I got to say that today is a very interesting day to me!
Coming back from school, I got an email from UC Davis that invited me to apply to be on the wait list. I was really disappointed for not getting accepted. It just bothered me that I wasn’t accepted to UCD. It was not so much that I love UCD, but if I can’t even get in UCD, I definitely can’t get into a elite school.
But then, there was the surprise. I got in to Caltech!!!
Still don’t really get why this happened, but I am beyond happy!!!
congrats on Cal Tech!
Female STEM student?
@aunt bea Yes!
Wow! Congrats MsSunday! Can I ask your stats?
SAT: 2230
SAT II: Math II 800, Physics 790, Biology 770
AP: 5’s on Biology, Physics, Environmental Science, Psychology;
4’s on US History and American Literature
GPA: 3.89 UW, and 4.2 (?) W
Very nice. Thanks for posting. Congrats again!
@MsSunday: son is at Caltech; he didn’t get into Berkeley but got into Caltech when no one at his school or district got in. They are admitting more female students with high stats and STEM majors.
Its not just caltech doing it. Every private school is doing it. Not that there is anything wrong with it 
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
(and forget about UCD)
Congratulations. You got into Caltech based on your merit.
Congratulations. Maybe UCD sensed that you weren’t seriously interested in enrolling based on your essays. That’s my only guess.
It seems like this is yield protection on UCD’s part (assuming that you had average to excellent essays). Congratz on CalTech!
Admissions are holistic and subjective, so that means some schools will like you better than others. Congrats–Caltech rules!
Actually, the UCs have some specific financial circumstances this year, @yikesyikesyikes and @marvin100. It seems that the state of California doesn’t have money to educate its own high school seniors. So there is a finite number of spots for in-state students. See comment 21 on the thread called How Did I Get Waitlisted at Davis? I’ll try to link it:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/18206199/#Comment_18206199
@Picapole - interesting, are the finances so drastic that a CalTech admit cannot get into Davis? What does this mean for OOS applicants?
CONGRATULATIONS for CalTech!!! it’s one of the best engineering schools in the world, so who cares about UCD? Their loss
I’m not an expert on this, @yikesyikesyikes . I just connected the dots between the two threads! We did read a little more about this on other news websites once we came across the story. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out and how many get offers off the waitlist in the end.
So as an OOS I should have applied to UC B or UCLA? Too late
So people that were rejected from Northeastern with 33s can go to UCLA instead?
@saphireny not necessarily