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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s the deal with “rigor” for UCs ? It seems that the top UCs require 4.0 GPA,  but they’re flexible when it comes to rigor. Any thoughts or personal experience? I know kids selectively leveling down to CP to get the easy A’s! [/quote]

They are comparing kids at the same high school when it comes to rigor. They don’t want to penalize students who are at schools where not many AP classes are offered. But if you are at a school with many honors/AP classes and aren’t taking them, then it is counted against you.[/quote]

It comes down to the top 9% rule for the in-state UC applicants. If you're in the top 9% of students in the state, you're guaranteed a place at one of the colleges.[/quote]

No it doesn’t come down to that. [/quote]

It really does. It says so all over the UC websites in the admissions information section. If you think it doesn't, please do explain how and why.[/quote]

Sure. The guarantee offers an admission to “a” campus. It’s usually not a top UC. It’s often Riverside or Merced or Santa Cruz,

Admission to UCLA and Berkeley is much more nuanced. Driven by GPA and apparently PiQ’s. If you meet the GPA requirements, it can seem like a lottery with no discernible patterns.

Is that not the case at your kid‘s school? Most families in CA agree on the “lottery” nature of UCs.

Share your experience at your school. [/quote]

My experience so far is that my kids are in 11th grade. Some friends and siblings of friends in the top of their class in 12th grade are getting multiple offers, from UCLA and Berkeley as well as other UC colleges. The colleges do not know which other colleges have made offers and that is stated clearly on the website as well. UCLA famously doesn't really have time to bother reading the essays. Who are these "most" families agreeing with it being a lottery? I'd be interested to hear more about that, as it's news to me.[/quote]

Results are not out yet for Berkeley or UCLA so no one has gotten multiple offers that are current 12th graders so try again. [/quote]

Catch up. There's already been a whole thread about February offers. [/quote]

Not for UCLA. Try again [/quote]

Another LA based parent here. Sometimes poster information which is annecdotal does not apply to the applicant year we are going thru. My kid has friends with older siblings who were definitely offered places at both, last applicant year and took UCLA over Berkeley every time.[/quote]

Homelessness and petty crime adjacent to Berkeley campus is a problem for the school. Plus the grind culture.

UCLA is lovely.[/quote]

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