<p>Can't imagine another res hall way out there near Sunset Rec, but they're going to do it ..</p>
<p>Plenty of admitted students (btw) do not fit the average profile noted by the OP. Some of these have posted on the Results thread. </p>
<p>Please note that public U's have different missions than private U's, and so must abide by different priorities. The differential between opportunity & achievement is a significant factor in UC admissions, at any campus. If there were a lot more spaces for the high achievers who were blessed with opportunity, as well as those who weren't, all achievers would be admitted.</p>
<p>In addition, UC places a lot of value on leadership, again because of the public nature of the institution. </p>
<p>ELC will also figure into the picture, but only to the degree that those ELC students still meet the overall eligibility index for admission. If you're the only D in a class of F's, you don't get in.</p>
<p>I know non-ELC'ers who were not even in the top 12.5% of their h.school class (thus could not have been elc-ranked), yet they got into UCLA because of a combo of outstanding factors mentioned, + a combo of high UC-weighted GPA (but not perfect) and respectable scores (but not perfect).</p>
<p>If your achievement vs. opportunity is exceptionally high (academically AND in e.c.'s), in addition to high leadership factors, in addition to community service factors, it is very hard for UC to ignore you. This is true for many Anglo Caucasians, so it's not necessarily an ethnically-based outcome.</p>
<p>In addition, I see some "rejecteds" on the Results thread that were competing for coveted seats in bioengineering, in biotech/genetics, & other "hot" majors. The competition for those spots was quite high.</p>
<p>Sproul Hall will open. It's almost ready. They're working on it as we speak (type).</p>
<p>Of the people I know who applied to UCLA from my high school, those with the high GPA and lower SATs were accepted over those with a lower GPA but high SATs.</p>
<p>Isn't it said that GPA is a better indicator of college performance than SATs? </p>
<p>It makes sense to me.</p>
<p>Dude, trust me, GPA is a piece of **** when it comes to judging how smart a person is, and SAT's aren't that great either. My floormate had a 3.5 weighted GPA in high school and is a GENIUS. My friend's roommate had like a 4.7 and she is a total air head. Some schools inflate their GPAs like crazy. Some people are really smart but are bad test takers and what not.</p>