U of Rochester vs UC Davis

ucbalumnus
Wed, 30 Mar 2016 05:04:29 +0000

merc81:

Statistically your choices’ student bodies differ most at their 25th percentile SAT scores:

UR: 1240
UCD: 1080

In terms of comparable schools by the above standard, URochester would be between UC-Berkeley and UCLA. UCD would be fairly similar to the College of New Jersey.

Note, however, that the UCs in general emphasize SAT/ACT scores less than most colleges. This tends to surprise some test-score-heavy applicants who think that a given UC is a “safety” because their test scores are much higher (but their HS GPAs are a bit on the low side, so they get rejected or waitlisted). Frosh at UCs are likely to be HS-GPA-heavy in their stats, while their test scores are not all that great.