<p>They may specify AP score reports as a condition of admission in order to verify self-reported academic information.</p>
<p>UCs do that for high school courses and grades – applicants self-report them into the application (which recalculates GPAs for the admissions readers). Only for matriculated students are final transcripts required to verify self-reported courses and grades and to show that the student did not slack off too much in senior year.</p>