UCSC out today?

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Anonymous wrote:UC Davis was also out couple of days ago. Anyone got in? It’s yet another good school that’s surprisingly easy to get into (together with UDub, Wisconsin, Rutgers). Anyone with decently high stats in the DMV can treat these as safeties!

Hearing UCD was just as brutal for Bay Area schools this year, 3.98 UW, max APs and rigor, research, awards students etc rejected.

Yep, DC's really smart friend was waitlisted. Not a safety at all.

In Bay Area? The oos acceptance rate is over 50% for UC Davis according to their CDS; the in-state rate is ~35%.

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DC got into UC Davis for Engineering - we are very excited.

OOS from Virginia.

Quite unexpected honestly. Sophomore grades were not good ( 4 Bs) but kid pulled up his grades in Junior ( all As)

But since UC look at only Sophomore and Junior grades and don’t give weight to honors, DCs UC gpa would have been on the lower side.

But will take it - PIQs probably were quite good.

Waiting to hear from other UCs before visiting

Good luck to all!

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PP here - and yes, DC got into UC UCSC a few weeks back

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UC Davis was also out couple of days ago. Anyone got in? It’s yet another good school that’s surprisingly easy to get into (together with UDub, Wisconsin, Rutgers). Anyone with decently high stats in the DMV can treat these as safeties!

Hearing UCD was just as brutal for Bay Area schools this year, 3.98 UW, max APs and rigor, research, awards students etc rejected.

Yep, DC's really smart friend was waitlisted. Not a safety at all.

In Bay Area? The oos acceptance rate is over 50% for UC Davis according to their CDS; the in-state rate is ~35%.

Yeah but for high performing Bay Area schools it drops to 5%. The harder your school and the smarter the students, the more difficult it is to get in.

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It is way easier to get admitted as an out of state or international student. UC’s charge more for out of state and international students (they pay the same higher non-CAA price). For out of state students it is about 60%.

For many out of state and international students, Davis is a fantastic college town. It is safe and you absolutely do not need a car because it is flat, it doesn’t snow, and it literally has the best bicycle path system of any college in the US. There are over 100 miles of bicycle paths in the city of Davis with a majority separated from the road. And the speed limit for cars is max 25 to 35 mph.

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Anonymous wrote:It is way easier to get admitted as an out of state or international student. UC’s charge more for out of state and international students (they pay the same higher non-CAA price). For out of state students it is about 60%.

For many out of state and international students, Davis is a fantastic college town. It is safe and you absolutely do not need a car because it is flat, it doesn’t snow, and it literally has the best bicycle path system of any college in the US. There are over 100 miles of bicycle paths in the city of Davis with a majority separated from the road. And the speed limit for cars is max 25 to 35 mph.

Is student housing expensive? Thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:It is way easier to get admitted as an out of state or international student. UC’s charge more for out of state and international students (they pay the same higher non-CAA price). For out of state students it is about 60%.

For many out of state and international students, Davis is a fantastic college town. It is safe and you absolutely do not need a car because it is flat, it doesn’t snow, and it literally has the best bicycle path system of any college in the US. There are over 100 miles of bicycle paths in the city of Davis with a majority separated from the road. And the speed limit for cars is max 25 to 35 mph.

Is student housing expensive? Thanks.

On campus is around the same at most UC's. However, after freshman year, many students at UC's live off campus. When you look at the Davis is by far the cheapest for off campus housing. The median house in each UC city

UCSD La Jolla 2.4 million. - average price to rent a two bedroom apartment $3600 a month
UCSB Goleta/S.B 1.8-2 million. average price to rent a two bedroom apartment. $3650 a month
UCLA Westwood 1.9 million average price to rent a two bedroom apartment $ 4200 a month
Santa Cruz 1.4 million. average price to rent a two bedroom apartment. $4200 a month
Berkeley 1. 3 million. average price to rent a two bedroom apartment. $3150 a month
Davis around 900,000 average price to rent a two bedroom apartment. $2350 a month


On campus housing for the second year if you can get it in a student apartment for UC Davis (The Green apartments) with having your own bedroom in a 2 bedroom or 4 bedroom shared apartment is $15,888 a year.

At some of the other UC's it can be hard to get your own bedroom in a shared on campus apartment your second year.

Not sure it is worth the out of state tuition, but for in-state I think it is. My son really is enjoying freshman year there.

When I went to visit with his younger sibling we rented bikes for a couple of days and it was really fun riding all over campus and the town. I have never seen so many people riding bikes in my life. Most of the students looked friendly and happy. I really liked that even riding around at 10 or 11 pm at night there were a lot of students out and about.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is way easier to get admitted as an out of state or international student. UC’s charge more for out of state and international students (they pay the same higher non-CAA price). For out of state students it is about 60%.

For many out of state and international students, Davis is a fantastic college town. It is safe and you absolutely do not need a car because it is flat, it doesn’t snow, and it literally has the best bicycle path system of any college in the US. There are over 100 miles of bicycle paths in the city of Davis with a majority separated from the road. And the speed limit for cars is max 25 to 35 mph.

Is student housing expensive? Thanks.

On campus is around the same at most UC's. However, after freshman year, many students at UC's live off campus. When you look at the Davis is by far the cheapest for off campus housing. The median house in each UC city

UCSD La Jolla 2.4 million. - average price to rent a two bedroom apartment $3600 a month
UCSB Goleta/S.B 1.8-2 million. average price to rent a two bedroom apartment. $3650 a month
UCLA Westwood 1.9 million average price to rent a two bedroom apartment $ 4200 a month
Santa Cruz 1.4 million. average price to rent a two bedroom apartment. $4200 a month
Berkeley 1. 3 million. average price to rent a two bedroom apartment. $3150 a month
Davis around 900,000 average price to rent a two bedroom apartment. $2350 a month


On campus housing for the second year if you can get it in a student apartment for UC Davis (The Green apartments) with having your own bedroom in a 2 bedroom or 4 bedroom shared apartment is $15,888 a year.

At some of the other UC's it can be hard to get your own bedroom in a shared on campus apartment your second year.

Not sure it is worth the out of state tuition, but for in-state I think it is. My son really is enjoying freshman year there.

When I went to visit with his younger sibling we rented bikes for a couple of days and it was really fun riding all over campus and the town. I have never seen so many people riding bikes in my life. Most of the students looked friendly and happy. I really liked that even riding around at 10 or 11 pm at night there were a lot of students out and about.

I grew up in Davis thinking bike riding was coequal to driving. Imagine how confused I feel when people get so enraged about bike lanes in DC!