<p>"Educational Environment- Identified schools which fall into the 4th or 5th quintiles (300 points for applicants from 4th and 5th quintile schools); PHHS is not eligible"</p>
<p>UCSD</a> Freshman Comprehensive Review Process (Dec 2004)</p>
<p>Can someone please explain this thoroughly? Are the 4th and 5th quintile schools the ones that have the highest API, or the lowest API? Thanks.</p>
<p>“A disadvantaged educational/ school environment indicates that the applicant attends a California high school that is among the 4th or 5th quintile of all California public high schools using the following academic indicators: high school completion rate, percentage of students enrolled in college preparation classes, percentage of students enrolled in Advanced Placement/ Honors courses, percentage of students admitted to the UC/ CSU, and percentage of students taking the SAT Reasoning Test or the American College Test (ACT).”</p>
<p>[UC</a> San Diego Comprehensive Review Admission Process: Freshman Selection, Fall 2008](<a href=“http://www.ucsd.edu/prospective-students/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/freshmen/process.html]UC”>http://www.ucsd.edu/prospective-students/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/freshmen/process.html)</p>
<p>Here it says that the 4th and 5th quintiles are the lowest performing, but everywhere else I have read says the opposite… ? Does anyone have a link that shows the 4th and 5th quintile schools, or possibly know the API cutoff?</p>
<p>Whatever the terminology, the UC means the student attending the 40 % of high schools that are non-high performing (in other words, the lowest 40 %)</p>