More than 94% at UC's in top 10% of HS class???

[mikemac]

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but has a 3.7 UC gpa and 2260 on the SAT.

The SAT is well above the accepted & enrolled average, but the average admit GPA is 4.08 and the average enrolled GPA is 3.91 so she’d be somewhere into the lower half based on even enrolled GPA. </p>

<p>Unfortunately the UCs don’t give too much info on how they weigh each component of GPA and SAT or if they just look at the composite eligibility index. The “UC score total” is one tool, but it sounds like they make a different version for admission at UCSB since they say

As part of the academic preparation review, an academic index score is computed that comprises the official GPA and the required test scores (SAT Reasoning test or converted ACT Assessment plus Writing). The grade point average is most heavily weighted in the academic index, accounting for about 60% of the total. For applicants to engineering majors, the math test scores are more heavily weighted, whereas for applicants to Letters and Science and Creative Studies, verbal and writing test scores are more heavily weighted. Eligible applicants are then ranked based on their academic index score and awarded points based on their standing within the entire pool of applicants.

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