Out of state Honors designated Classes, UC GPA and UC Comprehensive Review

[Gumbymom]

I am sorry but I cannot answer that question since I do not work in admissions. There is a discussion thread in which a current UCSB engineering student asked to see their application review which gives some insight on the review process. I have linked the discussion thread.

Here is an excerpt of part of that discussion:

1. Academic Index – essentially the academic strength of the applicant, calculated from GPA, course load, AP scores, community college classes, rigor, etc.
   -calculated via computer algorithms

What Happens after UC Admissions Readers Grade Your Application?

Based on the Hout report, after the scoring by the 2-3 readers, applications are ranked by score within admission buckets (division or major where admission to division or major is used). For each bucket, a cutoff is set to target a matriculating class size based on estimated yield (which is presumably lower for the top-scoring applicants and higher for those scoring not as well). If the cutoff is within a given score level, a tie-breaking process is used within that score level.