<p>I've heard the UC's pretty much only pay attention to an applicant's "numbers", or his or her GPA and SAT scores. Between the two, what would you say the breakdown of weighting towards admission is? And how much do EC's, essays and recs (if applicable) count?</p>
<p>(or better yet, answer me this: is a 3.6 UW and high 700's good enough?) </p>
<p>thanks yall</p>
<p>actually, each college does it differently. i don't recall which thread i've seen this from, but i think i've read that, for example, cal reads apps on a holistic approach and ucla does it part by part (academics, extracurriculars, and life challenges).</p>
<p>UCSD does this whole point system, where they have this formula with SAT and GPA as variables, as well as others, including two-reader-pass number evaluation of extracurriculars, awards, etc.</p>
<p>So some UC's care about numbers more than others.</p>
<p>Rec's are not included in the regular admissions -- only appeals; I don't know how they evaluate those.</p>
<p>cashmoney:</p>
<p>Assuming you are a California resident,
UCLA: Match</p>
<p>cal and ucla do read the essays. Unless you have a plus factor (low income, poor performing school, etc), I'd put the two flagships as a stretch. Just too many kids with 3.8s/3.9s applying.</p>
<p>buuuuump.......</p>
<p>would extracurricular activities and sport matter much in their decision?</p>
<p>EC's and sports are a plus to your application. They will surely increase your chances, but the GPA and SAT's are still weighed most heavily in the decisions.</p>
<p>i think GPA is more important than SAT's at UCLA and Cal. I think you can have a mediocre SAT score but you cannot have a mediocre GPA.</p>
<p>I agree with that. From the admitted statistics, I think GPA is weighed the most, then SAT II's, then SAT I's, then the EC's.</p>
<p>are SAT II's really more important than the SAT I? news to me...</p>
<p>I agree, I feel like GPA is given greater weight</p>
<p>but for GPA, how high does it has to be? I feel like every kid apply to UC nowaday have a 4.0 or higher. It's getting so competitive.</p>
<p>In my class, it seemed like everyone who went to UCs had at least a 3.7 or so weighted GPA and at least 1100 SAT. Despite what I said earlier, I thought about it a little bit and remembered our Valedictorian had around a 4.6 or 4.7 but an 1100/1600 on the SATs (I know, pretty sad, almost everyone else in the class had a higher SAT) and he only got into UCSB out of all the UCs he applied to. But this is UCLA. </p>
<p>I have met a lot of people here with pretty sub-par SAT scores but super-high GPAs in high school which is what led me to believe that they take GPA into account moreso than SAT. I got a 1500 and I've only spoken with a few people who got higher, but have spoken with a LOT of people who had higher GPAs (I had a 4.19)... aka around 70% of the people I know had higher GPAs.</p>
<p>i agree w/gpa more important. i had an extremely high UC gpa, my SATs were 2000. GPA made up for it.</p>