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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eagle Scout and Girl Scout Gold Award are almost guaranteed entry into the University of California system providing you have the requisite GPA and test scores.  Those awards demonstrate grit, determination and the ability to see a project from start to finish.[/quote]

[b]At our school, it seemed like having the requisite GPA and test scores almost guaranteed entry into any school in the California system, though what was needed in terms of scores and GPA varied by the particular university. Naviance showed a very clear pattern for virtually all of them, including Cal, UCLA and UCSD. [/quote][/b]

Maybe if you are a Californian.  It's almost impossible to get into UCLA or Berkeley OOS unless you are an athelete or have a hook.[/quote]

My kids go to a W school. You do need high grades, rigor and very good test scores to get into UCLA or Berkeley, but virtually all the kids above that high threshold get in. Those schools plus UCSD and UCSB (and Michigan, Vandy, Cornell, and WashU) are popular options for smart kids with no hooks. There are a couple of UC schools--UC Davis in particular--where there is not such a strong correlation between grades, scores and acceptances at our school. [/quote]
+1 I have a kid with very high scores and grades but no particular hook and the UCs came highly recommended to us as schools he should apply to as they are more numbers driven than some other schools of similar caliber. He was accepted at UCLA (had no interest in UC-Berkeley so can't speak to that one) but ended up instate at UVA. [/quote]

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