The date various UC's inform admits and rejects

Last year, while a lot of people were waiting to get acceptances, I complied a list of people who applied to the various UCs, their stats, and their date of acceptance/rejection. What I found was both surprising and informative.

Berkeley:
This is the only UC that only informs both admits/rejects punctually on March 31th. They DO NOT send any letters to your home unless if you are accepted. That’s right. Everything is on the computer at 7:00 sharp. Pretty scary… In my school, about 90% of UCB acceptees were accepted to UCLA and 100% were accepted to at least one lower UC. The acceptance came with a few pretty nice accessories that I don’t want to reveal now.
Note: The vice chancellor stated to me that 40% of the factor for deciding whether one should be admitted came from the EC’s and essays.

Davis:
They informed admits/rejectees through a period of about a week, in no particular order, informing both acceptees and rejectees with a letter. The basis of their decisions are the LEAST mysterious since they have a publicly revealed rubric that is supposedly totally objective. The rubric makes it clear that being admitted is a numbers game.

Irvine:
They informed acceptees with high grades/SATI first, at about March 2. Then the rejections came after March 15. I am mildly curious how they did this, but I’m guessing that they didnt have enough time to read through all the apps, and quickly accepted everyone with a 4.00+ AND 1400+ SATI. Anyone not meeting both criteria then probably had their EC’s examined. The e-mail address that the admission staff sends to you is very weird, and you can only check your status by using a long number that they send you.

Los Angeles:
Very mysterious. They informed engineering majors first on march 1st, including a letter that all but explicitely stated they were admitted. Then, they informed just about everyone else on the 15th. A few people had their decisions come out later than the 15th, to the 30th and beyond. UCLA informed everyone with a typed letter and a good sized catalog. The basis for their decisions are definitely the murkiest of any other UC.

San Diego:
They informed everyone punctually at about March 21th, with letters. You are first admitted to the university, then to your major if it is something like Pre-med or bio engineering. SD is probably the best looking campus around, but there is little to do on campus sometimes because SD is far away (SD is the only UC that is not in the city it is named after. It is in La Jolla)

Santa Barbara:
They informed everyone at about March 18th. You will get a letter whether or not you were accepted. SB is pretty hard to get into now. It seems that it is even harder to get into than Davis.

Santa Cruz:
Same as above, but the letter arrived sooner. SC’s acceptance plunged last year.

Riverside:
Riverside informed all acceptees very quickly, somewhere around March 1st or 2nd. Their acceptance’s conditions were the weakest, since even though my friend cheated and got 2 F’s in 12th grade, Riverside still decided to accept him.

<p>Very helpful!</p>

<p>ya thanks for the info</p>

<p>Thanks for posting.</p>

<p>p.s. does Berkeley post 7am sharp or 7pm sharp? and im assuming it’s western time?</p>

<p>Um, when you say letters, you mean the Americans receive the letters on the date and the Internations receive them later then that?</p>

<p>7:00 pm sharp.</p>

<p>UCLA does seem to be murky, for example, they were the only UC we didn’t get an additonal letter from, and only certain students appear to have heard about the Alumni scholarship application due in a few days. I know it is a big school, but Cornell handled a crowd long before personal computers and word processors were available.</p>

<p>For the Alumni Scholarship, I think they prefer having the kids who really want to go to UCLA to apply, rather than getting another 55,000 apps when only about 6,000 matriculate. The information is out there-- its in the University of California viewbook that contains the paper app. Those who really want to go to UCLA know they will have to take the initiative to apply… besides, that’s one of the best ways to be successful at a big public school, to take the initiative to do things. </p>

<p>As an Alumni Scholar who volunteers, I know we try to do our best to get students informed about the scholarship, but we just can’t reach 55,000 kids. We go to as many high schools as possible to make presentations, and we call the applicants too. However, we do not mass e-mail… I’m sure the processing would be so hectic if the Alumni Association had to organize and read 55,000 apps.</p>

<p>I wanted to personally thank you for poting that. It was very helpful.</p>

<p>kfc4U I think the confusion is caused by the generic UC ap which asks if you are interested in scholarships…I know a couple of students who think that it is an application for all scholarships related to the UCs. The fact that some students are getting calls and others are not is interesting. </p>

<p>Thanks for your input.</p>

<p>can international students apply for the alumni scholarships?</p>

<p>Mr.B, i agree, there is A LOT of confusion between the generic UC app scholarships and the alumni association scholarships. even when i made presentations to high schools, the college guidance counselors thought “didn’t the kids check off the box at the end of the app already?”</p>

<p>balonce_noles: ALL incoming UCLA freshmen can apply for the scholarship. ;)</p>

<p>I believe if you are an international URM, you can apply for the Bunche scholarships… as in, you can be “Mexican,” you don’t have to be “Mexican American” etc.</p>

<p>about the alumni scholarships…it says: “Must have been admitted by the interview dates. Must be a California resident and a U.S. citizen/permanent resident or have official refugee status.” :(</p>

<p>At ucsb’s admission website, they say they let everyone know on March 15th…</p>

<p><a href=“UC Santa Barbara Admissions Portal - UC Santa Barbara Applicant Portal Login”>UC Santa Barbara Admissions Portal - UC Santa Barbara Applicant Portal Login;

<p>you have to log in first…</p>

<p>oops, i guess i’m sorry balonce_notes. i thought anybody of any background could apply for it, but i guess they meant of any background LIVING in CA. </p>

<p>hasn’t the deadline passed already?</p>

<p>does UCLA Have a log in thing where I can check my status online? What’s the link?</p>

<p>The website should appear at this URL when the time comes:
<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/applicant/decision/default.htm[/url]”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/applicant/decision/default.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>There is a combined all-UC site where, if you have your applicant number which you got when you applied, you can see the status of all your UC applications at once:</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.ucapplication.net/ucap/[/url]”>https://www.ucapplication.net/ucap/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>On the generic UC Application, where we click on up to 16 different categories that we fall under (e.g. SoCal resident or ‘does not plan to join sorority/frat’) for scholarships, what scholarships are those? Are they offered by all campuses?</p>