<p>Well, I do know after having a fairly long talk with someone from admissions, the guy more or less admitted that it was somewhat of a bureaucracy. My son is homeschooled and will have over 60 units of community college and has what I think are strong scores, a 4.0 GPA, strong coursework (but not all the work will fit nicely into A-G since he did a lot of it at either the CC or through unaccredited means) ECs, community service, etc., but this guy said because of the formulamatic way they do things, my son might have to appeal if he was rejected for some reason even after he said he was more qualified than most applicants. He encouraged my son to apply, though. (My son was considering applying a year early but has decided to wait and apply to college in the fall)</p>
<p>It’s the local UC for us so it makes sense to apply there but I guess I should tell my son he shouldn’t take any admittance for granted.</p>