Is it true that Canadians get mark boosts?

Applying to College
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<p>I’m Canadian and am wanting to apply to UCLA. I got about a 90-91% average which is OK for UCLA I think, but I heard from other forums Canadians get mark boosts when applying to US schools because of different grading system.</p>

<p>I also heard that IB students can get a slight mark boost as well, as much as 3-4% because of the rigorous course load. </p>

<p>Last question: I really screwed up on freshman year, getting about 81-82% average because of a really stupid art course I took where I screwed up, without that art course, I would have like an 89-90% average, but yeah I got 81-82%, so like a 2.7 gpa… I did really well soph. and junior year though with very tough course load, getting 98% average. In gr 10, had to take 2 maths, IB gr 10 math, and IB gr 11 math. So it’s been kinda tough…</p>

<p>Could I still get into UCLA? Thanks in advance</p>

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<p>UCLA does not count 9th year grades in the GPA calculator, so good news for you. More about UC’s GPA calculations:</p>

<p><a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/q-and-a/calculating-gpa/#4”>University of California Counselors;
<a href=“http://collegetools.berkeley.edu/documents/cat_113-128/Calculating_GPA.pdf”>http://collegetools.berkeley.edu/documents/cat_113-128/Calculating_GPA.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>As to how much each university will recognize Canadian grade deflation? That’s a college by college discussion.</p>