<p>All of the UC schools (UCLA, UC Berkeley etc) have majoritiy of in-state students and all their students (according to collegeboard.com) are ATLEAST top 25% of their class and a vast majoritiy of them are top 10% (around 87+%) Is that even possible? i thought only top tier schools like ivy leagues hold that. How can multiple In-state public schools in the same state be so prestigious. It's not like the University of Michigan where Michigan only has one public school of that prestige, but california seems to have like 5 Public schools of that prestige. California that smart or something? Am I missing something?</p>
<p>California has 38 million residents. The UC schools are all pretty damn good.</p>
<p>Texas has 25 million residents. 85% of UT’s in-state admits are Top 10%, due to the TTP affirmative action laws that Bush pushed for when he was Governor.</p>
<p>In California if you are the top 4% of your high school class you can receive a guarenteed admit to a UC. At my daughter’s school most of the students who go into a 4 year college go to a UC or a Cal State.</p>
<p>The UCs select students from among the top 1/8th (top 12.5%) of the state’s graduating senior class. Since that’s statewide, some admitted students who attend a very strong high school and who rank lower than top 12.5% are still eligible in a statewide context. </p>
<p>Cal States choose students from the top 33% statewide.</p>
<p>California has a larger population, the state long from south to north… where nearly different regions of the state some argue they are almost seen as different states… I guess I’m probably saying, a lot of the students probably don’t see northern, mid or southern California all the same. Such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego etc…</p>