<p>Anyone else out there with good stats rejected from UCSD? I wasn’t even wait listed and I have no idea why.
In state
unweighted 3.98 Bilingual IB program
2200 SAT (2 around 700 1 690)+ 800 French, 760 Lit
Variety of extracurricular including sports, community service, and a lot of involvement in the arts including several leadership roles.
My essays were good enough to get me into the plan II honors program at Austin which weights writing really highly so I think they were pretty good.</p>
<p>The only thing I think of is I got one C in French Literature Sophmore year…
Also not ELC but I go to really small school
Caucasian, female, not asking for financial aid if it matters</p>
<p>I really can’t believe you were rejected. My stats are lower than yours and I got in (UW GPA 3.93, SAT 2190). My friend also got in with UW GPA 3.89 and a C. I doubt if the C in French was the reason you didn’t get in.
Would it be worth it to call Admissions to see if there was something missing from your application? Something you didn’t fill out correctly? I don’t know, it just does not sound right.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, that really sucks. If you look at the UCSD decisions thread, you’ll see that lots of people got waitlisted/rejected with the same-ish/higher stats than you. UCSD only switched to holistic review last year, so a lot of their decisions might be based on points. My high school is a so called “feeder school” where lots of people apply, and they have a cap on how many people they accept from my high school. As said above, you can try and call to appeal, but based on all the people I know from my high school who were just as qualified as you and rejected, you are definitely not alone. UCSD’s loss!</p>
<p>If you call the admissions office, they will tell you why you were not admitted. NOW, THEY ARE SUPER BUSY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHERS ARE CALLING! So be prepared to be on hold for a while. I would call when they open.</p>
<p>My son called the admissions office and asked why he was rejected-his stats are competitive with other UCSD acceptances (SAT-2160, UW GPA-3.8, UC GPA-4.2). He was told by admissions person that his stats were really good but there was big time competition from his school and kids who were accepted had more honors/AP classes. He had 5 over sophmore-junior year. So HarryWin, you’re right, there is likely a max acceptance quota for school. He got into UCSB honors but is going to University of Michigan so not really disappointed but interesting to see how things operated. I thought it was unusual and reassuring to find out the reason for the rejection.</p>
<p>You can call and ask like everyone else said. I would also definitely appeal. The chances of that being accepted are slim but at least you would have given it your all and ensure there were actually no mistakes! (Definitely call before writing your appeal though!)</p>
<p>Also, they do look at essays so maybe yours wasn’t as strong?</p>
<p>Your stats look pretty strong. It wouldn’t hurt to ask for an explanation. When asking be polite yet firm. Consider that with 80K applications - an error rate of 1/10 of 1% will leave 80 qualified kids out in the cold. GL</p>
<p>Not just unlucky. Your seat was taken by an OOS student who could pay $60k/yr! to help the financially failing UC system. You should look into liberal arts colleges where u can even merit scholarships. Good luck!</p>
<p>I read a post on the blog by a nice lady who helps students with their UC applications (I believed she got banned from CC recently) that a parent reported that there was a glitch in the UC Application Server that caused the self-reported coursework for some applications to be incomplete or incorrect. I don’t know if this is true or not but it’s worth checking out. You may want to go back to your UC app to make sure your self-reported coursework is correct/complete (perhaps you’ve done this already). You can read more on this topic on her blog.</p>
<p>How unfair that a student who lives right near UCSD and has all the high stats now has to travel 100 miles away and pay housing fees. Shame on them. They should make accommodations for the kids who qualify and live nearby.
Plus, If I got a 4.13 and a 1900 SAT, I wouldn’t get accepted over another person with lower stats just because the quota of kids accepted from my school has been met? That is so unfair. I worked so hard to get into UCSD. My extra-curricular is phenomenal. I am an Eagle Scout, second degree black belt, 100’s of volunteer hours, bilingual (after 6 years of language classes), accomplished musician (10 years of piano), built a house for the poor in a third world country, international travel, studied for a month in a foreign school to improve my language, and started 2 successful companies (that earn money)on my own and at the age of 16. I am curious what some of the stats are for the kids that were accepted. Anyone want to share, please? Anyone with less than me that got accepted?</p>
<p>^^ No offense, but you’re stats aren’t that amazing and whining sure doesn’t help. Life’s unfair and you have to just deal with it. On cc you can go to the official acceptance/rejected thread if you want to see people’s stats on their admit decisions.</p>
<p>You should have gotten in, but this merely shows how tough it is to get into a top school.</p>
<p>Last year, my son, who had a 2300 SAT and 14 AP classes, nonetheless got waitlisted at Emory, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, and Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>He did get into UCLA, OOS, so I think the prior post may be correct in that “your” spot was given to someone who could pay OOS tuition. Or you were a victim of an informal quota system.</p>
<p>Again, you SHOULD have gotten in.</p>
<p>Life is unfair.</p>
<p>You can try and transfer in. I bet you will get in as a transfer student.</p>
<p>If UCSD is truly using a holistic approach, then I think my stats are really awesome. I have some friends who have 4.5 and high SAT. They got accepted, but they have NO extracurricular stuff going on. They can’t even look you in the face and carry on a conversation because they are so “freaky geeky”. I am having trouble finding the stats that you mentioned. Where exactly are they?</p>
<p>Your stats make mine look like dirt. I believe I only got in because I’m from out of state and would have to pay 4x more than anyone from CA. :-|</p>
<p>About how many OOS kids are accepted out of the 20,000 that get in? I never thought of UCSD as a “hot” destination for OOSers? Maybe a few hundred?</p>