<p>I got a couple UC emails encouraging me to apply. I think this may have been just from me making an account for online applications.</p>
<p>Does this ensure admission to that UC if I apply?</p>
<p>Haha ,no. Does it say ‘if you apply you are automatically in’ ? No? Then no.</p>
<p>Doesn’t really mean anything. Could be that you have a cappex account or something and they got your sat/grades from there</p>
<p>"Does this ensure admission to that UC if I apply? "</p>
<p>Have you ever seen those ads for “Axe” men’s fragrance? Do you know how they bluntly portray the dude’s instant magnetism to the babes once he uses the spray? </p>
<p>How likely do you think this depicts real life? Use the same line of logic with the college emails.</p>
<p>They are two steps above spam emails offering you cheap ED pills or Rolex watches or deals to help Nigerian princes.</p>
<p>Actually, I’d put them several steps below the spam emails, on the theory that college administrators should know better. </p>
<p>Are the UC really so bereft of qualified applicants that they need to spend their scarce funds ginning up the app count?</p>
<p>Don’t you know that UC want to encourage as many students as possible to apply, to bolster their admissions stats?</p>
<p>It only means that your PSAT, SAT, ACT or SAT2 score fell within the range of their marketing plan.</p>
<p>It may not mean as little as that. All schools want many students to apply, whether they want them or not.</p>
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<p>Really??? Do you mean to tell me that administrators at a public university would expend public funds solely to make themselves look better on meaningless college ranking sites?</p>
<p>I’m with Captain Renault on that one: SHOCKED!!! SHOCKED!!!</p>
<p>@annasdad,</p>
<p>I do hope you are being sarcastic. Otherwise, you really believe our public officials always spend our tax dollars wisely.</p>
<p>In this case, the notification was by email, so it cost the school nothing.</p>
<p>Oh, it was by email, so it cost the school nothing. Good thing those employees come in on their own time to send out those emails.</p>
<p>Because we live in a time when everything has to be done by an actual person doing every small step manually at a computer…</p>
<p>The marginal cost of sending an email to 10,000 kids vs. 20,000 kids is essentially zero. Do you think someone manually typed in the students’ email addresses? No.</p>
<p>The OP even stated: “I think this may have been just from me making an account for online applications”</p>
<p>… not to mention the time they will expend processing all those applications from people who have no chance to be accepted. Or will that be done automatically by computer too?</p>
<p>no, the application fee covers the cost of the application processing. That’s why it’s not free for a student to apply.</p>
<p>OP, my son has started his UC application too, but he doesn’t receive any email from any UC’s campus. But a while ago, when he was still seraching for possible colleges, I created a Cappex acct for him (using my email address) to see his chances of certain schools; I received many UCs emails soon after. Those campus are among the lower ranking UCs, except UCSD. </p>
<p>So IMO the lower ranking UCs are likely doing more intensive recruiting than the higher ranking ones. Which campuses were the one you received emails from?</p>
<p>Schools want lots and lots of kids to apply, so they can reject them. You think I am making this up:</p>
<p>[College</a> Applications Continue to Increase. When Is Enough Enough? - NYTimes.com](<a href=“College Applications Continue to Increase. When Is Enough Enough? - The New York Times”>College Applications Continue to Increase. When Is Enough Enough? - The New York Times)</p>
<p>And don’t put it beyond the state schools to engage in this application stats arms race.</p>