<p>Wow. Thank you for the kind responses. Love this CC site.
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%.
I guess the overall ‘UC admissions index’ will reflect his 2300 SAT. So that’s good.
But I’m with you, younglOoking mom: would hate to be a student now if 4.2s don’t put you in the top 9%.</p>