2300 SAT + 4.1 GPA and UC says NOT top 9%???

[ucbalumnus]

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@gladiatorbird

Yes, I think it was the local ELC: he’s at a competitive high school and his 4.3 HS gpa there evidently falls out of the 9%. Strange though, because his class rank puts him at 8%.

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<p>Note that ELC compares UC GPA against the top 9% historic UC GPA at the high school. So if the previous classes had set a higher UC GPA bar, then current rank better than 9% may not qualify for ELC.</p>

<p>Also, even if the UC GPA levels of the previous classes and the current class are the same, current rank calculated by the high school may differ due to different method of GPA calculation from UC GPA (which does not include freshman year course grades and has a specific honors/AP weighting system that is different from what many high schools use).</p>