@Alwaysmidnight Historically the UCLA transfer decisions had always been released on the third Friday of April, but last year was an exception since they were behind and thus the decisions were released on the Wednesday after the third Friday of April (Apr 26). There is a slight chance that this year’s decisions might be released on April 20th (the third Friday of April), but there are rumors that UCLA is behind on transfer applications again this year so the release date might be shifted to April 25th, similar to last year’s date. So there’s still about 4-5 weeks of waiting left.
I have never heard of the UCs giving a “.1 grade bump” for an AA-T degree. Although this is one of the criteria mentioned on the UC transfer selection, its weight, if any, on the overall decision is negligible at best. UC transferable GPA is only based on the grades earned in UC-transferable classes, so if that elective piano class was not UC transferable, your son’s GPA would most likely be a 3.63 (which is about an average GPA for the history major).