How much does the HS I go to matter?

gatos
Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:50:41 +0000

That’s why I qualified my post as of course if you are in the top applicants applying to UCLA itself, you’ll get in. If you think about it, it doesn’t make sense to reject excellent applicants. Schools actually over admit the # of students because not everyone who is accepted commits to going.

To answer your last question on your first post, the UC’s have profiles of every high school to gauge GPA averages/SAT’s etc. Undoubtedly they will notice certain schools are more competitive/deflated, but to be honest, I suspect that they would take a 4.3 2200 at an easy school compared to a 4.0 2200 at a difficult school. I stand by my statement though that they like students who are at the top of their hs.

With that said, you have a low weighted GPA (avg 2011 admitted was 4.34, enrolled 4.25 which is insane), but your SAT is excellent. Depending on your UW, you have a shot since your SAT makes up for the GPA.

Good luck