<p>go to <a href="http://admissions.ucsd.edu/dev3/info/comreview.html%5B/url%5D">http://admissions.ucsd.edu/dev3/info/comreview.html</a> and you can see the exact criteria they use to evaluate candidates. The weighing may differ slightly at other UC's and the cutoff may be higher for admission, but this website gives you the exact criteria they use.</p>
<p>also see <a href="http://alumni.ucsd.edu/magazine/vol1no2/features/admissions.htm%5B/url%5D">http://alumni.ucsd.edu/magazine/vol1no2/features/admissions.htm</a> for a bit more discussion about how they apply it, and you can also find stuff with google.</p>