chance me PLEASE! I just want peace of mind

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<p>@YouSeeLuckyAce:</p>

<p>You seem to have misread what I said. The UC GPA should ALWAYS (NO MATTER WHAT) be less than or equal to the weighted GPA. A UC GPA is your weighted GPA, just capped. Capped means that there is a LIMIT to your weighted GPA.</p>

<p>You’re getting your terms confused. </p>

<p>Regular GPA = 4.0 scale with no added points<br>
UC GPA = 4.0 scale with added points, up to 8 semesters of weighted classes (Max is 4.4/4.0)
Weighted GPA = 4.0 scale with all possible added points (Max is 5.0/4.0)</p>

<p>@Luna, I suggest you re-calculate your GPA’s, so we can give you an even better idea of your chances.</p>

<p>I will say this: It is IMPOSSIBLE to have a UC GPA of 4.4 when your regular GPA is only 3.6. A 4.4 UC GPA means you took at least 8 semesters of weighted classes and got A’s in EVERY class you took overall, in 10th grade and 11th grade. Recalculate or the “chancing” we’re giving you might be completely off.</p>

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<p>haha I see, thats just how you use the terms. I think more of,
UC GPA Weighted= all possible added points
UC GPA Capped= 8 semesters of weighted classes
UC GPA Unweighted= No added points
and Weighted GPA as HIGH SCHOOL GPA, since she is of course, pulling this from her common app, which includes high school gpa. And I do agree, she prolly miscalculated her UC GPA (in general), oh well xD</p>

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<p>Okay for my UC GPA, I am only using 10th and 11th grade. During those two years I had 3 AP’s. For my final grade I have…
(10th)
English- A
Algebra 2- B
Chem- B
Civics (1/2 year)- A
Modern World (1/2 year)- A</p>

<p>(11th)
AP English Lang- A
AP Micro- A
AP USH- B (sooo ****ed about that should have had an A but can’t do anything about it)
Physics- A
Pre Calc- B</p>

<p>SO WHAT IS MY UC GPA ?
HELP ME OUT PLEASE</p>

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<p>4+3+3+4/2+4/2+5+5+4+4+3 = 35
1+1+1+1/2+1/2+1+1+1+1+1 = 9
35/9 = 3.8888</p>

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<p>Does your school not do semester grading? You should have two grades for each class.</p>

<p>@YouSeeLuckyAce: Yeah, you were just confusing the terms. You should use my terms, though, since it is the correct UC teminology. The UCs never count more than 8 semesters in the UC GPA. “UC GPA” mans it’s their gpa. No other school system uses this.</p>

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<p>Only final grades sorry</p>

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<p>You have a 3.67 GPA regular, which correlates to a 4.16 weighted GPA AND UC GPA, since you are under 8 semesters worth of weighted credit.</p>

<p>I would double check to see if your school does semester grades or not. You still need to check. Your 1/2 year grades are semester grades. For example, around December/January, I get a report card that tells me the final grades for the Fall. Same with the Spring.</p>

<p>It’s highly unlikely that your school only does full year grades if you have classes that were 1/2 year.</p>

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<p>Ok np I’ll check but we are running out of time lol. Thank for the help its been helping me stay distracted from all the stress so thank you everyone :)</p>

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<p>@AceAites “I’M ALWAYS RIGHT,” is that what you are saying? That your terminology is the only correct way of saying what’s what?
“The UCs never count more than 8 semesters in the UC GPA.” HAHA, really now? That is more like the CSU GPA requirements. Eight semesters means capped UC GPA, and it is used for eligibility requirements. They do look at more than just 8 semesters, UC UNCAPPED GPA. You probably know this, but you use different terminology. I bet.
The way you calculated her GPA is WRONG. Because you aren’t ALWAYS right.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/q-and-a/calculating-gpa/index.htmlOur[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/q-and-a/calculating-gpa/index.htmlOur&lt;/a&gt; high school gives only one grade for each class for the school year, as opposed to two semester grades. How will our students’ GPAs be calculated by UC?</p>

<p>In Section 4 of the online application, the student should select “Full” for Term Type. The GPA will be calculated by adding up the grade points and then dividing by the total number of courses taken. In other words, if the student took five “a-g” courses per year in sophomore and junior years, you would add up the grade points received in each course and then divide by 10, the total number of courses the student took. (In determining eligibility, the University uses only sophomore- and junior-year grades.)</p>

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<p>Unweighted UC GPA= 3.56
Weighted UC GPA= 3.89
To be honest it might as well be a 4.0 ! I have no idea how AceAites calculated your GPA. It looks like he is making up random numbers to me xP I think you will be accepted, good luck (:</p>

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<p>Thank you I was wondering how he gave me a higher uw gpa lol. Thank I hope I get in to. Good luck to you!! :)</p>

