UC college admissions are broken

Are you White, or Asian?

This is not correct and if lack of critical thinking is your calling card, go to a CSU Valley school or a JC if you must transfer in. California possesses the 5th largest economy in the world and enjoyed nearly a $100 billion surplus which supports many "broken down" red states that are on the Federal dole.

The San Francisco Bay area alone boasts the 12th largest economy in the world. The UC admissions department will look beyond raw numbers to assess what else you bring to the table. You did not list your GPA, you may have written an uninspiring application letter, and your accomplishments are on par with most college students.

There is nothing about you that screams raw talent, so your frustration, although real, may well be invalid.

Or maybe he's Asian

UC admissions are race blind. Tbh a 1450 SAT is not that great. GPA is notoriously inflated.

UC admissions have been notorious race-blind for a decade+.

At the flagship, UC Berkeley, classes have been over 50%+ Asian descent for a whole and 15-20% white.

Rich white kids like the OP NEED affirmative action to stay competitive.

There are A LOT of kids with lower GPAs and lower SATs getting into the schools where your kid got waitlisted. Because, you know. The Golden State no more. Your parents or grandparents were hearty enough to move across the country to California. You can summon some of that pluck and move to a sane red state.

Plenty of CSUs that are excellent. Or start at a community college, get a 4.0 (since they are so smart) an be practically guaranteed admission to a top 3 UC. California has plenty of options for up-and-coming students academically.

This is simply false at the UC's as I stated previously.

Only recruit athletes fall into that category at the UCs anymore.

The UC system claims they don't consider race but it's apparent they do

Are you Asian or white?

Why are you pretending like race-blind admissions are a bad thing?

Thats good to know

Your kid should have been running more miles and worried less about music. Schools want BALL players

Enjoy your cricket paste and reparations garnishments lmao

There are two more you could have applied to. The 4.2 I assume is the gpa, and was that weighted (AP classes)? Intended major is huge, if engineering - computer science your lucky they even responded.

1450 sat = 96th percentile

Cal Berk SAT avg: 1415 25th percentile: 1300 75th: 1530

Schools as large as the UC schools have plenty of room to add more gender or african american studies majors and so still get decent gpa and graduation rates despite 'new' admission criteria.

A school like MIT, not so much.

As per the below:

"Stuart Schmill, the dean of admissions and student financial services at MIT, explained the decision in a Q&A posted by the MIT News Office, saying that research conducted by the university has shown that it can't predict who will do well there "unless we consider standardized test results alongside grades, coursework, and other factors.”

“These findings are statistically robust and stable over time, and hold when
you control for socioeconomic factors and look across demographic
groups,” he said."

nbcnews.com

After MIT reinstates SAT and ACT mandate, will other colleges follow?

NBCNews

The decision could reignite the debate over the value of test scores in college admissions, which critics say put minority and lower-income students at a disadvantage.

Link:www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mit-reins...

So what’s the backup school?

This is pretty true.

a 4.2 on what must be a 5.0 scale is not that’s impressive. I know in my state all schools require that you submit you GPA on a 4.0 scale, with 4.0 being the max (no 4.3 for A+ or 5.0 for APs/Duals).

Should’ve lived in North Carolina, Virginia, Michigan, Texas, Georgia, or Florida.