<p>The new admission statistics for fall 2012 have been released on the University of California website. UCI's admission rate for fall 2012 has dropped to 36.3%, which is lower than UCSD's admission rate. Why has there been such a dramatic decrease in the admission rate? Here are the stats:</p>
<p>another chart to look at percentage changes and such:</p>
<p>congrats to those admitted to uci this year.</p>
<p>The total admittance rate is 36.3, while San Diego has a 37.7 acceptance rate. However, the out of state and international rates are much higher at SD, while SD has a instate rate of 32.1, while Irvine has instate rate of 33.6, so for the majority of applicants it seems that Irvine has reached SD’s level of selectivity, not surpassed it. It seems SD took a larger amount of oos than Irvine, for money reasons I assume. Based on the data it seems Irvine has reached SD level.</p>
<p>I would say that, on average, UCI’s selectivity has surpassed UCSD’s, just looking at the raw numbers. Note, that this is the overall statistic, which does matter, regardless of whether the student comes from within or without the state. Again, on average, UCI has accepted less students this year than UCSD has, which is a first in UC history.</p>
<p>However, I would venture out to suggest that the lower acceptance rate is most likely driven by the budget cuts (UCSD receive more funds than does UCI and therefore can accept more students). This is simply one line of speculation or reasoning.</p>
<p>Beyond numbers… I got rejected from Irvine but accepted to SD. But money is probably why.</p>
<p>Yes, in your case, the funding may have had some influence.</p>
<p>On another note, I’ve heard of strange cases of some students being rejected from Irvine & SD and being accepted by LA & Berkeley. The admissions process is a mixed bag, which is why I always advise younger students to apply to more colleges (as my mistake was applying only to the UC’s) to control for the arbitrary decisions of admissions officers. The more colleges you apply to (especially private/ivy-league schools, out-of-state schools like UVA, liberal arts colleges, and even out-of-country colleges like UBC or Toronto) the greater the chances of you getting into more colleges and having more options. It is simple statistics. I’ll definitely widen my scope in my search of graduate programs.</p>
<p>I also heard that UCI admitted too many students during previous years… could also be a reason why they accepted less students this year.</p>
<p>What about the international student admitted rate?</p>
<p>UCI is an exceptional school. The chancellor is aiming to make UCI a premier first choice institution. The school has became more and more selective over the years, which means weeding out the average applicants and selecting the exceptional applicants. I bet it will become even more selective within the coming years, even reaching the level of UCLA and Berkeley. I personally know 5 students who receive their undergraduate degree at an Ivy League, and now studying their graduate degree at UCI. I also heard a rumor that UCI is aiming to hire more Nobel Laureates to its school. When I am out of state, and even out of the country, when I mention that I graduated from UCI majoring in electrical engineering, most people are pleasantly surprised. I originally got accepted to UCLA and also UCBerkeley, and years ago I was blinded by ego. Thankfully UCI offered me a full ride, and I went for it. I am hearing more and more people selecting UCI over the other two because either it was close to where they lived, or that they were offered a great financial package.</p>
<p>The part not mentioned here is that this seriously bit them in the ass this year, because they are seriously under enrolled for freshman, and are now trying desperately to fill those spots from the waitlist and appeals. Everyone’s getting in off the waitlist and appeals, and they’re still accepting appeals even though the deadline is long past.</p>
<p>How do you even if it’s past the deadline? (April 15)
On their appeal website, it says “Incomplete, late, e-mailed, faxed or appeals not written by the applicant themselves will not be considered.”
I’m asking for my friend who desperately wants to go to Irvine.</p>
<p>How do the acceptance percentages come out before they’re even done accepting off their waitlist and appeals? Everyone who was on the waitlist and many appeals have gotten in. Seems like UCI was just padding their stats and now it’s really hurting them. They are scrambling to fill their class after being too selective in their initial admission process.</p>
<p>It does say that, but as according to Mssun’s website, they ARE still accepting appeals- they really should update the website to show that if they WANT anyone to though, lol. I’m going to call them in the morning with a few questions though so I’ll verify that tomorrow. </p>
<p>And Ryboy1- Acceptance percentages are always just based on those accepted initially, every school does it that way. The reason they were this selective is that in the past few years they’ve over enrolled, and they didn’t have the space for all those students. But now they accepted students who, alot of them also got into- say, UCLA or CAL, and most of them chose those options. I get WHY they became so selective though- UCSC, for instance, accepted 1000 too MANY freshmen this year and therefor will probably become a LOT more selective next year. It’s just kinda the nature of it all o:</p>