<p>Re: posts #21, 22, 23, 34</p>
<p>kyledavid80, thanks for the top about StatFinder. It’s a useful tool on UC admissions, though not broken down into every category that would be useful. </p>
<p>Based on what I’ve seen there, though, it’s a little bit of a mixed bag as to whether OOS applicants are more qualified than in-state applicants at UC Berkeley. In-state applicants actually have slightly higher HS GPAs: 59.4% of California applicants have GPA > 3.8, as opposed to 51.5% for OOS applicants. But a higher percentage of OOS applicants have top SAT scores: 31.6% of OOS applicants have their highest SAT score in the 700-800 range, as opposed to 19.8% of California applicants. But that still leaves well over twice as many California applicants as OOS applicants in that top SAT range. To get to their total number of acceptances, however, Berkeley’s adcom probably needs to dip a little into the pool of in-state applicants with high grades (over 3.8) and slightly lower SAT scores (highest in 600-699 range). In contrast, a significant number of OOS applicants with GPA > 3.8 and at least one SAT score > 700 get rejected.</p>