@Hamurtle : there’s a lot of parents in san francisco that are encouraging their children to not attend Lowell, a historically very high API school. Not sure when the UC system changed admissions to give more benefits to schools with low API, but Mission fits the bill and when percentage is taken into account, a child from Mission has a better chance getting into Cal than a Lowell grad. The question I’m curious is how these students from low API schools perform at Cal? Do they stick with their intended major or change and/or drop out.
BTW, my household is predominantly Lowell grads and Cal attendees and graduates.