[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=Coronita]its weird though because the kids in question has a 3.2 and 1050 sat when SATs were still being used at UC schools.
that just seems unusually low for a sought after premed major at UCI. unless it’s really easy to get into UCI premed programs (I doubt it)
Or unless his parents are lying and he didn’t get into a premed program.
Just really trying to understand this huge discrepancy that some people are saying happens with higher achievments.[/quote]
I dont think uci has a premed program. Judt individ. Majors. I just checked website, theres a post bacc premed program, but i dont see a “pre med” major
My kid did get into uci. We visited. He did not like it. Prob. Cause no friends going there?
I have a feeling sdsu is going to be the elite school now,
Due to being half price and in gorgeous location.
Cal state says its just numbers…i dont think the calstate app has an essay. Just uc.[/quote]
Gotcha…. ok,.maybe then his parents were full of shit then. I feel better. it’s not that I didn’t think his kid should be allowed to go, it’s just I was getting a little concerned about people saying 4.0 gpa and high gpa and a lot of extracurricular actvity still wasn’t enough to get into any UC or CalState or SDSU school. And then hearing a parent talk about their kid get in with bunch lower credentials that the parents didn’t want to mention but the kid told to my kid made me a bit puzzled and questioned whether the parent was doing something under the table. I think the dad is a big shot doctor.
