<p>So I have been looking up admission profiles for UCI, UCD, UCSD, UCLA and UCB. It appears that they accept people with pretty low GPA.</p>
<p>For example UCSD accepted 1.2% of people who applied with 3.0 to 3.29 and 1.7% of people who applied with a 3.0 and below. (About 49 people with 3.0-3.29 and 35 with 3.0 and below)</p>
<p>My question is... what do these people have (ECs? Circumstances?) that make them so desirable to the college?</p>
<p>Do these people have below a 3.0 but have a 2400 SAT? 36 ACT? I don't know. I'm just very curious...</p>
<p>you can run UC Statfinder to find their SAT scores.</p>
<p>But remember, UC loves kids that overcome adversity, which could be low-low income, abusive household, growing up homeless/live in shelters, etc.</p>
<p>Wait a second. 49 people applied with GPAs between 3.0-3.29? Or is that only for your major?</p>
<p>Here’s the thing. Your major REALLY matters. Impacted majors (Biology, Engineering, Chemistry) are majors that are mostly impacted everywhere. Majors like sociology, biology, etc are impacted at UCLA. Someone with a 3.3 wont get into UCLA as a sociology major but has a high chance of getting into UCSC, UCR, UCSD, UCD, UCSB…because it’s not impacted there. only UCLA and UCB look at your ECs and personal statement. The rest don’t care. Good luck :)</p>
<p>2,000* Sorry about that. Its a low yield rate but I mean a majority of those applicants probably have mediocre classes/grades/ecs etc. But I’m curious what traits/stuff those who get in have…</p>
<p>The low GPA students might be people that attend the school for athletic scholarships. I’m not 100% sure, but to play NCAA sports the GPA and SAT requirements are like 2.0 and 1000(Math and Reading), so those 49 students might be athletes.</p>
<p>I would suggest applying to a non-impacted major. Applying as undeclared wouldn’t be a smart move. If you apply to UCLA witha 3.3-3.4 with anthropology, I’d say you’re in. It all depends on the major.</p>