Which school do you regret not applying to?

statmanaggie
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:34:30 +0000

Well, I’m at UCD now and loving it but I do sort of regret not applying to UCB and UCLA around this time in 2010. I had a 3.6 GPA transferring as a Stats major which isn’t impacted at any UC I think. I’m also an older student (> 29) and had a really good essay that was proofread, edited, and read again and again, by several instructors at my CC.

I’ve grown up in the city all my life (NJ/NYC area) so being in LA or Berkeley would have been nothing new. I visited Davis though for the first time and really liked it. I had friends going here and received a stellar aid package once everything was finalized with my admissions.

But who knows. Maybe if I bust my you know what over the next year and a half I can be one of the very few who get into either UCLA or UCB’s grad program in Stats/Biostats. :)