What do the 2.2% who get admission with a GPA between 3.40-3.79 do?
Is there anyone in these 2.2% who got in due to her excellent ECs?
Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.40-3.79:
UCB: 1.8%
UCLA: 2.2%
UCSD: 7.2%
UCSB: 10.1%
UCI: 11.1%
UCD: 16.6%
UCSC: 43.8%
UCR: 63.3%
UCM: 88.7%
They are probably recruited athletes.
Agree ^^^ with @momofsenior1 and these recruited athletes get many perks including tutoring to make sure they maintain their academic eligibility to play.
Although essays are considered very important in UCLA’s application review, it will not make up for subpar grades and test scores unless there are extenuating circumstances for the less than stellar academics.
2% of 100K+ applicants is over 2K students - I don’t think there would be THAT many recruited athletes, would there?
@ProfessorPlum168: That is the % admitted not applied so 2.2% of 16020 would be 352 for 2018.
I don’t know if this is accurate or not and whether all of them are “recruited.” I assume some could be walk-on’s.
https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/university-of-california-los-angeles/student-life/sports/
I’m sure UCLA has some “developmental” students/cases too, like big donors with kids with less than stellar stats.
The bottom line is those 2.2% are not your off the street applicant. They’re developmental or an athlete.
the high end of that range, a 3.79 GPA is not a bad GPA. It is too bad that the many of the other applicants have > 4.0+.
@UCBUSCalum: Average Capped weighted GPA for 2018 Freshman was 4.23 and average for Fully weighted was 4.49 so probably the majority are above a 4.0…
Given the 4.23 median, on a normal standard distribution and given that 10% admit rate for 3.8-4.19, probably around 2-3 percent rate between 3.80-3.99. So if they did an inverse 95th percentile chart, I would say that it would start at 4.00 for UC GPA.
One UCLA freshman 2018 profile (too many available) shows 267 admitted in the 3.3-3.79 range. 1.4%.
Rather than get too analytical with OP, she needs to realize this is the longest of long shots.
That simple. No fairy dust from “excellent ECs.”
Development considerations are not supposed to be used in UC admissions:
https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/governance/policies/2202.html
So recruited athletes are the most likely admits.
They must break their policies then. 
:lol:
@ucbalumnus Yes and no. Trust me on that one. Development applicants exist at the top UCs.
Some of those students are also probably Art, Dance, Music, and Theater students whose portfolio/audition are by far the most important element of their admission. Pretty much if those departments want a student and the student meets all of the school’s admission requirements they will be admitted. UCLA School of Music grad here, BTW. (I’d like to think my GPA and SAT scores were still competitive for admission to UCLA at the time, but nevertheless the above is still true for those majors. )