<p>According to collegeboard, most UCs take over 90% of their class from students in the top ten percent of their class. Is this really true? It seems unfair and weird, a student at the top of the class in a poorly performing hs is not the same as a student near the top at a rigorous one</p>
<p>You can see the profiles of admitted students to every UC campus (detailed breakdown of GPA, SAT, ACT, and other statistics) at [url=<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/campuses/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/campuses/index.html]University</a> of California - Campuses<a href=“click%20on%20the%20campus%20name,%20then%20%22Freshman%20Admission%20Profile,%22%20then%20%22Detailed%20Freshman%20Admission%20Profile%20(PDF”>/url</a>" to see the stats in a chart). </p>
<p>One of the stats given is ELC Student Admit Rate, which is the percentage of admitted students who are ELC (Fall 2010 ELC was still top 4%).</p>
<p>Not sure when the Fall 2011 stats will be posted.</p>
<p>It depends on the campus. A lot of schools don’t rank (mine didn’t) so 90% seems like a high number. To get into a top/high midtier UC you are going to need a 4.0+ UC GPA.</p>
<p>The “ranking” does not refer to the class ranking done by the individual high schools. The UCs compile their own “ranking” two ways: 1) through the ELC program (top 9% of each participating high school) and 2) statewide statistics for a given application cycle (top 9% of CA applicants statewide).</p>