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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The in-state results coming out of the UCs were the most nonsensical I saw. It certainly left a bad taste. [/quote]

Agree, they are nonsensical, but then DC got into Berkeley, which made us think they actually read his application.

But many deserving kids were rejected or waitlisted from our southern CA school. Rejected but accepted to Ivies, Hopkins, etc. [/quote]

Yes, similar situation at my DC’s school. I was prepared for it because I had heard all the stories. But seeing it happen stinks.  [b]Lots of kids skipping on rigor got happy news. Meanwhile kids maxing rigor got rejected[/b].  Yes, I know they have more applicants than available spots. But so do other schools and they seem to manage this process better. I’ll also say, the way the UCs roll out decisions creates extreme anticipation and stress. [/quote]

Do you mean the lower rigor kids had higher GPA than the max rigor kids? So Berkeley accepted more based on GPA not rigor? Otherwise it doesn't make sense. [/quote]

I can’t speak directly to Berkeley, but gaming the gpa is what a lot of kids are doing. Taking regular in the harder subjects and selectively choosing the “easy a” ap an honors classes. [/quote]

Yep. And, taking online or independent study classes to get easy A’s. [/quote]

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