<p>I found out today that I was denied admission to the University of Oregon. I was caught off guard, as I felt I had a good chance at admission. I have a 3.47 GPA, a 27 ACT, and I come from a good school. I felt my essays were good and my application was fine. Im out of state as well. Was I wrong to assume admission?</p>
<p>Unless a college or university posts the grades & exam scores that flat-out guarantee admission on its website, and you meet or exceed those minimums, there is no guarantee that you will be admitted. There is a difference between guaranteed admission, and “a good chance”.</p>
<p>I have to say I find this very surprising. But college admissions are such a crapshoot these days. Maybe email the admissions office and inquire about the rejection.</p>
<p>With an acceptance rate of 79% and your ACT being at the high end of the middle 50% I can see why you assumed.
But your GPA is just average. Did you take AP courses and honors courses? I noticed that their Common Data Set states that GPA and rigor of curriculum are considered “VERY” important but test scores are just “important”. Essay and the rest are only “considered”.
Talk to your guidance counselor, she may know or be able to find out by calling them.</p>
<p>Did you apply for financial aid? Sometimes, when it comes to out of state admissions, if a student is not at the very, very top of the pack and the student needs aid, the application may be rejected because the school is not going to give the aid anyway.</p>
<p>I am quite surprised. But as others said, college admissions become more unpredictable every year. </p>
<p>I would call the adcom office and ask why, or appeal.</p>
<p>Did you apply for the WUE program? If you did, then that might be why. At many schools it is much more competitive to be accepted as a WUE student than through regular out of state admission</p>
<p>I didn’t apply for the WUE program and had not applied for financial aid yet. I think I call the admissions office today.</p>
<p>Some popular state flagships have higher admissions standards for OOS students.</p>
<p>Also, is that your GPA for all of your classes? If so, then maybe O recalculates and takes out electives and such and your GPA was lower?</p>
<p>At many flagships, a 3.4 GPA is low. Many flagships are boasting that 50% of their frosh have a 3.75+ GPA.</p>
<p>I am surprised that you weren’t waitlisted.</p>
<p>[UO</a> Facts | Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.uoregon.edu/freshmen/profile.html]UO”>http://admissions.uoregon.edu/freshmen/profile.html)</p>
<p>The average enrolled freshman HS GPA is 3.59. That’s not the same as median, but a rough indicator anyway.</p>
<p>[Common</a> Data Set | Office of Institutional Research](<a href=“http://ir.uoregon.edu/cds]Common”>Common Data Set | Office of Institutional Research)</p>
<p>Do you know your approximate class rank? 45% of freshmen are in top 10% of HS class and almost 90% in top quartile of HS class.</p>
<p>And what BeanTownGirl says, what kind of classes have you taken?</p>
<p>There could be a lot of reasons you didn’t get accepted. Colleges have so many applicants that they can’t accept everyone, so even some qualified applicants, like you, still don’t get in. Don’t be too bummed about it! I’m sure you’ll get accepted to the other colleges you applied to.</p>