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.