<p>On the Berkeley website, there is this page:
UC</a> Admissions</p>
<p>I am an out of state student. Does this mean that if my score total is above 425, I am automatically admitted to UC Berkeley, no questions asked? This seems too good to be true.</p>
<p>No such thing as guarantees. Those rules are not applicable to classes beyond the class of 2012.</p>
<p>Ok. I have one further question about admission requirements. I have taken math classes at a local (top 15) liberal arts college, and I plan to take a laboratory science this fall along with a math class. Because of this, I have not taken the three required years of math classes at my high school. If I send my college transcript with my high school transcript, will the classes taken at the college count for the requirement of 3 years of math? The classes were taken solely for college credit, not high school credit or dual credit. </p>
<p>Also, if I send my college transcript, will this sufficiently explain an otherwise very light high school schedule?</p>
<p>The “university” that is referred to in the link is the University of California (which encompasses every single UC campus). If your test score total is above 425, you are admitted to one of the UC campuses automatically, though by no means your top choice. </p>
<p>I would assume they would admit you to Merced.</p>
<p>If it’s anything like ELC, it usually goes to Merced and Riverside.</p>
<p>why didn’t you take 3 years of math instead of those college classes? I mean, if haven’t taken the required courses, the chances of getting in ANY UCs might be very slim.</p>
<p>Berkeley admissions should count your college math classes as part of the three years of high school math required. The process would be incredibly stupid if they didn’t, since the college classes, I assume, are above the level of your high school classes.</p>
<p>mission is incorrect. If you are OOS, a high score just means that you are eligible for admission to UC, and it might not be Cal or UCLA. There is no “automatic” admission for OOS.</p>
<p>Mr. T: you do not send transcripts when you apply to UC. You send them after you finish senior year. Instead you enter all HS and college-level courses and grades into the online application. Thus, UC will ‘see’ that you took college-level math and that you have fulfilled the math requirement (assuming you have completed the equivalent of Alg II.)</p>
<p>Eligiblity means: Eligibility to APPLY… meaning, if you get below that, you are automatically rejected from all UCs…</p>
<p>@StarryNights</p>
<p>I would have agreed with you, but then I saw this:</p>
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<p>Does that mean before fall 2012 eligibility by examination DID guarantee a student admission? If not, then the next sentence wouldn’t make any sense:</p>
<p><a href=“After%202008”>quote</a> Students who become eligible by this path will, however, be entitled to a full review of their applications.
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<p>Not that it matters anymore, anyway.</p>
@spodankle What about your kids GPA/ essays/ and ECs? 458 is good, but the rest of the application also has to be at UCB level.
Was you kid asked to complete a Supplemental Questionnaire? If they sense that a student on the borderline but still be viable, they can ask that a Supplemental Questionnaire be completed.
I wouldn’t say that. Test scores are important, but so do other things (GPA, essays, ECs, and maybe LORs).
But this thread originally was about whether one was automatically accepted based on test scores **alone/b, not how important test scores were in the application.
@spodankle What is her breakdown for SAT I and II and major?
UC GPA? GPA is more important than test scores for many if not most UC’s. You also have to factor in EC’s and essays, that is why the admissions are “holistic”. The schools look at the whole package.
@spodankle For engineering, doesnt she need 2 SAT II? What about your ACT breakdown.