UCSD A Pool

[kalak24]

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Does anyone know what percentage of UCSD interviewees are placed in the acceptable pool? Also, has anyone been accepted off of it yet?

 

[Newquagmire]

don't know, but word on the street is that 25% of the waiting list is offered a spot

 

[mikeyboy]

I read in a thread from a couple years ago that a portion of the Acceptable Pool will turn into the alternate/waiting list, while the other part will get rejection letters some time in May. Anyone know when this might be occurring, if it is? And, what portion of the Acceptable Pool gets on the waiting list?

 

[Jalby]

With the price of UC's going up, I'm sure the waitlists for UCSD will move more than it has in previous years.

 

[Eraserhead]

Errr. I'm not 100% sure but I think about 250/500 interviewees are accepted by the time orientation happens, maybe more this year as Jalby sayz due to the fee increases. I'd imagine that at least some of those people will get rejections well before September though...

About the splitting of the list, I haven't heard anything about that. There is a postbacc program that you may be selected for (from the acceptable pool list) that sort of guarantees admission the year after if you do well and all. My student host did this, he's an MS1 now... and was in the acceptable pool in the 2002-2003 application cycle.

Good luck, I hope to be able to withdraw come May 15th.

 

[exmike]

With the price of UC's going up, I'm sure the waitlists for UCSD will move more than it has in previous years.

i tend to disagree with that. UCSD is an elite school, I hardly think the 4-5k tuition rise will make that much of an impact. I dont think it will affect more than a few people in terms of choosing whether to go there.

 

[Jalby]

i tend to disagree with that. UCSD is an elite school, I hardly think the 4-5k tuition rise will make that much of an impact. I dont think it will affect more than a few people in terms of choosing whether to go there.

I have to disagree with your disagreement. Right now my school has more people holding onto their acceptances than they ever have before. I'm sure the increase in UC fees (and potential future increases) is making a difference. It was 10K 2 years ago. Who's to say it won't be 30K in a year or three?? (I doubt it, I'm guessing it will top out at 28K)

 

[Eraserhead]

i tend to disagree with that. UCSD is an elite school, I hardly think the 4-5k tuition rise will make that much of an impact. I dont think it will affect more than a few people in terms of choosing whether to go there.

I agree with exmike. A few thousand dollars won't change much for the people who are dead set on a great school in CA.

 

[Jalby]

I agree with exmike. A few thousand dollars won't change much for the people who are dead set on a great school in CA.

And what about the other people?????

 

[exmike]

And what about the other people?????

I think what me and DK are saying here is that those people the minority. Every school's tuition goes up, its a fact of life. If I got into a UC med school it would take a huge tuition hike to deter me.

 

[Jalby]

I think what me and DK are saying here is that those people the minority. Every school's tuition goes up, its a fact of life. If I got into a UC med school it would take a huge tuition hike to deter me.

Even if it is 20 people out of 150 (no idea how many people are in the class) that's a large amount of waitlist movement.

 

[Eraserhead]

I think what me and DK are saying here is that those people the minority. Every school's tuition goes up, its a fact of life. If I got into a UC med school it would take a huge tuition hike to deter me.

Yeah, the person that would decide on an out of state private school (or even USC for that matter) that is of equal or lesser prestige because the UC tuitions went up is definitely the minority. I mean, someone choosing Pitt over UCSD or Emory over UCSD due to the increase only, that would be odd IMO...

 

[Eraserhead]

Even if it is 20 people out of 150 (no idea how many people are in the class) that's a large amount of waitlist movement.

There is always a large amount of movement for UCSD, look at past threads... I think the class is 120 and I'd guess about 30 would be the average WL movement.

 

[Jalby]

How about Northwestern, Cornel, NYU, Columbia, etc, etc, etc. Not counting the USC people, there are a lot of people who would be deciding between UCSD and those schools, and the 17 to ~22K would make a difference. Now, if it UCSD, Emory, Mount Sinai, Vanderbilt, etc, etc, the 5K prolly wouldn't make a difference. Especially the people who arn't away of the tuition situation who just found out recently and get sticker shock.

