What is considered a good or competitive UC GPA?

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<p>I calculated by UC GPA and have a 4.23… Is this considered a competitive GPA for UC Berkeley or UCLA? I’m just wondering because I’m not really sure how they got that number after I put in my stats. Thank you!</p>

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<p><a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/profiles/”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/profiles/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>See “Freshman admission profiles by campus”</p>

<p>Berkeley: <a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/berkeley/freshman-profile/index.html”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/berkeley/freshman-profile/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>UCLA: <a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/ucla/freshman-profile/index.html”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/ucla/freshman-profile/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I like to use the CSU/UC GPA calculator at this link: <a href=“Cal State Apply | CSU”>Cal State Apply | CSU;

<p>Here is a link to the Freshman 2014 profiles for UCLA and UCB:<br>
<a href=“Student Profile - Office of Undergraduate Admissions”>http://admissions.berkeley.edu/studentprofile&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_fr/Frosh_Prof14.htm”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_fr/Frosh_Prof14.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>A GPA of 4.23 is competitive, but that is only part of your application. </p>

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<p>I’d say it’s barely competitive for Berkeley but definitely competitive for UCLA if you’re in-state. According to my Naviance, most people who are accepted from my school have GPA’s of around 4.3+ with the average accepted GPA being 4.5 (and we’re a California school, btw). </p>

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<p>In terms of weighted, quite frankly, yes. But UCs tend to look at unweighted GPAs more than weighted in order to create an equal playing field. </p>

<p><a href=“Lifting the Veil on the Holistic Process at the University of California, Berkeley - The New York Times”>Lifting the Veil on the Holistic Process at the University of California, Berkeley - The New York Times; </p>

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<p>;) </p>

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<p>@capitalamerica‌
UCGPA is different from weighted GPA. UCGPA is capped. Weighted GPA is uncapped. I posted this link in your “Can I consider these safeties/matches?” thread.
<a href=“Cal State Apply | CSU”>Cal State Apply | CSU;

<p>@batman4321‌
4.23 is a great UCGPA. It is higher than Berkeley’s average GPA.</p>

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<p>@Mangiafuoco That’s cool, but there is in fact a thing called “uncapped UC GPA”, as well as a “capped UC GPA”. IIRC, UCLA and UCB look at uncapped.</p>