<p>UCLA takes many more at-risk students than USC. And if you believe USC’s frosh class has 80%+ students who graduate top-10% of hs, you’re terribly naive also.</p>
<p>The average gpa of USC frosh is “3.7,” which can be anywhere from 3.66-3.74. I’m not buying this either. UCLA"s is 3.81 or thereabouts.</p>
<p>USC probably has higher SAT’s, but that’s because UCLA is public and has a duty to admit more urms with low scores from bad high schools. If you look at the individual hss, the admits/matriculants to UCLA have higher stats, save for these at-risk students.</p>
<p>USC makes up the difference when UCLA admits more from underperforming hss, many near the USC campus.</p>
<p>The competition at UCLA is much, much higher.</p>
<p>You just don’t know…</p>