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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tips to get into the UCs, send your kid to a notoriously low performing high school and have them be at the top of their class if your student is not a first generation student. Do  not send your kid to private school.  A 4.0 and lots of APs won’t get you into even Davis or Irvine.  That said, the cal states are getting increasingly hard to get into as well beyond SLO which was always hard.  My tip there is to apply to Sonoma State or Cal Poly Pomona because they send acceptances out early and your kid won’t feel dejected by all the UC rejections.

Here is the source admission data so you can see how kids at your school have done and what the insane GPAs are to get it:

https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/information-center/admissions-source-school[/quote]

DP. Thanks for this link it is helpful.[/quote]

Thanks for the link.  Very interesting.  I'm in Northern California.  My DS goes to a college prep high school here.  I compared their data with a good public high school in the area for UC admissions in 2022 (the most recent on the link).  Private school 62% admitted.  Public school: 57%.[/quote]

I assume that was across all UCs not, for example, UCLA where no school is getting admits at those percentages. Regardless, the difference comes into play when you look at underperforming publics which clearly is not the good public high in your area.  Those underperforming publics have higher acceptance rates.  [/quote]

I compared a random public high school in LA (Hamilton) to my kid’s suburban public high school, and the acceptances rates were very similar for Berkeley. Not sure about private schools. I have heard it’s more difficult. [/quote]

I think it is true for private schools.  I know my DC's private school did not offer APs ( so no opportunity to bump up GPA) and grading was somewhat deflated with rigorous classes.  It makes it harder to get into the ICs, which are very grade sensitive.  Kids from the school did get into Cal and UCLA, though, but many went to private colleges.[/quote]

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