<p>I just found out english II Honors and Alg 2 Honors in my soph year isn't counted for those extra points in my gpa. Seniors are currently getting acceptance/rejection letters and now I'm curious and kind of worried about my gpa. I'm sorry I have no idea how to calculate the UC gpa vs my academic gpa. If you're not willing to give your time for this, I understand. But can you tell me how to calculate the UC gpa?
Right now these are my grades:</p>
<p>Freshman yr (don't think this counts, i'll include just in case..)
bio- a/a
beg guitar- a/a
span 2 a/a
cult geo H a/a
english I H a/a
geo h a/b</p>
<p>Soph yr
span 3 -b/b
english II H- a/a
AP euro - a/a
Alg 2 H - a/a
chem - a/a</p>
<p>Junior yr (assuming i'll do just as well 2nd semester as my first)
AP spanish 4- a/a
APUSH- a/a
Pre-Cal H (Math analysis h) -a/a
English III H - a/a
AP Physics- a/a</p>
<p>can someone calculate/estimate/just tell me how to calculate?</p>
<p>I’m too lazy to calculate it for you. But it’s like a capped weighted gpa so only 8 semesters of AP/H classes are weighted. AP/H: A=5 pts B=4 pts etc Normal classes: A=4, B=3 etc. Have a nice calculator. Yes, it’s on the CSU website but they use the same thing. </p>
<p>If you are out of state, then only your AP and not honor classes count. If you are in state, check with this site to see which of your honor classes are UC approved and can be counted in your gpa </p>
<p>reading their instructions is making my head spin? What do you mean an 8 semester cap for AP/H classes? So only 4 of my AP classes will actually count?</p>
<p>I advise you to approach your counselor. People might make mistakes regarding this, including you. After all, they have your transcript and they can print it out if you want, the unofficial one, that is.</p>
<p>Fineeeee, make me calculate your UC gpa for you. Only sophomore and junior year count. Yes, only 4 of your AP classes count unfortunately. Don’t worry though, most UC look at the uncapped weighted gpa. </p>
<p>You had 2 B’s. So you would put a 2 in the B section. You have 18 A’s. You would put 18 in the A section. And you have 8 semesters max of honor classes. You would put 8 in the honors section. Soooo, assuming you get straight A’s second semester, your UC gpa would be 4.3 which is pretty good. :)</p>
<p>thank you anagenesis.
I find the UC gpa system to make very little sense, as a student can take many rigorous ap classes and still be on the same par as someone with a smaller schedule and more free time. I hope they take your weighted gpa into account also.</p>
<p>but a 4.3 uc gpa would generally get a student into ucla and ucb, right? I do have extracurriculars btw. not the greatest but i do. was in track 3 years and cross country 2. i’m a board member of a club, and in the basic csf crap all semesters. me and my band are thinking about organizing a charity concert…i wonder if that will help? anyways thanks again anagenesis.</p>
<p>The UC GPA system isn’t designed to be accurate for the top students (which is why Berkeley and LA don’t rely on it as much). It’s designed to stop the situation where one straight B kid has a 4.0 because their school offers honors everything, while another gets a 3.0 because his school has a single AP class.</p>
<p>quick question. when people say "what are my chances getting into this school with “gpa here’” or "I got into UCblah with “gpa here”’ do they usually give their uc gpa or their academic gpa?</p>
<p>also amarkov, while i can see the logic behind that, in the end the students with a load of AP classes had to go through so much more in high school and study non-stop while the other students didn’t. I actually transferred to another high school because they offered way more AP classes than what I would of gone too</p>
<p>I know. I’ve taken 8 AP classes and 4 Honors which is more than anyone else in school but my school ranks and does everything by unweighted gpa so I’m pretty much screwed over. </p>
<p>Well, it depends on what your SAT scores are. 2000+ and some good essays and it’ll look like you have a good chance. UCLA loves people with strong academics. UCB is looking for more well rounded people. The charity concert idea sounds great! Just do some ECs that you love and are fun. The UCs don’t put that much weight on ECs (unlike private colleges) although LA and Cal do more than the others. If you have any more questions, feel free to PM me.</p>
<p>Edit: I can never really tell what gpa people are using, whether it be uw, uc, or w. Usually people state what gpa they’re using. I think most of the time it’s UC.</p>
<p>Yeah… not everyone has the opportunity to just transfer schools when the curriculum isn’t as challenging as they would like. And like I said, the majority of the UC system isn’t set up to recognize the best students.</p>
<p>UC, capped GPA is not relevant for UCLA and Berkeley. The adcoms there see your UNCAPPED UC GPA. </p>
<p>Your capped UC GPA is 4.3, composed of 4.2 sophomore year and 4.4 Junior year
Your uncapped UC GPA is … you figure it, probably closer to 4.6. Assuming you are in California, go to the doorways link in the above post to determine which of your Honors classes qualify for the +1 in the same way that AP classes do. Again assuming both of your Honors classes in Junior year are approved for +1, your Junior GPA is 5.0. Combining the two years, you have 4.6.</p>
Just do some ECs that you love and are fun. The UCs don’t put that much weight on ECs (unlike private colleges) although LA and Cal do more than the others. If you have any more questions, feel free to PM me.</p>