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Any Homeschoolers got admitted to UCLA or other UC campuses ?
HOPE888
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I have seen homeschooled students reporting admittance over the years. I recall these students had exteral corroboration of academic performance ( ie dual enrollment college classes, subject test scores, high ACT/SAT)
When my kids applied, I also printed out the "How applications are reviewed". They used this as a road map to ensure as many of the "14 factors we consider" were included somewhere on the application. I had 1 Engineering and 2 L&S students. They had good grades and tests score. They did not have super high weighted GPA like some of the students at other schools . Our public HS doesn't have as many UC weighted classes. The maximum honors classes my kids could take was 4. Some students at other schools take 12+. My kids are example of how local context is considered.
No AP - school didn't offer.
S2016 and S2018 - took 2-3 community college classes
All took most advanced math offered at HS - two year calculus sequence
All took chemistry, physics and biology in HS
2014 D
4.0 uw, 33 ACT, UC GPA 4.24: Attended UCB-EECS (Accepted Eng. UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, UCD)
6 - UC weighted courses
SAT Chem 760, SAT Math 760
ECs: singer/musician (hobby), school leadership, work experience
2016 S:
4.0 uw, 34 ACT, UC GPA 4.33: Attending UCLA L&S (Accepted UCB, UCD, UCSB, UCSD)
8 - UC weighted courses
No subject tests
ECs: competitive/school sport, community leadership, community volunteer
2018 S:
3.88 uw, 35 ACT, uncapped UC GPA 4.29: Attending UCLA L&S (Accepted UCB, UCSB. Waistlisted UCD, UCSD)
10 - UC weighted courses
No subject tests
ECs: competitive/school sport, team leadership, community volunteer
The UCs review applications in the context of what is available to a student at their particular school.
The weighted classes are a mix of “honor classes” that are UC approved and community college (for my older two). Any CA HS can go through a UC approval process to have certain “honors” classes approved for extra weighting.
Our HS has 3 honors classes approved that way.
The list for each HS is found on the UC website and also includes the courses that are a-g for each CA HS.
Our school does offer IB classes which shows rigor but does not earn GPA bump or test results until senior year so those results are not in the 10-11 UC GPA.