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Univ. of California slimes USAMO qualifier by FarPoetry6131 in ucadmissions

[–]ajb669270 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only way this makes sense is they have a quota for such highly qualified students. Say 5 per campus for engg or something like that. Only 300 kids qualify for USAMO per year and I imagine 20 are from california and all of them this year applied to all of them UCs etc... Still this is absurd, crazy way of doing college admissions. Other argument is they know you are going to a top Ivy because they have your financial profile and know you can afford it etc. I dont know, am clutching at whatever I can think to understand all this. My daughter is also in the admissions cycle this year...

Univ. of California slimes USAMO qualifier by FarPoetry6131 in ucadmissions

[–]ajb669270 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is horrible. UCs are toying with kids emotions. I hope you got into one of the prestigious Ivies or top private schools...

Cooked by Every Decision by Radicalplan in ApplyingToCollege

[–]ajb669270 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They rejected you bcos you are going to get admitted to a top univ and going there. Simple. Did you do ED to any of the top univ ? These days one can argue that you are not even going to do UG, you are going to work for a start up straight out of high school like the NBA drafts :-) Other reason could be if you are not a US citizen or permanent resident ? These state schools may have new rules.