About the average GPA listed in UC Websites

Applying to College
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<p>Hi. I have a question about the average GPA listed in UC websites,
such as this one
University</a> of California - Admissions
When it's talking about Average High School GPA, is it talking about just weighted gpa, or UC GPA.
If it's UC GPA, how do I calculate it?
thx!</p>

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<p>anyone have answers for me?</p>

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<p>It is referring to the UC Weighted GPA. </p>

<p>Calculating is pretty difficult... all APs are weighted, only some honors are weighted, and there seems to be a limit to the number of courses that can count as "weighted" per semester or year. </p>

<p>I'd ask your counselor for some help...</p>

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<p>wow, that sucks :-&lt;/p>

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<p>is it including out of staters? i'm guessing yes?</p>

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<p>Yes, including out-of-staters. The UC gpa is your 10th and 11th grade UC-approved courses only. You get 1 extra semester gpa point per AP and APPROVED (it MUST be designated as getting extra weight on your school's course list) honors course, up to 8 extra points. Only two AP or honors courses in 10th grade get extra weight.</p>

<p>First go here: <a href="https://doorways.ucop.edu/list/servlet.jsf;jsessionid=2678D2D085512D68B35FA04CB60ADB94?_flowExecutionKey=_cB32E5399-0087-6754-D090-71DFF20DAD9D_k2956A858-52E4-994D-5C46-04DBCECCBB7E%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://doorways.ucop.edu/list/servlet.jsf;jsessionid=2678D2D085512D68B35FA04CB60ADB94?_flowExecutionKey=_cB32E5399-0087-6754-D090-71DFF20DAD9D_k2956A858-52E4-994D-5C46-04DBCECCBB7E&lt;/a> , find your high school, and find out which of your 10th and 11th grade courses are UC-approved. Make a list of your courses, semester grades, and which are AP and UC-approved for honors (very few are - none at my daughter's school, in fact). As you are all intellegent, college-bound students, I trust that you can then add up the points (A=4, B=3...) add your extra gpa pts (up to 8) and divide by the number of semester grades you added up. Ta-da! Your UC gpa.</p>

<p>Here are the official UC instructions (scroll down a bit): <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/scholarship_reqs.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/scholarship_reqs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Here is a calculator from CaliforniaColleges.edu to assist you: CaliforniaColleges.edu</a> - Calculating Your GPA</p>

<p>Out of state students may only give AP courses (not honors - because your school has no approved course list) extra weight, and must have a minimum 3.4 UC gpa to apply.</p>

<p>KyleDavid80 has made the excellent observation that some of the UC admissions profiles have an inflated gpa figure because many California students use the lower 6 UCs as safeties for the top three (UCB, UCLA, UCSD), and that your chances at those six (UCI, UCD, UCR, UCSC, UCSB and UCM) may be a bit better than it appears from the statistics.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>