<p>I dug this up b/c I was on the UC Santa Barbara website today, and found this page on their admissions selection criteria.</p>
<p>[UCSB</a> Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucsb.edu/SelectionProcess.asp?section=selectionprocess&subsection=reviewprocess&selectiontype=prospective_freshman]UCSB”>http://www.admissions.ucsb.edu/SelectionProcess.asp?section=selectionprocess&subsection=reviewprocess&selectiontype=prospective_freshman)</p>
<p>The line that stuck out for me was this:</p>
<p>“The grade point average is most heavily weighted in the academic index, accounting for about 60% of the total.”</p>
<p>Bottom line: the UCs don’t have much patience for high standardized test scorers who underperform in the classroom.</p>