<p>"UCSF is a health sciences campus and offers graduate degrees in the biological, biomedical, pharmaceutical, nursing, social and behavioral sciences. UCSF graduate students may conduct research in basic, clinical, social, and behavioral sciences. Their work ultimately will help to ensure the health of human beings, shape health care systems, and influence public education about the prevention of disease. "</p>
<p>It only offers a PHD program in Chemistry and Chemical Biology, which does not match up with your UG Industrial Chemisty research experience. So maybe that is why they rejected you. In addition, USCF ,and CalTech are 2 of the hardest graduate schools in the US to get into. </p>
<p>"UCSF research-doctorate programs rank among the nation’s best according to a survey released by the National Research Council (NRC) in September 2010.</p>
<p>The survey, the first of its kind since 1995, did not assign a single rank to any program, but intentionally placed the programs within a range in their fields, such as first to third. Based on the NRC analysis, 10 of the 12 UCSF programs fell within a range that included the top six programs in their fields, with three of those including the No. 1 rank.</p>
<p>The top-ranked UCSF programs were nursing, biochemistry & molecular biology, and bioengineering. The range for three other programs included second place: neuroscience, biophysics and biomedical sciences. The range for cell biology started at No. 3.</p>
<p>The other five programs in which UCSF was scored – medical anthropology, chemistry & chemical biology, sociology, genetics, and oral & craniofacial sciences – also ranked among the nation’s best." </p>
<p>“How can some universities in the states, to which are “widely regarded” as easy to get in to schools reject me?”
Your impression of how hard it is to gain acceptance into top US graduate programs is wildly incorrect. I don’t know where you got that impression. Rejoice at your acceptance in the UK.</p>