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Why do people bother applying to any school that they don't like?
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I'm one of those kids who applied to a UC school I had no intention of going to. But at the time I applied, I didn't know I was going to be admitted to every reach school I applied to. So, I thought it would be better to apply to some UCs/publics, even if I didn't think I'd end up there, bc you never know what will happen if a big ole' scholarship offer comes your way. That's why most people are applying to more and more schools these days. Because college admissions are such a crapshoot, you could get admitted to every school you apply to, or only your safeties. It's better to have options than to have regrets about not applying to as many schools as you could have.
coolweather: I live in San Diego. I have friends admitted to SDSU every year. Though it is a decent state school, it's not even the most competitive in CA (that honor would go to Cal-Poly SLO), and it takes a pretty numerical approach to its admissions process due to the large numbers of applicants.
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Applicants: 37,549 (15,499 male / 22,050 female)
Admitted: 16,484 (6,400 male / 10,084 female)
Admission rate: 44%
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Unless applicants increased 2-fold in one year, I really doubt they received 61,000 applications.
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For fall 2008, the average eligibility index of admitted freshmen who met the selective criteria was 4,182 (1,009 if based on ACT). The average high school grade point average was 3.77. The average SAT score was 1,165 on the Math and Critical Reading section; the average ACT composite score was 25.
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The avg. ACT of those who enrolled was a 22, and the avg. GPA a 3.44. They admit 44%
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