<p>ETS - it is confusing, because there are two separate classes of admissions formulas used by UC. There is a basic, mechanistic GPA + SAT + SAT2 formula for determining eligibility to be admitted into UC - that is, the UC system as a whole. If you don't meet those minimum standards, you are not eligible to be considered for acceptance into any UC campus (as I understand it.) </p>
<p>Beyond that basic eligibility formula, however, each campus has its own way of assessing applicants for admission to that particular school. Although there is a system-wide set of general criteria each campus can (and does) weight the criteria differently, and applies them with varying degress of rigidity. Just to make it even more confusing, the gpa and test criteria are weighted differently in the acceptance process from the weights used in the eligibility formula (and they are also weighted differently at different campuses.) </p>
<p>A few years ago pretty much every candidate who met the minimum standards would be offered admission to UC Riverside and UC Santa Cruz. UCSC started becoming more selective a few years back, however, and meeting the minimum standards won't necessarily get you into that school anymore. Meeting the minimum GPA and test score eligibility standards will get you an acceptance at Riverside last I heard. All of the other campuses have their own admissions assessment process beyond that initial stage. And they're all different.</p>