In response to the original poster: UC's do have cutoffs but they're very low. It's not as bad as you think. I have a 30R and I received secondaries from all UC's (that's 9V, 11P, 10B). So as you can see: even with my pathetic MCAT, I was still able to get secondaries from all UC's. Although, I did have a 3.89 GPA but I don't think it's that high. If UC's do indeed have a high cutoff, it's probably post-secondary. That's why UC's don't interview that many applicants, as opposed to schools like Columbia.