UC's do not read college application essays

testanalyst
Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:15:38 +0000

@fall2016
I’ve seen the same, though the student’s essay was mediocre at best (new immigrant) and had virtually no EC’s). SAT’s were very low too. Decent GPA, but good scores in the STEM areas (Engineering major).

Perhaps randomness is a bigger factor than we think.