Chance Me! <3 UCLA, CAL, UCSD, UCI, ETC.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>UCLA - High Match/Low Reach (Odd things happen there. Definitely odd things.)
CAL - High Match/Match
UCSD - In
UCI - In
UCD - In
USC - In, in fact this would probably be a really good option for you. You fit the USC profile well and might even get some money.<br>
Claremont - Low Reach/High Match
Pomona LAC- Reach
Cal Poly Pomona- Match</p>

<p>Good luck, and I’m sure you’ll be going to a college you love! </p>

<p>Chancing me back would be awesome! </p>

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<p>I have a question regarding calculating UC GPA. When calculating, do I only take into consideration a math, science, english and a history course for a total of 4 courses for each year and leave out electives like track and french? If so, then my UC weighted GPA goes up a LOT from previously thought because I dont have the 4.0’s of those electives weighing down the 5.0’s of my weighted classes. Weighted GPA would go from a 4.13 -> 4.31</p>

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<p>You will definitely get in based on your test scores and GPA, your EC’s are good (Track and Field). If you write a killer essay, then it will be a guarantee, you’re what these schools are looking for.</p>

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<p>Prodigyy11, Post #8:</p>

<p>The 4.14 gpa is ‘capped’ gpa, grades 10-11, or UC gpa. You have the right idea of UC gpa if you calculated yours correctly, which I’m sure you did.</p>

<p>Let’s review the various gpa’s under admission to, say, UCLA:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>UW UC gpa: 10-11 grades, a-g, unweighted grades, 4.0=A, etc. For UCLA, in 2010, the matriculated class had 3.81. Most important consideration by U’s readers. This average includes ~ 20-25% of students who had 4.0 gpas (which under a short period of two academic years would be more sustainable). UW gpa will also even out the bad and good high schools through an unfiltered lens of student performance.</p></li>
<li><p>UC gpa: 10-11 grades, a-g, weighted with limitations of caps. UCLA, 4.14 or thereabouts, 2010.</p></li>
<li><p>UC gpa without caps: 10-11, a-g, weighted, no caps (I don’t know what they call it, maybe ‘Uncapped UC GPA’.) UCLA, ~ 4.24, class of 2010.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Between 2 and 3, I’m not sure which is most important. Some say 2, as an evening factor between AP rich schools and those that aren’t, and some say 3 because the admissions readers want to see those who’ve kept the pedal depressed in taking the most rigorous courses.</p>

<p>Reportings by high schools, which would be post-senior grades:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>UW gpa: 10-12 grades, all courses. (This might include 9th grades also.) Depending on how UCLA students did, factoring in things like senioritis, the U average would probably be a bit less than 3.81. </p></li>
<li><p>W gpa: 10-12 grades, all courses, with all weights included. You’ll see some students with 4.9’s and on occasion 5.0’s. UCLA ~ possibly ~ 4.4-4.5, because the U pressures the student to keep taking AP’s throughout the his/her senior year.</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>Let me sweep around my post above and clean it up somewhat, and try in the future to manifest some consistency…</p>

<p>1) UW UC GPA
2) UC GPA
3) Uncapped UC GPA</p>

<p>2, is used mainly for admission purposes to see if the candidate is qualified under the UC index. For UCLA and Cal, it really has no other purpose other than it is reported on the app. </p>

<p>Therefore, 1 and 3, are the primary markers UCLA and Cal use for admissions to each. This is mainly because it provides the high and low perspective of one’s gpa: 1, because it’s an unfiltered lens on performance; 2, because this will show how motivated the student is in taking a rigorous courseload, both of these as stated earlier.</p>

<p>Again, between 1 and 3, 1 is the most important because all high schools weren’t created equal, and this is an evening-out factor of them.</p>

<p>The UC websites, always report 2. Anything associated with the system as a whole will always report 2, which includes the ucop website and statfinder. Also note that the 4.14 UC gpa for UCLA would be for the admitted class. The average matriculant gpa would be ~ 4.10 a step lower and about the same as Cal.</p>

<p>The schools themselves will generally report 1 and 3. This is the reason for the differences in which you noted. 4.24 was what UCLA reported for matriculants in 2010, and 4.31 would be what the average is for those accepted for 2011, which will drop to ~ 4.27, say.</p>

<p>Hope this helps and doesn’t confuse you further. Best of luck…</p>

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<p>Thanks much, after recalculating my weighted/unweighted GPA with these guidelines for grades 10-11, my UC unweighted is 3.75 and weighted is 4.15. Can anyone chance me based on these new values as well as a strong application essay and my EC’s?</p>