<p>My understanding is that the UC’s look at you in context with the other kids in your school. So at the school you are at an 1600 on the SAT might be the top score at there school and at another school 1600 might be an average score. So the kid that 1600 at their school is the top will most likely get in and the other kid will not. Also until this year UC’s had the ELC program which probably allowed acceptances of kids that otherwise would have not made it.</p>
<p>I know I think my results were a little wacky. Accepted computer engineering, UCSD, UCSB, Cal Poly SLO but waitlisted at UCI.</p>