Anyone of the class of 19' get into any UC's with a relatively low GPA?

Low as in 3.1-3.5 GPA’s.If so would you mind posting your SAT scores,school accepted,major,and what you think was the reason you got accepted?Also if your senior year grades played any role?Thank you in advance would love to hear from some of you.

My friend got into UCI with a 3.4 GPA and a 1760 SAT score. His major was something along the line of pharmaceutical sciences. I think his essays played a big role, and maybe his race. He came from a military family and he was half black and half filipino living in Japan, so he talked about the big culture differences he experienced in one of his essays. He didn’t take SAT subject tests and his classes weren’t too rigorous either. He was also an OOS student. I’m still shocked he got in to be honest!

My friend also got into UCI OOS with around a 3.4-3.5 GPA. His SAT was a 1900. His course load was pretty difficult though.