<p>So, I'm not sure how to calculate UC GPA. I know from my high school courses it is 4.125... but I don't know how my college course would factor in. </p>
<p>College course: (each one semester, 4.0 credits each for that college).
Art History 1 - A<br>
Art History 2 - A</p>
<p>High school courses:
10th:
Honors Bio: A/A
Am Lit: A/A
Psychology: A/A
Spanish 2: B/B
AlgGeoStat 3P: (I'm not sure if it's considered an honors class, but it's the highest level.) A/A
Political and Economic Systems: A/A</p>
<p>11th:
Honors Cultural Anthropology: A
Honors Physical Anthropology: A
Spanish 3: A/A
Chem: A/A
AP English: A/A
AP Calc AB: C/B
AP World History: A/A</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I asked my counselor, but she didn't know what a UC GPA was because we live in Michigan and we haven't sent kids to UC schools since she's been there.</p>
<p>Each semester of college counts as one year of high school and is weighted like an AP class would be. Just add it in with your hs classes: give 4 points for A's, 3 for B's, 2 for C's, 1 for D's- add the 8 points you are allowed for weighted classes to the total and divide by the number of classes (by semester) you have taken. That should (roughly) equal your UC gpa. I know others have posted better threads on calculating gpa's so you might do a search.</p>
<p>You don't need to calc your GPA. The UCs will do it for you based on their formula. It's complicated because they only weight a certain number of classes. There is a maximum. Bessie's post is correct for generally calcing your GPA but the UCs do it their own way.<br>
Coming from OOS, your biggest concern should be making sure that you have all the requireds. Visual and performing arts? Language?</p>
<p>By the beginning of senior year I'll have...</p>
<p>-2 college art courses (my school has no art courses), Art History 1 and 2.
-4 years of math. (2 honors, 1 AP).
-5 years of social studies. (1 honors).
-3 years of science. (1 honors).
-3 years of English. (1 AP.)
-3 years of language. </p>
<p>Senior year will probably have:
-2 math. (2 AP).
-1 English. (1 honors).
-1 social studies. (1 honors).
-1 science. (1 honors).</p>
<p>Took the top courses I could for each subject, but we don't offer many honors/AP classes.</p>
<p>"Coming from OOS, your biggest concern should be making sure that you have all the requireds"
No, unfortunately, for OOS students the biggest concern is that the UC's are mandated by Calif law to take qualified Calif students first over OOS & International applicants. And with the huge # of Calif students applying to the UC's in recent years, OOS students, who generally apply to UCLA, Berkeley and UC San Diego, have about a 10-15% chance off acceptance- about the same as trying to get into an elite private college. OOS chances are higher at some of the less popular UC's. SAT and SAT II scores, in addition to A-G classes and GPA's, are also important factors in admissions decisions at the UC's.</p>
<p>^^ Yeah, I know this and it sucks. Since my major is rare, I haven't really found any other college that I would like to attend with it. I have the option of transferring to a California high school for the 2nd semester of junior year and senior year but there's no way I'm going to switch schools and move cross country.</p>
<p>Under the courses and programs of study link above, scroll down to Near Eastern Languages. And the link above^^ takes you the dept website.
I can't "chance" you because you haven't taken you SAT's yet, and while they aren't as heavily weighed at Chicago as they are at other top colleges, they are still a factor. But in general, Chicago is one of the most rigorous academic colleges in the US- with tougher grading curves than any of the Ivy's. If you don't LOVE to learn, above ALL else, then Chicago is probably not the school for you.</p>
<p>Lol learning is my passion. I visited there this summer when I was at a Northwestern program. I loved the atmosphere and campus, but I didn't really think I could get in. </p>
<p>Besides, I thought more middle American cities like ACT better. I know U of M does...</p>
<p>In theory the college courses would lower your UC GPA, since you would have maxed out your weighting with 8 semesters of high school courses. Since your high school GPA is above 4.0, any additional grades you get, on a 4 point scale, will be unweighted for UC, and thus can only lower it - by my calculation, to about 4.1.</p>
<p>However, the individual UC campuses assess your transcript as a whole, and would be unlikely to lower their estimation of you because you took some community college courses. However, UC does have a performing arts requirement. Art history probably doesn't qualify. Art, music, dance, drama, etc. do - the key is "performing."</p>
<p>I disagree with Menloparkmom about the barriers to OOS students at UC - we've bounced this around before. I think the difference in admission standards is modest between instate and OOS applicants, regardless of what the stated policy is. Even with record high school graduation numbers there are still unfilled seats at some UC campuses - UC Riverside and Merced. It's just that the extra tuition for OOS students, coupled with the meager financial aid for middle class students, makes UC a bad bet for many OOS students, unless they're aiming at the most selective campuses - Berkeley, UCLA and UCSD. And those are hard for everybody to get into, instate or OOS.</p>
<p>I'll email the college again, but for some reason I think I contacted them as a freshman and they said that art history was ok... but I'll check again. </p>
<p>The problem is, we don't have any year art courses. And very few other courses. I'll see what I can do though.</p>
<p>There it has listed AP Art History under the Visual and Performing Arts, does that mean that it counts? I'm really unfamiliar with the a-g courses.</p>
<p>Here the stats for the class of 2010. Are you taking the ACT again? Your score puts you in the bottom 30% of enrolled students . Chicago has had a huge [35%] increase in EA applications this year, so it is getting more and more competative. Chicago:</a> Cost of Attendance</p>
<p>And I should have said- "love to learn AND are willing to work harder than you ever thought possible, and harder than your friends at other colleges"</p>