So my son got his email at 6:27 pm Pacific time yesterday and of course forgot his password and got his clues wrong so is hard locked out until he can call the help desk at 8 am Monday. But it seems like receiving an email yesterday is “positive” in that yesterday looks like it was an acceptance wave? Any thoughts on that?
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Yes, it is a positive.
I’m sorry to hear this, and based on your son’s stats I can only think that they evaluated primarily the capped GPA while selectively applying holistic review, considering the extensive course rigor (which led to the lower capped weighted GPA, mathematically). I am glad that he is happy with acceptance to UCSC and am crossing my fingers for him at UCSB too! Good luck to him, regardless!
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Decision: Accepted
Major: Mechanical Engineering
SLO GPA : 4.5
In-State/OOS/International: In-State
Number of years for the following courses:
English 4
Math 4
Science 4
Foreign Language 4
Social Science/History 4
Visual/Performing Arts 1
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Daughter, NorCal, private school
Decision: Accepted
Major: Biology
GPA 4.28 CSU (only one B+ on transcript, rest As)
Honors point cap for 10-11th eligible classes: Yes
Number of UC approved Honors/AP/IB or DE courses: 5 Honors, 8 APs, 3 DE
EC hours and with leadership or job related: Yes
In-State/OOS/International: In-state
Number of years for the following courses:
English: 4
Math: 4
Science: 4
Foreign Language: 4
Social Science/History: 4
Visual/Performing Arts: 4
Also accepted: LMU, SCU, Oregon, Fordham, Gonzaga, Loyola Chicago (all with scholarships)
Waitlisted: SDSU
Waiting for a few more – two UCs, two private schools
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Have lots of Biology majors heard back? This is my top school and I’m starting to panic after hearing about the “waves”.
5 bio majors posted accepted on this string so far (via search in this topic)
Yes, my D25 was accepted as a Psychology major last night. We were so surprised!
SLO UW: 3.95
SLO CW: 4.14 (had I think 42 semesters (9th -11th) of A-G courses so it lowered the capped gpa) - 8 semesters were summer pre-college courses that she received college credits for
7 APs, 9 honors
Maxed out on SLO’s recommended number of A-G courses
Maxed out on extracurricular hours
Tons of volunteer hours
Some work hours
In-State San Diego, no financial need or first generation or anything
Acceptances: University of Arizona, Arizona State, University of Oregon (Honors college), CU Boulder (Honors Program), University of Wisconsin Madision, Cal Poly SLO
Waitlisted: UC Davis
Pending: UCSB, UCLA, UC Berkeley, USC, University of Michigan
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S25 was admitted last night for Business Administration 
He got an email at 9:18 pm (Eastern).
OOS, independent school. No GPA and couldn’t figure out SLO GPA.
| a | History / Social Science (2 Years) | 4 |
|---|---|---|
| b | English (4 Years) | 4 |
| c | Mathematics (3 Years) | 6 |
| d1 | Biological Science (1 Year) | 1 |
| d2 | Physical Science (1 Year) | 3 |
| e | Language Other than English (2 Years) | 4 |
| f | Visual & Performing Arts (1 Year) | 4 |
| g | College-Preparatory Elective (1 Year) | 1 |
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Decision: Accepted
Major: Nutrition
SLO GPA : 4.14
Number of UC approved Honors/AP/IB or DE courses: 11
In-State/OOS/International: In - State
Number of years for the following courses:
English: 5
Math: 5
Science: 5
Foreign Language: 3
Social Science/History: 2
Visual/Performing Arts: 2
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Accepted! OOS 3.9 UW. Animal science (2nd choice major, marine science was 1st choice).
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My D25 and her bestie also accepted to viticulture. I’m a bit shocked b/c my other two daughters with similar stats were rejected. I guess we’ll be going to SLO over spring break!
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Yay! Son got in! Stats–
Decision: Accepted
Major: Mechanical Engineering
SLO GPA : 4.15
Number of UC approved Honors/AP/IB or DE courses: capped
In-State/OOS/International: OOS
Number of years for the following courses:
English: 6
Math: 5
Science: 4
Foreign Language: 3
Social Science/History: 4
Visual/Performing Arts: 5
Total Number of Years/Courses: 38
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For CPSLO, change of major requests take into account whether the student would have been admitted to the major when they originally applied. The student may wish to consider other acceptances if they have their heart set on Biology and wouldn’t be happy with the 2nd choice major.
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Thank you! I learned that EESS was her 2nd choice major - I hadn’t had a chance to talk to her so I thought she was randomly assigned to something different. She feels good about this major although may try to change to a different major but within the same college.
I didn’t provide her stats in my prior post - I don’t know her SLO GPA, but her regular GPA was 3.83 UW/4.0 W. 5 APs.
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I know I got into UCSB because I received the Chancellor’s Invitation. 
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Sounds exactly like my son, also OOS, also independent school, admitted for business administration. Congrats to both of them! He is so excited and is going for the admitted students day to decide if this is it for him!
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Congrats!
It’s very odd that a school that accepts based purely on stats without test scores or EC lists or essays can distinguish between similarly stat applicants?
My son has almost identical academic profile, was accepted to UCSB w/regents, UCSD, Davis, USC, UNC, Stanford deferred but no decision (presumed rejection ) from SLO…
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I have a similar profile as your son but have not been accepted yet from SLO, either. There are still going to be a few more admits, so I hope for the best. 
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I think they have access to state test results? If student didn’t try hard or was on vacation during test maybe that impacted things? No idea, just throwing it out there.