<p>The UC recalculates your GPA using only grades in a-g subjects taken in 10th and 11th grade (including summer school). Extra points are given for a limited number of UC approved honors and AP classes taken in the last eight semesters of school, that are also within the a-g subjects. So, things like gym are dropped out. </p>
<p>Ninth and 12th grade classes are looked at only to make sure you have fulfilled the a-g requirements by the time you start at a UC. The UC’s also request a final transcript from high schools for accepted students and if there is a significant drop in your overall GPA during senior year, they can, and sometimes do, rescind admission.</p>
<p>Here’s the UC web page that gives details, including information on test score requirements and which classes meet a-g requirements. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/scholarship_reqs.html[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/scholarship_reqs.html</a></p>
<p>It is important to check which classes at your school will be considered meeting the a-g requirements and which will be given honors credit. To do that you have to check your school’s specific approved classes, either with your GC or here: <a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/[/url]”>http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/</a></p>
<p>And, one word of advice: the a-g requirements are minimums for admission. It is wise to have more than the minimum in several or all a-g areas, especially for the most selective UC’s.</p>