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<p>@YouSeeLuckyAce: I never said “I AM ALWAYS RIGHT” and never implied it anywhere. If I feel something is wrong, I will correct them. Better than letting them slide by with a wrong impression. </p>

<p>The term “UC GPA” is not used when referring to a fully weighted GPA. If you wanted a fully weighted GPA, you would say “weighted GPA”.</p>

<p>The “UC GPA” is your weighted GPA with 8 capped classes. In college confidential as well as everywhere else, when someone asks you for your UC GPA, they want your GPA with the 8 semester cap. If they wanted your “uncapped UC GPA” they will use “weighted GPA”.</p>

<p>Obviously I know that they look at more than 8 semesters WHEN EVALUATING YOUR COURSELOAD. If you didn’t know this, they evaluate each application holistically. That is, they consider unweighted GPA, UC GPA, and fully weighted GPA. BUT, the UC GPA does not include more than 8 semesters worth of weighted credit. Any semester in a weighted class over your 8 limit count as a normal class WHEN CALCULATING YOUR GPA. They consider all things, not just one specific number.</p>

<p>I used caps to highlight some of the words you should actually take in, so that you do not make up words anymore. No I’m not always right, but I will admit that.</p>

<p>The GPA I calculated was a mistake, yes. I accidentally divided by the wrong number of courses.</p>

<p>@Luna27: If you have checked with your counselor and confirmed that your school only does year round GPA’s, your chance would be quite decent for UCLA. As I said before, your extracurriculars are impressive and your GPA isn’t far from the 50th percentile of the accepted applicants. </p>

<p>Of course, you must write a very good personal statement to give yourself a competitive boost over others, since you will be competing with people with nearly perfect grades and a difficult course load. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Only year round not by semesters sorry</p>

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<p>@AceAites, You are just a typical UC hopeful that did not apply to any common app schools, and consider your terminology as undeniably and unquestionably correct. I’m not ‘mad bro.’ Maybe you should be the one who isn’t on an online forum? I was just saying, since she applied to schools outside the UC system, I thought she meant high HIGH SCHOOL WEIGHTED GPA when she said weighted gpa, which you do use on the common app o= “Evaluating your courseload” I don’t really know what you mean by that to be honest. I was mistaken to believe they look at the amount of rigor of AP courses, keeping in mind the trend of AP’s taken in previous years, to EVALUATE ONE’S COURSELOAD. but I could be mistaken. And like you, when proven wrong I can admit my mistakes as well (Even graciously :o). OF COURSE I know they went from a point system to a holistic review (which I support). If you didn’t know this, we are on a UCLA forum, oh and guess what. UCLA uses UNCAPPED GPA. I just cap random words, don’t take them as the words that I am trying to emphasize or anything. Nothin is wrong with making words, (nothin<-ex #1)</p>

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<p>@YouSeeLuckyAce: Yes, I did apply to common app schools. When wrong, bow down graciously (as you said) and don’t accuse others of plugging in random numbers or giving “I’M ALWAYS RIGHT” assumptions of others.</p>

<p>And yes, when you “thought she meant high HIGH SCHOOL WEIGHTED GPA” I didn’t say “HAH YOU ARE WRONG LOSER”. I just said that my terminology is used by officially by the UC System. Is their terminology ambiguous? Yes. I will say that.</p>

<p>Yes, I know UCLA uses uncapped, but they do consider the GPA cap as well. (Answered from someone I knew who used to work in UCLA Office for Undergraduate admissions). It’s holistic review, which like you, I agree to love.</p>

<p>I’ve been on many online forums. I don’t get offended when people say things. If you looked at the first post that I replied to you, there was no hint of “superiorism” or “rudeness”. Looking back on yours, though, something different can be said. ;)</p>

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<p>@AceAites Superiorism, is a funny word. Just ad -ism to anything xD I give up ._. I don’t even really know what we are complaining about right now, I guess the only way to settle it is for her to say what she meant by weighted GPA :stuck_out_tongue: and regardless, I apologize for my superiorism. Clearly I was being rude ^^</p>

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<p>Agreed and I apologize if I had any implication of being “ALWAYS RIGHT - ISM”. I meant no offense and/or arrogance towards you. We were merely victims of the internet’s greatest flaw - no way to convey tone in your words.</p>

<p>Let’s end this almost debate with a good luck to Luna. May we all somehow be smiled upon by the Gods of Admissions and (after carefully deciding between our other schools) meet in the same place! =)</p>

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<p>Hope to see you all at UCLA too :D</p>

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<p>Good luck to you both</p>

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<p>getting nervous so let me update everyone on uc’s that I have been
accepted to …
UCSC,UCSB,UCD and UCSD
so…
WHAT ABOUT UCLA??</p>