<p>Yield rates might have something to do with it as part of the formulas employed (total number of students from yield percentage X%, what we (UC Y) expects this year).</p>
<p>Remember admissions% =/= difficult of admissions in any complete picture. Also keep in mind that many kids who end up either at “better” UCs or at other schools entirely use the low, the mid, and some the top UCs as safeties or possible places they would attend under certain circumstance (if 1) they don’t get in to a particular school, 2) there parents make them, 3) they change their mind about it, 4) other).</p>
<p>I expect larger percentage acceptance at some schools such as UCR as they try to increase their size in the future.</p>
<p>Simply put, it’s complicated. :)</p>