<p>RML, instead of making a general statement “Cal is harder to get into,” why not look at what specific kinds of students find it easier to get into it? When people ask here about how tough it will be for them to make it in, I weigh that LA tends to have somewhat different criteria, even if they’re in the end similar. </p>
<p>I try to advise worried students based on their individual situations. As for which is generally tougher, I am not sure, but I believe that even if one is tougher on average than another, a CC-er may not be exactly your average applicant. There are SO many applicants, some likely heavily substandard, some great, some on CC, some not. I figure that I might as well not advise someone based on general statistics when they’re asking, given I could probably say more valid things if I looked at their backgrounds. </p>
<p>Perhaps in general, Cal is harder to get into, I am not sure. I’ve been hearing tons of things about UCLA being comparable these days.</p>