@longwait2 … the whole selection process for UCs is indeed very discouraging. My son’s major is EE and got accepted to some very good schoolsS , but they are all out of states … u of Illinois- Urbana & champaign, UT Austin, and get full tuition scholarship at Texas A&m. We are middle income family and received 0 financial aid, so going out of states or private college is out of the question . Daddy really hoping he will go to Texas A&m. Unfortunately they are not very diversify in terms of student dermographics, and that is something my son feels very important with (I think living LA is quite different than many other cities ). He will be going to UCSB… at least he is staying closer to home that makes me happy.
Again, wish all of you here the best in your college life wherever you will be.