The Gatekeepers 15 Years Later

[ucbalumnus]

@CaliDad2017

Document has good analysis and helps a lot in getting insights to UC admissions. I am wondering if there have been any changes over the past decade in how UC admission decisions are made. With increasing competition, I wonder if ECs and Essays play a greater role for all the candidates, or are they still secondary to GPA and SATs?

http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/committees/aepe contains some additional information.

Note that UCs are not at the super-selective level, although UCB and UCLA can be fiercely competitive for certain majors. HS GPA appears to be a much bigger factor than SAT or ACT scores, based on some recent past threads where “test score heavy” applicants seemed to be most likely to get unpleasant surprises. See http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1903428-faq-uc-historical-frosh-admit-rates-by-hs-gpa.html .