cal States, 134 Private Universites and over 100 community colleges there is a school for everyone it is just the majority of students are focused on only a few.
Every applicant should be proud of their hard work and it may not seem like it now, every student will bloom where planted. Take advantage of all the opportunities that are available and you all will succeed.
@gumbymom i agree we are lucky, however, We as Californians pay taxes that go into these schools, just to have a disadvantage as an in state applicant. Additionally- i have family who worked in the uc system that said they were accepting more out of state because of the money. It would make sense if there were 100 point discrepancies between rejected and accepted applicants but someone have a 36 being rejected while someone having a 1040 being accepted. Thatās a joke.
Additionally UCI had the worst communication with releasing decisions. They take about 7 million dollars in application fees for what?
Rejected and absolutely ridiculous
California native and resident
Biology
4.0 GPA
4.6 wGPA
1390 SAT
Eagle Scout
Varsity Baseball
I got into other schools, but I had received a letter earlier in the year that I was guaranteed admission to a UC school as I was in the top 10% of California students. I wasnāt likely to attend UCI, but it is still kind of annoying since my stats should have been enough.
@Gumbymom: Thanks for your detailed response. It gave me clarity on the issue that UCI is not looking at ādemonstrated interestā and would not consider my son not filling out the scholarship application as a lack of interest in the school.
My son has a 4.5 gpa (11 AP) and 32 act (2 sport varsity athlete and runs his schools freshman mentor tutoring program) and did not get in to a single UC (UCSB, UCI, UCLA, or Davis) He was waitlisted at SLO and UCSD and he applied for business and not even STEM. It is heartbreaking to us knowing how hard he worked.
@nervoussenior111: The UCās have a cap on OOS and International students that are admitted. The majority of applicants are still in-state.
2019 admission stats (unduplicated counts)
Total UC Applicants: 176,716
Total UC Admits: 107,608
of California resident admits: 72,253
of OOS/International admits: 34,415
However, the enrolled numbers are very different for in-state vs. OOS/International. You reduce the # OOS/International enrolled students, then you are probably looking at an increase in tuition to make up the difference. Another issue which I am sure most California tax payers and college students do not want to happen.
Total # of UC enrolled students: 45,943
of California residents enrolled: 36,819
of OOS/International enrolled: 9124
Approximately 20% OOS/International vs. 80% in-state.
I cannot address how each campus handles their decisions and I do sympathize with all applicants since my sonās went through the same process. Why some UCās are able to post decisions all the same day while others roll them out over weeks?
If enough people feel so strongly about these issues, why not send a email to the UC regents and voice your opinions. I have no stake in this game anymore since my sonās, numerous friends and relatives have now completed their college admission process, but future applicants might benefit from your efforts.
I really do not what to tell you since I do not work in admissions, I was asked as a volunteer to maintain the UC forum on CC and try to help posters with any knowledge that I have been able to obtain over these 7 years.
The number of admits is lower, but, the number of applicants to begin with it lower, Ive seen percentages that show they have a higher acceptance rate.
is an appeal worth the shot?
Hi, I applied for Business Admin but was accepted as Undeclared.
I am out of state from Illinois.
My school only uses weighted GPA which was a 4.05. I mostly got Aās but definitely got some Bās. I also took like 5 AP courses.
My ACT Superscore was a 29 but regular was 28.
I was involved in many ECs (Tennis team, orchestra, council, link crew, volunteering, etc.) and I think my essays really helped!
Hi, I applied for Business Admin but was accepted as Undeclared.
I am out of state from Illinois.
My school only uses weighted GPA which was a 4.05. I mostly got Aās but definitely got some Bās. I also took like 5 AP courses.
My ACT Superscore was a 29 but regular was 28.
I was involved in many ECs (Tennis team, orchestra, council, link crew, volunteering, etc.) and I think my essays really helped!
Son was rejected, not even waitlisted. He spent several days writing essays for the UCI scholarship invite back in January. So this came as a shock.
Accepted by UCSD, UCSB, UCD, UCSC, UCR, SLO, SDSU (Honors College), and several out of state schools with scholarships. So he has ample choices, but still very disappointed since UCI was on top of his list.
His stats:
GPA: 3.93 UW/4.21 UC capped/4.48 uncapped
SAT: 1470; Math II 800, Physics 800
12 APs and 2 college advanced math courses
Extensive extracurricular, including athletics, community service, and research internship related to major. Significant leadership experience.
My son got rejected. CS/ Business major.
Stats:
GPA: 4.46 ( weighted); 3.86 (UW)
SAT: 1470
42 college credits including calc and c++ from Junior college ( dual enrollment)
Choir, taekwondo black belt, vulonteering
Got admitted to PURDUE, Northeastern, Villanova, and others OOS
Only UCD for CS. UCSD waitlist for data science.
We DO pay taxes and support UC. It is just so unfair. His first choice was Purdue anyway as it is in top 10 schools in the country for CS. But I would have loved for him to be closer to home.
Rejected. Computer Science. In state.
SAT a bit low for some of the Ivy colleges I applied to, though figured Iād still have a chance with them based on ECās, including my computer science internship, showing I had leadership qualities, but also thrive in collaboration with others (OCAD Team); STEM oriented but also decent in LANG taking all APās even though itās not my strongest subject; giving back to community, tutoring, music oriented and wanted to continue playing in college, etc.
Never thought I would be denied from UCI, out of the UCās, this was my top choice (knowing that UCB and UCLA would be hard to get into) so this is really depressing.
SAT: 1460; Math II 790, Physics 750; Essay 20
GPA: UW 3.8; W 4.5; UC 4.1
10 honors
17 APās (4ās and 5ās)
4 IBās, computer science and math
College and High school courses during summer to allow for more AP classes.
ECās. Marching Band/Adv. Band 4 years, 3 years as sectional leader.
Math tutoring after school every week
Vice President National Honor Society.
Academic Decathlon (3 years), Superquiz (2nd place) numerous medals including top 10 overall scholarship, invited to state.
Computer Science Internship teaching coding
About 50 hours community service
Accepted for CS: UCM, UCR (Honors) UCSC
Wait listed for CS: UCSD
Denied for CS: UCSB, UCI, UCLA, Harvey Mudd, MIT
Waiting for CS: UCB, Harvard
For all those with higher SATās and still got rejected, I feel for you. Who would of thought my stats, ECās, work and effort wouldnāt be good enough for UCI? Getting in with a Computer Science Major is crazy hard!
My daughter got an email last night around 6pm saying her portal had been updated but when she logged in there was no change. Has anyone else experienced this?