Asked to apply this late?

jbourne
Fri, 01 Apr 2011 01:24:34 +0000

Is UCLA the only UC you applied to? If you are UC eligible, you are guaranteed to get in - just not guaranteed which campus. I don’t know the details on how it works, but I would have expected that people who don’t get in any they applied to would get a letter from Merced or Riverside inviting them (because they have fewer applicants). I am surprised you got one from Davis.
I’m not sure why you would never have heard of UC Davis?? Are you a California resident? (if not, my first paragraph doesn’t apply to you!). Not trying to start a debate here, but I think the general concensus in ranking the 9 undergrad UC campuses - tier 1 (LA, Cal, San Diego),
tier 2 (Davis, Santa Barbara, Irvine), tier 3 (Santa Cruz, Riverside, Merced). Those aren’t in a particular order within the tiers and I hope
no one takes any offense, because none was intended.