Compared last year:
So much for the “demographic cliff” and scared off international applicants that I’ve been reading about.
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One explanation might be that “blue” people in “red” states are self-deporting to “blue” states/schools. That might be true for my family.
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Comparison of the University wide application numbers shows an increase of 2083 for Freshman and Transfers. 1810 increase in Transfer applications versus 273 Freshman applications.
The numbers show that UC applicants just applied to more campuses. I am sure the email offering free applications to Santa Cruz and Riverside helped their numbers.
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The demographic cliff might be spread over two years. I know several parents who held back their kids and spent an extra year in pre-k.
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I find it interesting how similar the UC total in relation to the totals for individual colleges, suggesting the vast majority of applicants shotgunned to many UC campuses. For example, among students who applied to any UC, most applied to UCLA (71%), UCSD (68%), Berkeley (63%), Irvine (61%), …
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For my kids, even though we knew some of the schools were unrealistic Hail Mary passes and some were not appealing to them at the time, we applied to all of them. Yes, it is expensive, but in the context of a college education it is also kind of in the noise.
And we had a big surprise with an admit to Berkeley, so no regrets in doing so.
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This AND demographic cliff isn’t evenly spread geographically - or all at same time…it is hitting earlier on east coast, I believe…who are probably slightly less likely apply to UCs..I don’t know a ton of kids who bother. (Some yes, but not a ton around here).
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The overall number is up only minimally, so the difference is that students each are applying to more UC schools. This is consistent with what is happening all over the country – application numbers are up not because there are more kids but because kids are submitting more applications in response to the unpredictability of the process.
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