<p>UC provides a calculator to determine eligibility but as I have learned on this site nearly 75% of applicants to the UC system gained admission to at least one of the UCs.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what the score needs to be to be competitive at Berkeley or UCLA?... the top appears to be around 500. </p>
<p>My D is instate.</p>
<p>THX</p>
<p>hi MQD -- it doesn't work like that.</p>
<p>What you have here is a 2 stage process.</p>
<p>Stage 1: Is the applicant part of the top 12.5% of the graduating class in California? To answer this, you fill out that eligibility calculator.</p>
<p>Stage 2: OK, you're eligible. You are guaranteed a spot at UC Merced or UC Riverside. Now, UCLA and Berkeley both have statistics that center around 4.1 gpa and 1300 SAT, with 700ish on the subject test. Then, both UCLA and Berkeley use additional qualititative criteria in the same way that Stanford, USC, or any other top school that is trying to get to know the applicant better.</p>
<p>So, in sum that calculator will not give you any clue about UCB or UCLA chances.</p>
<p>AOK ... thx.</p>
<p>Haha, that calculator raised my hopes ><</p>