Number of UC applications - insight?

Gumbymom
Fri, 03 Aug 2018 23:35:30 +0000

I am not an admissions officer nor do I claim to have any special insight regarding your question, other than to say that in my experience these last 6 years, I believe it does not make a difference if you apply to 1-2 UC’s vs. applying to all. It is very easy to apply to multiple campuses with the UC application and with the increased competition the UC’s are well aware that applicants will apply widely.

Have your daughter apply to any or all UC’s she prefers and if she is not accepted, it will not be because she applied to too many.

I highly recommend that she have some Match and Safety schools outside the UC system but that advice would be true for any applicant applying to many competitive schools.

Regarding UCI and showing interest, I have 2 family members that never visited or showed any specific interest prior to applying and were accepted and currently attending the school. Since an “applicants level of interest” is listed on the common dataset, I would try to at least schedule a visit. Better safe than sorry.