<p>This site should explain : <a href=“http://admissions.ucsd.edu/dev3/info/comreview.html[/url]”>http://admissions.ucsd.edu/dev3/info/comreview.html</a>
UCSD uses this points system to rather objectively admit or reject you. And the cut off for this year was 7421. I dont really appreciate their admissions process b/c it leaves no real room for interpretation, and it seems as if your Personal Statement is not even taken into account unless they are deciding between you and someone else with similar statistics. But Alas, i was admitted so i should stop complaining.</p>