How can I be accepted to UCSB?

Waitlisted for UCSC, but accepted UCSB?

• I got a chancellors letter from UCSB and everything, but was wait listed for UCSC. I thought UCSB was harder to get into. I was undecided for both. Can anyone explain that?

• Answer:

  You are correct, UCSB is substantially harder to get into than UCSC. However, admissions is a quirky process. You can never tell what will catch the eye of an admissions official. I applied to UCSC and was accepted because I applied as a Computer Science major at a time when the university was trying to build up its CS department. This was much to the annoyance of an ex-girlfriend of mine who applied as a Psychology major and was turned down. She thought she was much smarter than me and it irritated her no end that I was accepted while she was not. This suited me just fine. One of my nephews got a full scholarship at a major university because he played the tuba, and the school needed tuba players for its marching band. more college admissions info https://sites.google.com/site/paul7collegeinfo/