March 7, just had not posted about it.
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Daughter accepted
In-State
4.58 W
Multilingualism (or something similar; the equivalent of linguistics/international relations)
Older brother is a slug 
and LOVES it!
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I was just notified of a $2000 merit scholarship! 
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Same with us – daughter was notified of a $2000 merit scholarship, a total of $8000 across four years!
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Oos ?
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that’s huge. Congratulations.
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No, in-state.
I’m now curious – do UCs’ share information about which applicant was admitted by whom? That may (partly) explain why UCSC sent a merit scholarship after several weeks (daughter was admitted to UCI last Friday).
I do know UC’s have fully independent decision making.
They do not share their admission decisions with each other only the UC administrative office would have that information. UCSC is trying to increase their yield rate so scholarships are a way of enticing applicants to consider them more seriously.
Ah, thank you for the information. Very helpful.
S25 Accepted (2/21) .. Computer Science
Campus Scholarship
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA (CA): 4.53
Weighted and Capped GPA (CA): 4.21
High rigor in courses (Mostly APs else Honors)
Num AP courses/exams: 14 APs (most 5s else 4, calc BC in jr)
Major Awards:
National Merit Finalist w/ Corporate Scholarship
Wrestling Individual: 2X CA CIF Regional Medalist & Master Qualifier
Wrestling Team: 2X League Champion, 1X Division Final (Runner-up)
State Legislature Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
Congressional Award Bronze Medal (Volunteering)
Job/Internship:
Paid Summer Research - Simulation/Modeling in biology
Summer Internship - AI Project at major corporation
EC:
CyberPatriot: Platinum tier, team lead, ranked #1 in district
CPU Club, English tutoring, Piano, and Kiteboarding
State/location of HS: S. Cal. public
Applied for need-based financial aid? Yes
First Generation? No
Accepted:
UCSB, UCLA, UCI, UCSD, UCD, UCSC, UCR, CP SLO, CP Pomona, UAriz, SCU
Pending:
Rice, USC, UPenn, Cornell, UCB, Stanford, GT, UMich
Rejected: None .. yet
Does anyone have insight on what the process would be to change majors if you are waitlisted? Is it possible to change majors while on the waitlist?
I assume the waitlist is by major? Meaning they take people off the waitlist by major? Does anyone come off the wait list in April?
We are visiting for Admitted Students Day on April 12. We are OOO. Any recommendations about nearby hotels?
Our favorite Santa Cruz hotel is Dream Inn!
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Just as a follow-up. S23 missed out on housing in the lottery yesterday (his suite mate messed up and failed to log on at the right time). But he’s already found a place in a newly modernized Victorian house off campus, near downtown, in line with the rents above: it’s $1850 for a single room, $1350 for a double and $1100 for a (rare) triple. All of those amounts exclude utilities and you pay for the full 12 months (starting July 1). It’s a 20 minute (free) bus ride to campus.
My takeaway is that so long as you are proactive and have an ample budget (plus parent guarantor) you will find something. If you don’t then you’ll find it more difficult.
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Adding to this. We saw the place, paid a deposit, signed the lease, all done in a few hours. Utilities are a flat fee of $150 per person per month (which seems a bit high in a town where A/C is unnecessary, but everything is expensive in CA). Super easy, on the other hand there was no time to stop and compare with a bunch of other places.
However for S’s roommate who can’t afford to pay $1500x12 months for a double room (compared to $12.4K for three quarters in a triple room in an on-campus apartment) it’s going to be much more difficult. There’s not likely to be anything available in Santa Cruz for $1000 per month, so he may have to wait and hope he gets off the waitlist for on-campus housing.
After this experience it’s clearer to me why UCSC is seen much more positively by relatively wealthy Bay Area families than by families from poorer parts of the state where these housing costs seem outrageously high.
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A decline in the weighted term GPA by a full grade point may result in the cancellation of your admission.
Does weighted term GPA refer to the entirety of senior year?
The full condition 1 is as follows:
Maintain a level of academic achievement consistent with your previous coursework in your fall and spring courses of your last year of school (as listed on your UC application) as preparation for success in college. A decline in the weighted term GPA by a full grade point may result in the cancellation of your admission.
The further explanation is:
We expect that the grades you will earn in your senior year will look similar to the grades you earned in the first three years of your high school career. For instance, if you were a straight-A student for three years, we would expect A’s in your senior year. Consistency in your level of achievement must be carried through your senior year coursework.
I read that as saying that if your cumulative weighted GPA for freshman through junior year (ie not your UC GPA) is say 4.0, you shouldn’t earn less than (or equal to) a 3.0 weighted GPA in either fall or spring term of senior year (remember that UC doesn’t see or consider fall grades during admission). It’s not the average weighted GPA for the whole of senior year. But including freshman year when most people have fewer weighted courses should hopefully give a bit more margin than a comparison with your UC GPA.
If you fell short of that then you should be prepared to file an explanation (and perhaps an appeal if the explanation isn’t accepted). Do you have a good reason? For example, a friend of my S successfully appealed the withdrawal of his UC offer (after he failed a class) by providing documentation of a concussion that affected his studies.
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