@aunt_bea D24 is a local we live very close to SDSU, she followed a strict coursework in high school locally too, weighted GPA of 4.1 and great extracurricular, she just got waitlisted. Is there such an articulation agreement? Thanks
@SoCalDad81 same here and local to SD too.
in past years is there any acceptances once waitlists come out or is it over at this point?
Both my twins waitlisted today, bio and chem; weāre CA, not local. In state wgpa 4.47, 4.45 Tons of DE courses, no honors or AP. Both accepted UCLA UCSB UCD UCSC UCR SLO CPP SJSU, both waitlisted UCSD, both rejected UCI, both awaiting UCB. I think everyone gets surprisedā¦ definitely tell your kids not to feel bad about themselves!
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Some people just got admitted today so thereās still a possibility I believe but very slim. Still waiting as well
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S24
Decision: Waitlisted
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Physics
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.75
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.08
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.08
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes
Number of a-g courses: 44
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 16
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 9 (2 x 4, 3 and 2 (Calc BC, got a 3 on the AB subsection))
Extracurriculars: Some School Clubs, highlighted informal leadership
Job/Work Experience: No
Volunteer/Community service: Minimal
Summer Activities: preCalc through U Utah (Online)
Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): Strong, worked quite a while on these and gave insight into some unique experiences and his personality
Supplemental/Augmented Review: No
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Northern CA, Peninsula
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
Accepted: CU Boulder, UCSC, UCR, Cal Poly Pomona, SJSU
Waitlisted: UW, SDSU
Declined: UCI, UCD, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB
Waiting: UC Berkeley, Occidental, Harvey Mudd, USC, Rice, Stanford, Cal Poly SLO
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No updates in the portal. I can only assume that means rejected. A couple kids from my sonās school also got their waitlist notices yesterday. Maybe an update to the portal will happen today. One can only hope. This entire month feels like the slow peeling off of a bandaid on a hairy arm. I think weāll all be glad when it is just over. My kid has some great options but has also been shut out from a number of schools. He is emotionally spent and so are his parents! And so it goes. 2 more to goā¦ and they are high reaches so already bracing myselfā¦ wishing you all the best.
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It depends on the school, the major, and what the university needs. They have to also keep the spaces open for local transfer students who may need to take on-site freshman courses.
She needs to check with her counselor, who can check with the admissions contacts. I know that the bar has been set really high and theyāre looking at unweighted GPA.
You would have typically known if your high school participated in an articulation agreement because typically that starts in freshman year.
They receive so many applications and, as you can see, students are applying to 20 to 40 schools. The universities have to wonder if the student will attend.
Many accepted students donāt advise the universities that they will not attend which makes it really hard for the kids on the waitlists. I wish her good luck as I hope they begin to take students off the waitlist.
@aunt_bea thank you so much!
Rejections are in the portal.
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Son was denied today via portal. Local San Diego student. 3 APs, 1 dual enrollment college course, multiple honors classes, football team all four years, multiple extracurriculars, AVID program.
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Just got rejected for pre-nursing 
3.9UW, 4.2W, CA resident (non local).
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D24 rejected today (in portal). Not surprised at this point.
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Psychology
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.8
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.12
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.32
ELC (top 9% CA HS): donāt know
Courseload: 7 APs (scores 5,4,4,4 so far) No DE courses.
Decent ECs and lots of employment experience, worked for same employer since freshman year, with several promotions.
In-state, Ncal/East Bay area, CA public HS
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
Accepted w/ merit scholarship: American University, UMass Amherst, Clark University, Willamette, Lewis & Clark
Accepted (no merit): UCSC; CSU Humboldt; CSU Chico; Northeastern (caveatā¦first year at their new Oakland campus, then guaranteed transfer to Boston campus).
Waitlisted: UCI, UCSD, UCSB, UW
Denied: UCD, UCLA
Waiting: UCB
DS rejected today. Not unexpected, knew it was a reach for him but was still hopeful.
Got the rejection for Business Finance. At least we finally know now and can move on.
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D24 - Waitlisted
Business Administration
GPA weighted 4.26
Number of UC-approved Honors/AP courses: 12
Volunteer Hours - 4 hours per week/Work 10 hours per week/Leadership role- Yes
In-State (Los Angeles)
Number of years for the following courses:
English - 6
Math - 5
Science - 4
Foreign Language -3
Social Science/History - 4
Visual/Performing Arts - 4
Not first-generation or low-income.
Accepted to her first choice Cal Poly SLO
Didnāt think she would be waitlisted at SDSU.
Glad she got into her first choice.
Accepted: CSULB, SJSU, University of San Francisco, San Francisco State, Cal Poly SLO, UC Santa Cruz
Waitlisted: UC Davis, UC San Diego
Good luck to everyone!
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Similar story here! Accepted to UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, Irvine ā top merit at USD, SMU, TCU and honors ā and waitlisted at SDSU. The top kids at our HS were all waitlisted.
I have to think that SDSU knows their target audience ā¦
The kids at our school that got into ucla all got into sdsu in the December wave, so Iām not so sure about that. The state schools use a computer algorithm that doesnāt take into account anything holistic, but puts heavier emphasis on things like āyearsā and rigor in major, so it ranks kids very differently than the UCās do. Itās actually a decent process as it means overall different kids get accepted to different CA schools. But itās not yield protection.
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Essays can also be so subjectiveā¦and paid for, so that factor is different for UCs.
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When you say something like this, the implication is that your child is somehow more qualified than those who were accepted. Can you not see that?
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