But you know, I don't think we ever will get an answer to this. We are prolly all right in some ways. I think the waitlist will move a lot with 20 more people getting off the list. You guys prolly think the waitlist movement won't change much with only 20 people not going (feel free to change the number 20 to whatever you want)

 

[Jalby]

There is always a large amount of movement for UCSD, look at past threads... I think the class is 120 and I'd guess about 30 would be the average WL movement.

Then my official guess is 45 waitlist movement.

 

[Jalby]

[kidding]Alright. I'm bitter. Every person on the UCSD A-pool right now should be giving me good Karma or backing me up. [/kidding]

 

[Eraserhead]

[kidding]Alright. I'm bitter. Every person on the UCSD A-pool right now should be giving me good Karma or backing me up. [/kidding]

Why are you bitter? You love your school.

 

[Eraserhead]

Then my official guess is 45 waitlist movement.

I could totally imagine a 45 WL movement.

 

[Eraserhead]

How about Northwestern, Cornel, NYU, Columbia, etc, etc, etc. Not counting the USC people, there are a lot of people who would be deciding between UCSD and those schools, and the 17 to ~22K would make a difference. Now, if it UCSD, Emory, Mount Sinai, Vanderbilt, etc, etc, the 5K prolly wouldn't make a difference. Especially the people who arn't away of the tuition situation who just found out recently and get sticker shock.

But you know, I don't think we ever will get an answer to this. We are prolly all right in some ways. I think the waitlist will move a lot with 20 more people getting off the list. You guys prolly think the waitlist movement won't change much with only 20 people not going (feel free to change the number 20 to whatever you want)

Well, Columbia is sort of in a different league I think. For SD vs. Cornell, NYU, and NW, its just a matter of location preference. NYU's tuition is going up too. Tuition increases can happen to any school.

I met one guy at the SD second look that was on the fence about Columbia vs. SD though... I would just go to Columbia.

 

[Jalby]

Why are you bitter? You love your school.

Because I was giving good news to people on the waitlist, and only one person gave me good karma. I need to balance out the bad Karma cbc is giving me.

 

[Eraserhead]

Because I was giving good news to people on the waitlist, and only one person gave me good karma. I need to balance out the bad Karma cbc is giving me.

Well you can start by paying me back for the good Karma I gave you. 😉

 

[BjOrKnRaDiOhEaD]

hi

i am also in acceptable pool, I wanted to know if writing letters do really help??

Also,do you think getting a letter of rec from two people from my different jobs this year will help?

thanks

 

[GreenT]

Hey exmike in a previous post you said you would go to a UC if admitted but from your mdapplicant page you were accepted to Drew/UCLA. Does Drew not count -kind of confused about this - I have a friend who went to Drew and I thought he was a UCLA student for the longest time since he matched at UCLA as well.

In terms of people picking a higher priced school over UCSD because of the tuition - I am one of those people. I withdrew from UCSD after getting an offer from a higher ranked private school. If it were still 11K at UCSD I would have definately gone with UCSD. However, with the increases in tuition my parent and I decide to just go for the private school. I do agree that I am in the minority, most students are probably not going to do what I did. Lets just say I love debt 😳

 

[Eraserhead]

hi

i am also in acceptable pool, I wanted to know if writing letters do really help??

Also,do you think getting a letter of rec from two people from my different jobs this year will help?

thanks

You should ask UCSD admissions, but these things tend to help anywhere. Especially since you are doing NEW activities which is great. I'd send a letter from you with updates about these activities and grades and so forth, and also send the two letters of rec., the worst that could happen is that no one reads them.

GreenT, where are you going instead of UCSD?

