<p>I’m a non-California high school student trying to apply.
Under the Academic History Section
I have to indicate the honors type for each of my classes. And I know my
school courses are not UC qualified ‘a-g course’ but
in my school transcript the course name shows up as “Honors” for example Government Honors
so should I still write it as “Government Honors” and indicate “NH” (not honors) type?
This is kind of urgent…</p>
<p>First off, make sure you list classes that fulfill the UC A-G core classes. Regardless of whether or not they are Honors/AP, it is MOST IMPORTANT that you fulfill the UC Requirements! This means a MINIMUM of 4 years of english, 2 years of language, 2 years of science (biology and chemistry), 3 years of math, 2 years of history(must have US History/American Gov and World History/Culture/Geography), 1 year of art, 1 year of elective. </p>
<p>Next, when marking Honors/AP, usually only Junior or Senior year courses are considered Honors/AP. However, UC’s will recalculate your OOS GPA so if you did happen to take an honors level class in sophomore/freshman year, it will be counted or if you marked it as honors but it actually wasn’t honors they will recalculate it.</p>
<p>So should I leave it “Government Honors” in the Course Name and indicate “NH”?</p>
<p>"However, UC’s will recalculate your OOS GPA so if you did happen to take an honors level class in sophomore/freshman year, it will be counted or if you marked it as honors but it actually wasn’t honors they will recalculate it. "</p>
<p>Is that your personal experience? I have not heard of many cases where OOS students where given extra points.</p>
<p>All colleges recalculate your GPA based on your transcript, not what you wrote on your application. They won’t give OOS students “extra points”. I would like to correct a previous mistake I wrote. UC’s WILL count OOS AP credit but NOT OOS honors credit. So, ustigergirl, do not mark it as honors, mark it as NH.</p>
<p>from the website</p>
<h1>What are UC-approved honors courses?</h1>
<p>UC approves courses at all accredited California high schools as meeting the ‘a-g’ requirements. Some courses are approved as honors-level courses, meaning they require higher standards. If a course is not designated as such on your high school’s course list, or if your school does not have a UC-certified course list, do not select ‘HL’ (Honors Level) for a course, even if your school calls it an honors course.</p>
<p>^^ Yup. But you can mark an AP as AP.</p>
<p>Got it but still I need to type in the course name.So should I take out the word “Honors” when I type in the COURSE NAME even though my transcript shows that I took honors course in my own school? For example, instead of Government Honors -> just Government?</p>
<p>I would put the name of the course exactly as it appears on the transcript. There are definitely other schools with classes that have “Honors” in the title but aren’t considered Honors by the UCs, so I’m sure they’ll know what to do with it.</p>
<p>Would the admission officers jeopardize my chance of admission if I say:</p>
<p>Course Name: “Government Honors”<br>
Honors Type: “NH”</p>
<p>I need a lot of feed back…</p>
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<p>When you get a chance, I suggest you mathematically try to test your theory. (Hint, you’ll quickly find that is prohibitively expensive for most colleges to recalculate gpa’s; and in fact it is nearly impossible given the time frame of applications showing up in the mail during the first two weeks of January and decisions due by mid-March.)</p>
<p>ust: it really doesn’t matter if you mark honors or NH. Unless it is an AP course, UC will automatically assume NH since you are OOS. UC is so desiring your OOS money, they’ll take the apps anyway they can get them! 
More seriously, they realize that the UC app maybe different from what you are used to, so they give a lot of leeway to OOS students. Heck, instaters incorrectly mark H for NH all the time. (Honest mistakes happen and your app won’t be rejected just for that.)</p>
<p>Use the full course name, if that is what is on yoru transcript. If it says ‘Honors Algebra II’ on your transcript, enter it on your app exactly the same way. (That way you can denote Honors, even if UC will discount it.)</p>
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Yes. So you should write out “Government Honors” and then choose NH.</p>
<p>^Perfectly said quomodo. Concise and accurate. A work of beauty. :)</p>