California Schools for B student??

DunninLA
Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:02:57 +0000

IKnowNothing:

I’m pretty sure most Cal states, UCR and UCSC would accepted B students.

Not so. Now that UC Merced is rolling along, UCR has become more competitive and 3.0 won’t get you in… 3.3-3.4 is about as low as they go, barring other factors. UCSC is at about 3.5 as the lowest under normal circumstances. There are 4-5 Cal States that won’t take below 3.4 either – San Luis Obispo, San Diego, Long Beach, Pomona.

This recession has caused many more students who would and do get into privates like Tulane, Baylor, LMU, Boston University, etc. to consider these in-states for financial reasons (many even commute), which drives up the compeitiveness from Berkeley on down to the Cal States. I would even say the average GPA for these instates had gone up .1 to .15 in the past four years, and ave. SAT at least 40-50 points.