<p>I was notified in late February that I was selected as a Regents candidate at UC Berkeley. I went in for my interview, etc. However, I did not receive Regents for UC Davis or UC Santa Barbara. I’m not complaining, I just don’t understand the process. If I am in the top 1-2% of Berkeley applicants, how am I not in the top 5% of applicants at Davis and Santa Barbara? Am I missing something? Has this (or similar) happened to anyone else?</p>
<p>It happens because their decision processes weigh things differently. I know UCSB weights half by academics (no matter how high,that is all it will count) and half by other factors. Davis’s process I am not as familiar with but people say it is most like UCLAs whatever that means. The point is, there are so many top applicants that all of the schools outright turn some down, and while there is a statistical trend of higher test scores or grades at one campus over another, there isn’t a certainty as to any specific student.</p>