Valedictorian rejected, 20-30 others accepted?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Davis
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<p>This pretty much sums it up; I, as well as several other well qualified students were denied admission while other people who had inferior stats across the board were accepted. I just don’t get it and it really frustrates me. I thought that college decisions should be based on merit…</p>

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<p>“inferior”… see, maybe that’s why Davis decided to refuse admission…
just kidding. Partially. But Davis looks to balance their community, just like the other colleges and universities.</p>

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<p>They generally want a well-rounded person, not just someone with a high GPA. In fact, someone with a 3.0 GPA has as much right to get into UCD as someone with a 4.0 GPA. It also depends on your major–UC Davis admits by major, and if both your 1st and 2nd major are highly impacted, there’s a higher chance you may not get in, whereas someone majoring in a non-impacted major is more likely to get in, as long as their GPA is above the minimum GPA requirement. </p>

<p>And of course, for transfer students, the overall average GPA of those who were accepted is generally much lower than the freshmen’s overall average GPA.</p>

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<p>something similar happened to me as well i got into ucd while the president of the robotics club who has the same gpa and is involved in a bunch of other activities got waitlisted</p>

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<p>That is really bad. I also have very excellent stats but still got rejected from UCSD and waitlisted from UC Davis… :(:(:(:(:(:(</p>

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<p>The admissions process is really unpredictable. Even when applying to your local state school, you can’t completely expect anything. From your language, I figure that you have no interest in UC Davis anyways. I’m sure you’ll enjoy your time someplace that is “better” for you anyways.</p>

<p>Best of luck.</p>

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<p>UC’s are primarily stats based schools. How can a valedictorian not get in to UC Davis? What were their stats?</p>

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<p>the valedictorian didn’t get in??? The only reason could be that they knew that he/she would end up going somewhere better so didn’t bother admitting them…</p>

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<p>Didn’t you get admitted ELC?</p>