Low GPA vs. High SAT?

ucbalumnus
Tue, 12 Apr 2016 04:53:24 +0000

UC are generally thought to weight GPA much more heavily than SAT/ACT scores.

3.76 unweighted GPA is probably around 4.06-4.16 weighted-capped GPA for UC purposes. According to http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/freshman-admissions-summary , 2015 frosh applicants with GPA in the 3.80-4.19 range had the following admit rates:

12% Berkeley
14% Los Angeles
39% San Diego
49% Santa Barbara
52% Davis
57% Irvine
83% Santa Cruz
90% Riverside
92% Merced

Also, the major or division you apply to can affect the selectivity of admissions (e.g. engineering or CS applicants may find it more difficult at many campuses).

In some other threads, there are students with stats similar to yours (second tier GPA, high SAT/ACT scores) complaining about being rejected from schools like UC Davis that they thought was a “safety”.