Is it true that colleges (specifically UC's) don't read apps that don't meet certain test scores?

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<p>I have heard this from a few different people and wasn't sure if it was true. If it is, what is the minimum test score & GPA that schools cut off at? </p>

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<p>With 50,000+ applications at many of the UC’s, there has to be a test score and GPA cutoff to reduce the amount of applications read by admissions. There is always the appeal process if you feel your application was not given sufficent attention. Admissions will never tell the minimum other than you need a 3.0 UC GPA to be eligible.</p>

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<p>Okay awesome. So there is no SAT cut-off?</p>

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<p>Not officially for UC. CSU has a gpa + sat eligibility index. Also the gpa of 3.0 is the UC weighted calculation. For OOS students it has to be 3.4</p>

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<p>However, the UC admission reading process is distributed, so there is not the bottleneck of a centralized admission committee that every single application has to be read by. So it is entirely possible for every application to be read by two admission readers, if they hire enough admission readers. Of course, it would not be surprising if an admission reader seeing a non-UC-eligible application quickly gave it the lowest score and moved on, or an admission reader seeing a marginally-UC-eligible application quickly gave it the second lowest score and moved on. (Or a computer program may screen out non-UC-eligible applications before giving them to the admission readers.)</p>