<p>Anastasia… no. Not the case. Lots of kids entering UCs this fall had a bunch of Bs and even a C or two or three. The average <em>weighted</em> gpa at Irvine, for example was 3.9. The range was probably 3.4 - 4.5. At UC Riverside the average was probably about 3.6, with a range of 3.0 (ELC) to 4.3). </p>
<p>I am only speaking of UCLA and UC Berkeley. The other campuses are less selective, and a poor freshman year will matter less than at UCB and UCLA where there are several thousand applicants with 4.1 and above gpa’s each year!</p>