Just to give you more information about why trying to maximize the Capped weighted UC GPA is not a good idea.
The UC’s consider 13 areas of criteria in their application review and which includes:
- Number of, content of and performance in all A-G subject areas beyond the minimum requirements.
- Number of and performance in UC-approved honors, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate Higher Level and transferable college courses.
So here is the admit data for the UC’s systemwide and for UCLA as an example in regards so the number of yearlong a-g courses taken 9-12th grade and also the number of Honors courses (UC approved Honors, AP, IB, DE) taken 10-11th grades.
Of course a HS student is evaluated within the context of the their HS
2023 Number of yearlong a-g courses taken 9-12th:
| Campus | UC Wide | UCLA | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-G courses taken 25 or more | 55% | 71% | ||||||||
| A-G courses taken 20-24.9 | 41% | 27% | ||||||||
| A-G courses taken 20 or less | 4% | 2% |
2023 Number of Honors courses taken 10-12th: Table Edited
| Campus | UC Wide | UCLA |
|---|---|---|
| 10+ Honors courses | 38% | 74% |
| 5-9.9 Honors courses | 38% | 19% |
| Less than 5 Honors courses | 24% | 7% |