Wait-Listed, Rejected and Frustrated in California

Five UC campuses -- Berkeley, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Barbara -- received more than 100,000 applications each. Application totals like those guarantee shrinking admit rates of the sort many applicants are experiencing this year. Parents -- many of whom rely on out-of-date senses of colleges' competitiveness -- are particularly shocked. "We are constantly working with parents who assume a B-plus student can go to Davis or Santa Barbara, and they can't." Read More