 

[GreenT]

Eraserhead I'm going to Yale. They were my second choice, I would have loved to have gone to Stanford but sadly got a postinterview rejection. Big Red had no love for me 🙁

BjOrKnRaDiOhEaD, I have heard that UCSD is especially responsive to update letters and phone calls, more so than other schools. My friend is a MS1 at UCSD and was waitlisted. She sent update letters and had an advisor write another letter (the advisor had already written one for the initial package) around June (she didn't get in when the initial movement on the waitlist started to happen). She asked her research advisor to state her progress on her project and to emphasize what a great fit she would be for the school. She also called a few times just to ask if there was a place for her and to say how much she would appreciate a spot.

When I interviewed at UCSD it seemed like a lot of the class had come from the waitlist. Both of our student tour guides were from the waitlist and one was still pretty hostile about being waitlisted at first. He said they seem to waitlist a lot of people and he was accepted off the waitlist in mid April.

 

[Eraserhead]

Eraserhead I'm going to Yale. They were my second choice, I would have loved to have gone to Stanford but sadly got a postinterview rejection. Big Red had no love for me 🙁

BjOrKnRaDiOhEaD, I have heard that UCSD is especially responsive to update letters and phone calls, more so than other schools. My friend is a MS1 at UCSD and was waitlisted. She sent update letters and had an advisor write another letter (the advisor had already written one for the initial package) around June (she didn't get in when the initial movement on the waitlist started to happen). She asked her research advisor to state her progress on her project and to emphasize what a great fit she would be for the school. She also called a few times just to ask if there was a place for her and to say how much she would appreciate a spot.

When I interviewed at UCSD it seemed like a lot of the class had come from the waitlist. Both of our student tour guides were from the waitlist and one was still pretty hostile about being waitlisted at first. He said they seem to waitlist a lot of people and he was accepted off the waitlist in mid April.

Yep, my guides were from the WL too....

Congrats on Yale! 😀

 

[lolli]

Eraserhead I'm going to Yale. They were my second choice, I would have loved to have gone to Stanford but sadly got a postinterview rejection. Big Red had no love for me 🙁

BjOrKnRaDiOhEaD, I have heard that UCSD is especially responsive to update letters and phone calls, more so than other schools. My friend is a MS1 at UCSD and was waitlisted. She sent update letters and had an advisor write another letter (the advisor had already written one for the initial package) around June (she didn't get in when the initial movement on the waitlist started to happen). She asked her research advisor to state her progress on her project and to emphasize what a great fit she would be for the school. She also called a few times just to ask if there was a place for her and to say how much she would appreciate a spot.

When I interviewed at UCSD it seemed like a lot of the class had come from the waitlist. Both of our student tour guides were from the waitlist and one was still pretty hostile about being waitlisted at first. He said they seem to waitlist a lot of people and he was accepted off the waitlist in mid April.

Do you guys think that it would be better to address the LOI to the Dean of Admissions, or just send it to amissions office, to Ms. Coleman?

 

[Eraserhead]

Do you guys think that it would be better to address the LOI to the Dean of Admissions, or just send it to amissions office, to Ms. Coleman?

I would address it to the Dean and/or the Ad Comm.

 

[camstah]

I have to disagree with your disagreement. Right now my school has more people holding onto their acceptances than they ever have before. I'm sure the increase in UC fees (and potential future increases) is making a difference. It was 10K 2 years ago. Who's to say it won't be 30K in a year or three?? (I doubt it, I'm guessing it will top out at 28K)

yeah, but didn't someone say that the uc's are pretty good when it comes to financial aid, as opposed to usc? so doesn't that mean that once people get their financial aid packages from the uc's and usc, there will be a lot of people who decided that since the uc's are still cheaper, they'll go there? also, if there is as much waitlist movement as you think there will be for ucsd, then doesn't that mean that more people holding onto a usc acceptance that are holding out for a uc will get off the waitlist, and drop their usc acceptance? so, to make myself feel better, what could potentially happen is that since there are a record number of people holding onto acceptances at usc, there could also potentially be a record number of people dropping those acceptances all at once? which means that people on the waitlist (like myself, coincidentally) will get picked up in greater numbers....assuming that they haven't increased the number of people they keep on the waitlist this year as well......and putting that alllll together, that means that i've still got a chance....yes!

