<p>Son was declined from UCSC last night too. Declined there AND SLO yesterday, his first rejections, after 8 admissions (many of which are OOS with merit!). </p>
<p>California is a tough audience! </p>
<p>Sad face. </p>
<p>Sounds like Riverside might be a no go too (“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”, although here <a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/campuses/files/riverside.pdf[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/campuses/files/riverside.pdf</a> it says, last year, students are in the 3.0-3.29 band have a 75 percent admit rate. Guess they have the other factors.</p>
<p>It also suggests kids with my sons SAT would have close to a 90 percent admit rate, although I guess those kids tend to have higher GPA’s. </p>
<p>He is 3.1/1230/1890</p>