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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It has really changed in the past 5-8 years. If you are from the Bay Area, high performing areas of LA or San Diego, you need over a 4.0 and your application/demographics/major/ type of EC needs to fit what a particular school has decided it will look for from your school district. There is a lot of variance in what is offered at different schools and lots of weird inconsistencies.

As UC has its own app and no supplemental questions, you can’t express your interest or alignment with a particular school. As you have no idea what they are actually looking for you can’t express why you have it, if you do.

At our school the GPA of admitted students to Davis, Cal Poly, and Santa Barbara is higher than the GPA of admitted students to UCLA , UC San Diego and Cal. Kids in the top 5% of our school usually get one mid tier at best. The kids who get UCLA and Cal are head scratchers as they usually aren’t in any school leadership, presidents of clubs, captains of academic teams, hackathon, science competition winners or sports team. It’s really weird.[/quote]

UC requires applicants to choose from 8 essay prompts to submit four (4) essays. You must be confusing the UC app with the CSU app. Also, your HS is an anomaly, as evidenced by the average GPA ranges that are published annually.

UCLA seeks the highest performers who are the most well-rounded. Berkeley seeks the highest performers who are the most pointy. UCSD is a JV Berkeley. UCSB is a JV UCLA. UCI is a JV UCSD. And UCD is the UC system’s answer to the CSU system’s Cal Poly SLO.[/quote]

No you missed the point. You choose your prompts but you submit to all UCs. There is no ability to express how you are a fit for a particular campus community, program or geographic area. For private universities that offer supplemental questions you can really connect why you belong there, what you can bring to the community, etc.

Your description of the JV is really dated too. UCD and UCI are tied in rankings at 33 nationally and 9 for public universities. UCSB has dropped over the past few years and is now 39 and something in the teens for public. They are all pretty close including UCSD which is 29 nationally and 6 th public. The reality is that you need to really look at what programs, majors, and location match your goals. Within the mid tiers now, there has been a lot of growth and specialization. For example if you are premed, UCSD, UCD and UCI have medical centers. UCD has very strong economic and political science programs for public policy and internship in Sacramento, UCSB and UCSD have strong economic programs if you are interested in research , UCI is strong for business economics. Cal Poly which isn’t a UC has the best architecture program and an excellent engineering/ cs program that is more practical which employers like. [/quote]

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