 

[Alexander99]

Camstah brings up a good point. Although UCSD's "tuition" is going to be 20-21k for 2004-2005, we're going to get a decent amount of grants. Unless you have excessively rich parents, you can probably expect to get 6-8k in grants bringing the tuition you actually pay down to ~13-15k. That's still pretty damn cheap. The deal was even better alst year when the tuition was ~15k and many people got 8k in grants (so they were only paying ~7k in tuition per year.)

 

[Eraserhead]

Camstah brings up a good point. Although UCSD's "tuition" is going to be 20-21k for 2004-2005, we're going to get a decent amount of grants. Unless you have excessively rich parents, you can probably expect to get 6-8k in grants bringing the tuition you actually pay down to ~13-15k. That's still pretty damn cheap. The deal was even better alst year when the tuition was ~15k and many people got 8k in grants (so they were only paying ~7k in tuition per year.)

This is true, hence the WL movement should be about the same or maybe slightly higher. There are also the UCSD sub. loans...

 

[camstah]

does that mean that the uc's haven't sent out their financial aid packages yet? or have some of them sent them out? when do they expect to send them out? i'm hoping before may 15, so people can decide already...and i can get off the friggen waitlist 👍

 

[docmemi]

does that mean that the uc's haven't sent out their financial aid packages yet? or have some of them sent them out? when do they expect to send them out? i'm hoping before may 15, so people can decide already...and i can get off the friggen waitlist 👍

i think uc davis has. but i dont think the other uc's have. now im scared...

 

[LoneCoyote]

i think uc davis has. but i dont think the other uc's have. now im scared...

I have not gotten anything from Davis and I'm local... I wish they would send it out though.

 

[camstah]

i think uc davis has. but i dont think the other uc's have. now im scared...

scared of what?

 

[Eraserhead]

As far as I know, UC's have only estimated their FA packages... nothing has actually been sent out yet.

UCSD won't do it until after July 1st they said
UCI said between 2-4 weeks before they start sending something out (not an official package of course because of the ambiguity of the situation)

 

[camstah]

As far as I know, UC's have only estimated their FA packages... nothing has actually been sent out yet.

UCSD won't do it until after July 1st they said
UCI said between 2-4 weeks before they start sending something out (not an official package of course because of the ambiguity of the situation)

estimating? so does that mean that they ARE sending something out, but it won't necessarily be the final package, but something close to it? because how are people supposed to decide otherwise?

 

[Eraserhead]

estimating? so does that mean that they ARE sending something out, but it won't necessarily be the final package, but something close to it? because how are people supposed to decide otherwise?

Well you can't decide based on aid really, unless you are getting a scholarship. UCSD basically told me how much I would have had in grants last year, but that it may change this year due to budget cuts. UCI hasn't told me a thing.

 

[kiki the alto]

This may not be the place to ask this, but you guys might know. I'm from Northern Arizona University, but I have very respectable stats and EC's and such. Should I even try to get into UCSD? I was planning to apply there in the fall and I wasn't sure what kind of chance I would have. Any advice?

 

[Alexander99]

This may not be the place to ask this, but you guys might know. I'm from Northern Arizona University, but I have very respectable stats and EC's and such. Should I even try to get into UCSD? I was planning to apply there in the fall and I wasn't sure what kind of chance I would have. Any advice?

Sure. Why not? You'll never know unless you try. You're (most likely) only going to apply once so you might as well apply to all the schools you'd like to go to. Conversely, don't bother applying to any "backup" schools or places where you wouldn't want to be unless you're intent on getting in this year and not having to reapply. Personally, I'd rather have reapplied than be stuck being only admitted to a school I wasn't excited about.

