UCSB acceptance rate is 42.3% this year

Colleges & Universities University of California - Santa Barbara
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<p>[UCSB</a> Press Release: "<br>Background Briefing<br> UC Santa Barbara Offers Admission to 19,721 for Fall 2010 "](<a href=“Public Affairs & Communications | Institutional Advancement”>Public Affairs & Communications | Institutional Advancement)</p>

<p>UCSB has finally released the stats for accepted students this year. </p>

<p>19,721/46,700 = 42.3% acceptance rate
4.10 GPA
1909 Combined SAT score</p>

<p>Here are some previous years for comparison:</p>

<p>Fall 2009:
21,557/44,692 = 48.2% acceptance rate
4.01 GPA
1877 Combined SAT score</p>

<p>Fall 2008:
23,140/47,025 = 49.2% acceptance rate
4.03 GPA
1872 Combined SAT score</p>

<p>Fall 2007:
22,168/40,912 = 54.2% acceptance rate
3.98 GPA
1866 Combined SAT score</p>

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<p>Looks like UCSB was the most competitive of the mid-tier UC’s this year.</p>

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<p>Cool :slight_smile:
10char</p>

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<p>dang o_o hope they don’t change TAG agreements to a higher GPA</p>

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<p>"Looks like UCSB was the most competitive of the mid-tier UC’s this year. "</p>

<p>Not necessarily. You cannot draw conclusions from just the acceptance rate. You need to consider the applicants making up those numbers:</p>

<p>Davis
Ave GPA 4.02
Ave ACT 28
Ave SAT 1902</p>

<p>Santa Barbara
Ave GPA 4.01
Ave ACT 27
Ave SAT 1882</p>

<p>Irvine
Ave GPA 4.01
Ave ACT 27
AVE SAT 1873</p>

<p>It would appear that while UCSB turned more students away than I/D, Davis beat both schools out in the quality of freshman class. </p>

<p>In other words, it appears that more students with lower stats applied to UCSB (probably because the school is sometimes considered a party school), thus bringing their admit rate down. </p>

<p>When it comes down to it, it is pretty obvious that all three schools have around the same standards. It impossible to say that one is more competitive than the next.</p>

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<p>The stats above don’t match with the stats from the first post…just saying haha</p>

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<p>The stats from Cali Trumpet’s post are from the 2010 Admission Profile which include only California applicants. The press release from UCSB include all applicants. That should explain the differences :)</p>

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<p>Hey rc251,</p>

<p>You’ve been providing interesting stats over the years. I enjoy your posts. Do you have a comparison of UCD, UCSB, and UCI for all applicants for the past 3 or 4 years?</p>

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<p>Cali Trumpet,</p>

<p>I did look into GPA, but I was more focused on the 4.1 figure for UCSB posted on the UCSB website. Regardless, I do agree that the schools are more or less the same in terms of competitiveness and that statistics are always fluctuating from year to year.</p>

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<p>Funny, considering that they’re probably trying to keep the yield rate down. But maybe turning away more applicants does that, so I suppose it’s not a bad idea, even if that causes the average GPA to go up.</p>

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<p>All applicants, as in transfers as well?</p>

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<p>Nope, just freshmen. They didn’t release the transfer stats yet.</p>

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<p>wait, isn’t combined sat scores the best scores from different test sittings? i thought they took just one test score…</p>

<p>wait nvm i’m stupid.</p>