The University of California has nine undergraduate campuses: Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz. If you’re applying to UC San Diego, you may have realized that you’ll need to rank UCSD’s seven residential colleges in order to submit your application. How … Read more
[Note: this is a pretty long article – but chock-full of great info if you are applying to the UCs! There’s a “quick tips” post on applying to the UCs here.] Lisa Przekop’s son was denied admission at UCSB a few years back. She’s in good company – many students were not admitted – but … Read more
There was a flurry of newspaper articles this weekend about college admissions and the increase in selectivity this year. It was a frustrating year for many students who thought they were qualified for admission to top UC and out-of-state universities. It’s important to remember that rejection does NOT mean a student is not qualified; it’s … Read more