Having trouble with the logic of the UC gpa

Colleges & Universities University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>“College courses used to meet CSU “a-g” requirements can also result in “honors” points. But no more than eight (8) honors points may be awarded.”

<p>The 75th percentile of admitted students had an average UC gpa of 4.45</p>

<p>You can only add 8 weighted points to your UC gpa ::</p>

<p>To be in this 75th percentile you would have to receive a UC gpa that matched this equation:</p>

<p>4.45 = (4X+8)/X where X is the number of semesters of a-g courses you’ve taken</p>

<p>x=17.77</p>

<p>17 courses/4 semesters= about 4 courses per semester</p>

<p>This means anyone who is in the top 25% of the admitted freshmen class of UCLA has been taking a MAX of 4 a-g courses each semester, with the exception of one additional course, for the last 2 years…</p>

<p>At my school, to be in the 75th percentile, you would have to have late arrival both A days and B days, and early release both A days and B days </p>

<p>Please tell me I’m missing something</p>

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<p>Remember that UCLA weights your GPA fully (along with UC Berkeley). There is no 8 point restriction on honors classes like the other UCs. The only difference between your high school GPA and UC GPA for LA and Berkeley is that + and - aren’t taken into account and only a-g courses from soph+junior year are counted.</p>

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<p>@whattttt, where did you find out that UCLA and UC Berkeley do not have the 8 point AP/Honors restriction? I have never seen any information which indicates that they don’t calculate your gpa the same way the other UCs do.</p>

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<p>[Transcript</a> Evaluation: How do I figure out a student?s GPA?](<a href=“http://collegetools.berkeley.edu/resources.php?cat_id=51]Transcript”>http://collegetools.berkeley.edu/resources.php?cat_id=51)</p>

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<p>I can confirm that whattttt is correct. I know a person who has worked with both admission offices in CAL and LA. She said that UCLA and UCB are the “rebel” schools and don’t like to follow all these nonsensical UC fairness/balance caps, like the ELC thing.</p>

<p>They believe that, if a student goes out of their way to take more AP’s and honors either at their school or elsewhere (the latter will be given extra “dedication” points!), then it should be recognized in their GPA/transcript.</p>

<p>The worst case scenario is that UCLA and Berkeley does see your GPA cap but they disregard it on your app and focus on your fully weighted GPA.</p>

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<p>AND UCLA and Berkeley compare you to other applicants from your school. They are not JUST looking at GPA. They also look at number of A-G courses taken. So they would be comparing the kid with 4 academic classes, and maybe a higher GPA because they were all honors/AP against the kid who had 6, with the same 4 academic classes, plus two more,and the kid with 6 would likely win out.</p>