<p>It could just be a probability thing. Lets say you you have 60% chance of getting in to each school. The probability of getting in to both schools would be .6 x .6 = .36 or 36% chance of getting in to both. However GIVEN that you got into the first school (ucla) your probability of getting in to the second is still 60% (that is assuming of course that the two events are independent)</p>
<p>Feel free to tell me how messed up my probability is; i haven’t taken stats for 4 or 5 years.</p>