<p>@YouSeeLuckyAce: I never said “I AM ALWAYS RIGHT” and never implied it anywhere. If I feel something is wrong, I will correct them. Better than letting them slide by with a wrong impression. </p>
<p>The term “UC GPA” is not used when referring to a fully weighted GPA. If you wanted a fully weighted GPA, you would say “weighted GPA”.</p>
<p>The “UC GPA” is your weighted GPA with 8 capped classes. In college confidential as well as everywhere else, when someone asks you for your UC GPA, they want your GPA with the 8 semester cap. If they wanted your “uncapped UC GPA” they will use “weighted GPA”.</p>
<p>Obviously I know that they look at more than 8 semesters WHEN EVALUATING YOUR COURSELOAD. If you didn’t know this, they evaluate each application holistically. That is, they consider unweighted GPA, UC GPA, and fully weighted GPA. BUT, the UC GPA does not include more than 8 semesters worth of weighted credit. Any semester in a weighted class over your 8 limit count as a normal class WHEN CALCULATING YOUR GPA. They consider all things, not just one specific number.</p>
<p>I used caps to highlight some of the words you should actually take in, so that you do not make up words anymore. No I’m not always right, but I will admit that.</p>
<p>The GPA I calculated was a mistake, yes. I accidentally divided by the wrong number of courses.</p>
<p>@Luna27: If you have checked with your counselor and confirmed that your school only does year round GPA’s, your chance would be quite decent for UCLA. As I said before, your extracurriculars are impressive and your GPA isn’t far from the 50th percentile of the accepted applicants. </p>
<p>Of course, you must write a very good personal statement to give yourself a competitive boost over others, since you will be competing with people with nearly perfect grades and a difficult course load. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>