<p>I’ve heard from a friend that UC admissions are mainly based on GPA. I was wondering if this is a myth or not. I have an unimpressive GPA but am confident in achieving fairly high standardized scores. Would my GPA affect my chances?</p>
<p>generally speaking, yes the gpa is the most important factor. other factors like extra cirriculars, test scores, and essays can help compensate for a lower gpa, but academic grades in high school are foremost. hopefully your gpa is not too low, as low gpa + high test scores tends to tell admissions that you are smart, but just dont like working hard.</p>
<p>the UC-gpa (based on your transcript) is the #1 criteria for admissions, absent extenuating circumstances.</p>
<p>You need to look at the individual schools too dude. Some use a point system which will require other important factors as well.</p>
<p>No it is not a myth, and yes it will hurt you. Will it keep you out of the top UCs? Not necessarily. But it is the most important criteria and your chances go down quite a bit. Sorry. But like I said, try anyway because you never know.</p>
<p>Luckily they do judge your GPA in context with applicants from your own school</p>
<p>Yes I find that plausible...to an extent.</p>
<p>I am in the same situation. GPA: 3.1; score on PSAT: 1800.</p>
<p>hye my guess would be that you're going to get into santa cruz, merced, and riverside....thats about it...oh and maybe a miracle for davis</p>
<p>or a miracle for uci</p>