@saintfan - The OP’s son had a weighted GPA of 4.15, not sure if this was UC-weighted or not, but unhooked applicants need a lot higher than that to get into UCLA, even with 2300+ SAT. From anecdotal evidence at our school, UCs admissions are very numeric for unhooked applicants. At highly ranked privates, you have to be above a GPA threshold to be considered. SAT is almost always given lower priority than GPA (4 years, not 4 hours, etc. etc.).
Hooked applicants of any kind have stats all over the place. I am not saying they don’t deserve it, just saying what it takes for an unhooked applicant to get into these top ranked school these days.