<p>Just wondering, do HS Religion classes from a Muslim School count for “accepted” courses under the social science heading for the Sophomore or Junior Year GPA calculated for Berkeley admissions??? I know Berkeley has recently been generous in the admissions process to out of state students, but if a student has a 3.33 GPA recalculated based on the Ucal scale, would he or she even be looked at? I know their website says that the minimum standard is a 3.4 for out of state students. Just wondering if there is any wiggle room around that 3.4 minimum cut-off. Anyone???</p>
<p>Here is the University of California description of the high school course list required for admission and used for calculating GPA (10th and 11th grade only for calculating GPA):</p>
<p>[University</a> of California - “A-G” courses](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/requirements/a-g-requirements/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/requirements/a-g-requirements/index.html)
[University</a> of California - Statewide eligibility](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/freshman/minimum-requirements/statewide/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/freshman/minimum-requirements/statewide/index.html)</p>
<p>According to [University</a> of California: StatFinder](<a href=“http://statfinder.ucop.edu%5DUniversity”>http://statfinder.ucop.edu) , a 3.4 weighted GPA has a very low chance of admission at Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Irvine, a small chance at Davis and Santa Barbara, and a good chance at Merced, Riverside, and Santa Cruz.</p>
<p>but would an application with an out of state 3.33 GPA even get read for Berkeley?</p>
<p>It says here:</p>
<p>[University</a> of California - California nonresident eligibility](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/freshman/minimum-requirements/non-california/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/freshman/minimum-requirements/non-california/index.html)</p>
<p>that the minimum GPA is 3.4 for non-California residents. There do not seem to be any exceptions listed, but you may want to ask them directly to be sure.</p>
<p>Realistically, a GPA of 3.4 means that admission to Berkeley is unlikely in any case.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that the GPA calculated by your school is most likely NOT the actual GPA that the UC system will use. They take only the A-G courses for 10 and 11th grade (plus summer courses if any), convert them to the numeric value, dropping any + or -, adding weighting up to the cap for honors/AP in grade 11, and use that as the UC GPA. </p>
<p>Religion classes that are neutral and academic - such as a ‘History of world religions’ would be counted but a class teaching to a specific religion, for example ‘Catholic principles’, would be excluded.</p>
<p>It is entirely possible that the UC GPA could be at or above the minimum of 3.4, in spite of what is calculated by your school. For instance, any - on a grade is not counted by UC, pushing up the GPA by that fraction.</p>
<p>^For example, I know there is an International Baccalaureate course HL History of the Islamic World, that would be a type of religion class acknowledged for a-g</p>
<p>I was referring to a 3.33 GPA calculated on 10th-11th grade a-g courses, based on the gpa weighting referenced on the ucal admissions website. Would berkeley even bother reading that application. When you go to the “eligibility calculator” on the website, it does not let you proceed when you input an out of state GPA below a 3.4. I was just wondering if the 3.4 was a definite minimum standard, or would they look more holistically at your application?</p>
<p>Fairly firm I think, but if you were the top recruit for football this year, perhaps they woudl be a bit more holistic, or if your second novel was just on top of the NY Times bestseller list and you were featured on Oprah, they might be more holistic.</p>