@UCBUSCalum: you may be correct that UC does not use API in evaluating students but there are many UC documents with regards to admissions that use the term “low API”. I have no problem if UC uses API or not, I realize it’s a public institution. Here’s an analysis about Cal’s admissions in July 2016:
https://eml.berkeley.edu/~jrothst/otherwriting/rothstein_report_july122016.pdf