What time today? Any possibility of 3 pm PST or naa?
I feel like something should be released today since its so close to the end of march
Many CSU’s are stellar! SLO is extremely hard to get into and there are others in Northern CA that are in the top nationally. The newer CSU’s are just too new for people to be interested in them. Monterey Bay was actually pretty nice though it was an army base. Then there’s CSU Channel Islands that was converted from an insane asylum! I am not sure how many students are wanting to pursue that one. Bit the CSU’s are onto something. They continue to buy land cheaply and save money turning these places into colleges. Monterey Bay has great housing, for example, because it has been an army base. Every kid lives suite style with their own bathrooms/showers, kitchenette, and common living room. Instead of sharing bathrooms with an entire floor, you just share with 1 or 2 roommates and if you are willing to pay for a single, you get your own bathroom. Plus, tuition is only 6k.
I’m calling them up to see if they have any more acceptances coming up?
CA taxes are the highest. Our sales taxes are super high in southern CA and our housing is out of control. Some states don’t even pay federal income tax or sales tax, so it isn’t an even playing field. I agree that OOS add diversity so it is important for them to be included and they do pay a higher rate, so it seems fair. The tax thing is not YOUR problem though, it is your parents’ issue, so you are right, we need to keep the griping out of this thread! Good luck to all of you!
They said they are working to send the last acceptances and other decisions before the month ends. There is a delay due to # of applicants this year. Very vague.
@caliUSA7, I wish everyone applied to their top choices only! Don’t you think they should go back to selecting your top 3 choices on one application?
@lilacs2 I’m from a state where sales tax are 6.875 %, wheres CA is 7.25%. In my state, the public colleges are either low key or high key and Im average so yea. It isn’t fair for people living in my state if they want to attend mid-tier college, so y’all are lucky. We only have similar colleges to CSU’s for public.
I just got my rejection from csulb 
@SweetCaliforniaWeather-12
@mgh516 Stats?
@CaliUSA7 what do you mean/wanna say by that? (2$ boba) lol
did you get rejected?
California in general is extremely competitive and very unpredictable. I have a 1310 SAT and UC GPA of 3.875.
Accepted: UCI UCSB UCR
Rejected: UCLA (I applied at parents will that there might be a chance)
Waitlisted: UCSD SDSU.
My major depending on the school was either neuroscience, neurobiology, cognitive science, psychology, and undeclared.
In state/South Asian/Middle class
I think it was my essays that got me in. I worked on them for nearly a year. Talked about my uniqueness, renewed appreciation for education, and obstacles (academic and personal). The main theme for me in my essays is that if perseverance. I really wanted to stand out so I used the essay as an opportunity to do so.
@mgh516 I feel you!! I realized that csulb is rejecting so many qualified students this year due to the large number of students and they do not have space!! this is unebelieable, this year has been crazy!!! :((
After doing research. UCI received 116,000 applicants. A 41% increase in the last five years. Of those applicants, they only accept around 30,000. Because of the high a number of applicants, their admission rate this year will be around 25%. Nearly 10% lower than last year. UCI became the third most applied UC this year behind LA and SD. So Irvine just became somewhat very selective in a five year span. If this trend follows, I wouldn’t be surprised if it became <20% in 2-4 years.
@lowkeyveryhighkey Actually they received 94866 freshman applicants and will accept a class somewhere around 30,000 (or perhaps much less since they overenrolled last year and have a larger waitlist). So acceptance rate closer to 33% for this year and it was about 36% last year (for Freshman). They are growing for sure - but big bump in transfers also.
@lowkeyveryhighkey I mean they accept about 30k for class of 7k or whatever the target is (I don’t have that info). I think their yield is only about 20%.
Still nothing.
Southern CA sales tax is 9.5% btw
is tomorrow rejection day? Berkeley and Irvine here I come!! :((
I get that UCI had a record number of applicants. What I don’t get is why aren’t rejection letters out already. That’s the easiest group to eliminate in my opinion. If we don’t qualify we don’t qualify notify us and be done with it. Keeping people who are rejected waiting is cruel and unusual punishment!
BTW I’m expecting a rejection at this point!