Confused international student!

niklas
Tue, 06 Aug 2013 12:47:09 +0000

Hejsan! I am not sure if the a-g requirements apply in full to international students because they require US History, which you can’t expect internationals to take. But you look like you have most of them anyway, with really good grades. There is a fine art requirement, but you said you’re in Orchestra, which would cover it in America so I assume you are covered.

As for UC GPA: I dont know if you’re familiar with US grading, but it goes like this: You can get A,B,C,D, or F in classes. You can also get a + or - attached to either; i.e. an A+ is better than an A is better than an A-. So, the UC GPA takes those into account. So basically an A or A+ is a 4.0, an A- is 3.7, a B+ is 3.3, a B is 3.0, a B- is 2.7, A C+ is 2.3, a C is 2.0, a C- is 1.7, A D+ is 1.3, a D is 1.0, and a D- and F are both 0.0. So I don’t know if you’d be able to calculate + or - with the Norwegian style of grading, so you could have a 4.0–which would be amazing.

Good luck!