<p>a lot of over qualified students apply to the ivy’s, but not all can get in, even with 1600 sat’s, 4.0/4.0, valedictorian etc. so they also make applications at schools who are at the next tier (not in terms of the quality of the education, but next tier in terms of desirability). that next teir includes uchi. most applicants accepted applicants to the ivy’s and stanford and mit and caltech and aws also get accepted by uchi. not in all cases, but for the most part, once a student is accepted at one of those other schools, they tend to choose those schools over uchi. that is why the yield at uchi is so low. of course, an isolated student or two or three, may actually decide to choose uchi over those other schools and some others may choose uchi because uchi offered more money, but for the most part, students selected to those other schools will choose them over uchi. to appease all the sensitive in our audience, that does not mean that the quality of the education at uchi is not as good as those others. it just means that those other schools are probably MORE prestigious (i say more so that the over sensitive uchi people will not think that uchi is not percieved as prestigious) and thus more desirable. I just wish the uchi people can understand this and get over this minor inferiority complex they have concerning prestige and desirability. uchi is still a world class institution. </p>
<p>other factors may also play into why uchi is not the choice of those also accepted to an ivy beyond the prestige factor and that may be the stories circulating about the students not being that friendly, the weather, the fact that uchi is in the middle of a very dicey neighborhood, their reputation for a rigorous program (although, i am sure that this is the least of them, since most students accepted to a very selective college is highly motivated and are super achievers anyway.)</p>