 

[kiki the alto]

Thanks, Alexander99...I needed that. I just wasn't sure if UCSD would even look at me, being from Arizona (California's much lamer and more boring little sister). You're right...what the heck. I'm going to try because, while it isn't like my dream school or anything, I love La Jolla and really respect the reputation of the school.

 

[shanddallar]

Hi guys,

I don't know if you guys already know this and i'm the only one who didn't, but i found out this from the admissions office today:

The acceptable is not the actual waitlist. Around midMay, the committee picks the waitlist from the acceptable pool. Supposedly 150-200 people gets to be on the waitlist and the rest gets rejections. Approximately 1/4 to 1/2 of the waitlist may eventually get acceptances.

Just wanted to share this info with y'all.

 

[Eraserhead]

Hi guys,

I don't know if you guys already know this and i'm the only one who didn't, but i found out this from the admissions office today:

The acceptable is not the actual waitlist. Around midMay, the committee picks the waitlist from the acceptable pool. Supposedly 150-200 people gets to be on the waitlist and the rest gets rejections. Approximately 1/4 to 1/2 of the waitlist may eventually get acceptances.

Just wanted to share this info with y'all.

Wow that really sucks!

 

[mikeyboy]

Hi guys,

I don't know if you guys already know this and i'm the only one who didn't, but i found out this from the admissions office today:

The acceptable is not the actual waitlist. Around midMay, the committee picks the waitlist from the acceptable pool. Supposedly 150-200 people gets to be on the waitlist and the rest gets rejections. Approximately 1/4 to 1/2 of the waitlist may eventually get acceptances.

Just wanted to share this info with y'all.

That's what I read from a thread last year or the year before last. I think it's actually better, they are basically letting you know if you have no shot rather than leaving you hanging for the entire summer.

 

[Alexander99]

Thanks, Alexander99...I needed that. I just wasn't sure if UCSD would even look at me, being from Arizona (California's much lamer and more boring little sister). You're right...what the heck. I'm going to try because, while it isn't like my dream school or anything, I love La Jolla and really respect the reputation of the school.

Zona (as I like to call it although I'm not sure if anyone from there actually calls it that) can't be half bad--it produced Michelle Branch. 👍

Anyway, good luck to you. Having gone through the process, I've concluded it's very difficult to predict just what your chances are at any given school so just shoot from the hips and hope you hit.

 

[Eraserhead]

Zona (as I like to call it although I'm not sure if anyone from there actually calls it that) can't be half bad--it produced Michelle Branch. 👍

Anyway, good luck to you. Having gone through the process, I've concluded it's very difficult to predict just what your chances are at any given school so just shoot from the hips and hope you hit.

Michelle Branch huh? Uh oh.

 

[Jalby]

Hate to burst a bubble, but I thought UCSD didn't accept any out of staters except for the MSTP (MD/PHD program) Well, maybe not, since 8.3% of the people who matriculated there last year were out of staters. I don't think you should waste your money applying to UCSD if you are an out of stater.

 

[Eraserhead]

Hate to burst a bubble, but I thought UCSD didn't accept any out of staters except for the MSTP (MD/PHD program) Well, maybe not, since 8.3% of the people who matriculated there last year were out of staters. I don't think you should waste your money applying to UCSD if you are an out of stater.

LOL, well there is Alexander99's plan....

 

[docmemi]

LOL, well there is Alexander99's plan....

that's a whole other discussion.

 

[Alexander99]

Yeah. I don't know where I come up with my crazy ideas.

I'd still apply to UCSD even if I were out of state and wasn't applying MD/PhD. Like I said, I think I think it'd be worse to not apply and wonder forever whether you would have gotten in; this is especially true if you really like UCSD. Now, if you're applying just for the hell of it and don't care too much, then yeah, save your money.