Harder to get into UC from a high performing CA high school?

patertrium
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 20:05:01 +0000

If I look at Naviance which has scattergrams for the specific HS, S3 is right on the borderline for most of the UCs 4.0W/1400. But if I look at Parchment he looks like he has much better odds. Is it the case that it’s more difficult to get into a UC from a high performing high school because they except the top X percent to get more of a mix? For example per Naviance - kids from our HS that had under 4.0W appeared to have almost no change of getting in 4 accepts out of many dozen data points. But if you were above 4.0W your odds appear quite good. In contrast in parchment.com applicants between 3.5 and 4.0 appeared to have a healthy mix of accept and deny. I was surprised at the what appears to be a “good school” penalty. But perhaps I’m mis-reading it?