RedTapePatrol

Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. There's nothing else we can do.

Woman.Of.Troy

That does suck for borderline people. Everyone should have a shot to go to a good school. Bummer.

jfk

Honestly, I don't think it's as bad as people think. Only those real borderline people may be affected but it's nothing drastic where someone who would normally get in would be denied because of the budget cuts. As for what the definition of borderline is, it may come down to those applicants who get decided based on their personal statement, or it may not. No one knows for sure but I think everyone is overreacting a bit.

killer22

If it's meant to be, it's meant to be.

poppin3000

UCLA Undergrad Admissions: Profile of Admitted Transfer Students, Fall 2004

^^a very general transfer statistics page for UCLA admits in 04 (2004 was the last time the UC's had to cut their admissions significantly).

New UCLA Admissions Data Shows Significant Increase in Academic Quality for Students Admitted for Fall 2004 Freshman Class / UCLA Newsroom

^^article on freshman admissions in 2004. Also mentions a budget cut.

AdamantineX

even though its not as bad as people thing, i am still against cutting school budget. The california school system is going down in quality and witht his, they wil just make it worse.

Edward04

Hey AdamantineX, I know what you mean. My fiance is a 6th grade teacher at a California public school. I will say though...studies have shown (and I wish I could find it to post) that while spending is increased, test scores stayed flat. It's been proven that throwing more money at schools changes nothing. But of course, we're talking more about K-12 here...it's not like they do research and what not.

Anyway, I've faced something like this situation before. When I went up for my promotion to staff sergeant, promotion rates had been pretty high over previous years but in my year it dropped 20%...and we knew this prior to finding out if we got promoted or not. I still never had any doubt in my mind that I made it. And I'll tell you, it felt pretty good to be able to say you got promoted the year they cut the rates by 20%. To me, it will be the same thing when I get my acceptance letters.

Good luck to all!

motul

I find the truth hard to swallow, but most of time is. With these budget cuts you'll also cause an excess amount of transfer students that will reapply for next year. Freshman's who don't get in will more than likely head toward CC's and thereby over follow CC's.
This will only create a tsunami wave of applications for transfer in the years to come.

Ektaylor

Most freshman applicants won't go the CC route, they almost always go with a safety school, etc; and transfers are the same way. Thus, I don't think a wave of applicants will result from the cuts. Also, it is important to remember that the UCs had nothing to do with the cut, the source lies in Sacramento, but that's another story all together.

officespace

i'm curious to see what the UC Davis rep has to say

student14x

Ha! what if it becomes so competitive that Cal and UCLA starts admitting only students with 3.8+ and amazing ECs. They might even become the next Ivys( i.e institutions with very high class exclusivity).

anchor

I was thinking the very same thing.

All these people talking about it only affecting "borderline applicants", what will they say when a borderline applicant is anyone below a 4.0?

On another note, riverside starts notifications next Saturday... anyone else excited?

Guyy

^no, im not excited.

i think ucla and berkeley have already become super competitive and they are already next to Ivies. berkeley ranking is like 20 or something?

anyways, i hope that they will take in account ECs and personal statements more with the boarderline people.

Thedude44

I mean really how many applicant spots can they really cut?

TerpDad

Well ,due to the state's cutbacks, not to mention the fact that they have just built the brand new campus, It's only logical that they will bump kids who would have quallified at UCLA ,UCB last year. I believe this trend will continue in the future unfortunately.