<p>I am a 13th year senior at an early college high school, when I graduate May of 2012 I’ll receive an A.A. degree along with my diploma; I apply for colleges as an entering freshmen and not a transfer student. My unweighted HS GPA is 3.6, I have not taken ANY A.P. classes, but I have been taking actual college courses since my sophomore year, I have done 59 units so far and will have about 70 units when I’m done. On the ACT I got a 27 for the composite score and scored 1580 on the SAT. I am Hmong/Asian, from a low income family, first generation college student, I have done community service and volunteered with a local non-profit. </p>
<p>What are my chances of getting into a U.C.? </p>
<p>Will having an A.A. degree offset my low GPA and low test scores?</p>
<p>Calculate your GPA by UC standards (a-g required courses only, up to 8 semester of AP, honors, or college courses with C or higher grades count +1) and use it and your test scores. If it says that you are in the top 9% statewide, you will get into a UC (probably Merced) if the UCs you apply to do not accept you.</p>
<p>The same goes for eligibility in local context, where if your GPA is greater than the top 9% threshold set by previous classes at your high school.</p>
<p>Of course, whether you will get into a more selective UC in another question entirely.</p>
<p>Also, if you attend a UC or CSU, check [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) to see what you community college courses are equivalent to at the UC or CSU.</p>