<p>“As we consider each individual application - and rest assured, we do consider each one - we look beyond grades and test scores.”
[URL= <a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/how-applications-reviewed/index.html]SOURCE[/URL”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/how-applications-reviewed/index.html]SOURCE[/URL</a>]</p>
<p>So…UCSC took the application fee for tens of thousands of applicants…and recycled the scores from more competitive campuses?</p>
<p>I’m calling shenanigans.</p>
<p>Also, this just reinforces my hunch that essays mean squat to all of the UCs save for Cal and LA. Jeeez.</p>