<p>Under a 3.6 is different than a 3.6. A 3.6 is an A- average—I guess that falls into the “Asian F” category in CA though. Even looking at the Scatterplots for Harvard and Yale, there are a fair number of 3.6’s with 2100-2300 SAT’s that are admitted. Looking at the Berkeley and UCLA scatterplots on Cappex, which is nationwide data, 1000’s of 3.6, 1700-2000 SAT’s, and quite a few below 3.6’s are getting accepted there. I think the issue is a CA resident issue and not a GPA issue at the schools you mentioned.</p>