I am very confused

seal16
Mon, 23 Mar 2015 19:05:12 +0000

I am a parent of HS class of 2016. I have been reading stats for accepted / rejected students trying to understand the trend for UCLA admission and I am very confused. I understand that GPA is more important than test score. I also understand slight boost for URM / fist generation students. I understand the value of EC. But when I see a 2400 SAT kid with 3.98UW GPA, tons of APs and recruited swimmer getting rejected from UCLA and USC I do not know what to think. I also see some 1700 kids getting in. What do you think? It must be some logic behind those decisions.