<p>I agree @jewbacca that statistically there are higher enrollments of people who live near a particular UC. That crosses all lines. Way more people choose a campus closer to where they live. Just look at the transfer stats by community college and it is clear that the closer the CC to a UC, the more applicants. So hypothetically, if 800 NorCal students apply to Haas and 80 get in, that’s 10%. If 200 SoCal students apply and 20 get in, that’s 10%. So the acceptance rates could be pretty similar, although they might appear skewed. </p>
<p>You can’t draw any firm conclusions based solely on final numbers. Also, I have heard (but only anecdotally), that Cal will consciously try to recruit from SoCal and UCLA from NorCal. This is based on ppl who got acceptances to just one (they lived in opposite areas), so it’s all conjecture. And also, yeah freshmen at Berkeley will obviously get preference, which is only right.</p>