<p>sushifreak, </p>
<p>I agree it is confusing. That’s the purpose of this post. Although I could be wrong, I don’t see any evidence that 9th grade grades are not part of the evaluation of the entire transcript.</p>
<p>There is a difference between “does this applicant qualify for UC admissions?”, and “does this applicant qualify for UCLA admissions”? Two different questions, two different procedures. In the former, “weighted UC GPA” is a major criterion. as is “UC class rank”. “UC Class Rank” is critical in the “Eligibility in the local Context” back door policy. [Welcome</a> to ELC](<a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/sas/elc/]Welcome”>http://www.ucop.edu/sas/elc/) That GPA is 10-11th grades, cap on AP bonus points, a-g courses only, etc. Once an applicant is clearly qualified to apply to the UCs, each UC then makes its <em>own</em> evaluation about whether the applicant is qualified for that particular UC. Berkeley is the hardest, then UCLA. </p>
<p>As I wrote in post #1, UCLA and Berkeley appear to evaluate an applicant using the same procedures and judgements used at any Top 30 program… not a formula, but an aggregation of impressions from reviewing the entire file – the entire file includes a look at 9th grade performance.</p>