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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The original Phillips in Massachusetts does the same. I had a friend whose son went there and they steered him to UIUC. Oh a girl from DC’s class who attended ended up at UC Davis.  I believe she is a Harvard legacy. Wonder if she was even allowed to apply to Harvard if she ended up at Davis. [/quote]

Some kids are adamant about going to school in CA.  On UC Davis family day in fall ‘25, I encountered a father of a high stats Connecticut kid who was going to UCD for this reason.  Combination of location and program can lead to this result.[/quote]

Barely anyone in California finds Davis to be a desirable location. UCLA or Santa Barbara sure, but not Davis - the only explanation I would find more plausible is wanting to major in viticulture or animal science/pre-vet. [/quote]

Agree with this.  I have family in Davis and it certainly has a cute town and the school is strong in bio, agriculture, vet, etc. BUT it's location is pretty far away from SF/East Bay and UC Davis unfortunately has the reputation of being full of kids who couldn't get into Cal, UCLA or UCSD (and maybe UCSB or UCI also).[/quote]

I think that might be changing now that all the top 6 UCs are hard to get into for high stat kids from wealthy areas. DS got into SB, SD and Davis. He really struggled to decide because he did not like UCSD at all based on his visit and talking to current students he knows, he was on the fence about SB because everyone wants SB but he really liked Davis. SB is lower ranked - 40 but a harder admit. He’s happy he picked Davis and has found a bunch of Bay Area , SoCal and International kids that really like it.[/quote]

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