Thanks for the responses. After researching more, I’ve discovered that I’ll meet the A-G requirements through either AP tests or course validation. I’m thankful for that; the only problem will be my UC GPA. While I’ll meet the A-G requirements, my UC GPA will remain as it was my sophomore year (which is 3.3) and not take my junior year grade into account.
I have a meeting schedule with my schools guidance counselor for Monday and we will talk about my options. With my meeting the A-G requirements, most of the CSUs remain an option. I’ll look into that.
I have two more questions regarding UC admission, though. I have been looking at the different ways to fulfill a-g requirements and one of them was the ‘’admission by examination’’: http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/requirements/examination/ Does anyone know more about this? The page doesn’t give much detail.
My second question is this: Do the UC admission staff see my grades even if they aren’t a-g? Simply put, will I have the opportunity to input my junior year grades along with the rest of the non ‘’a-g’’ courses? I spoke to someone at the UC San Diego admission office but they weren’t that much interested in speaking to me and kept saying that the school practiced holistic admissions and would determine my GPA using even the non a-g courses. That would go against everything that I’ve learned about their process but perhaps I haven’t been understanding it all.
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@International95 : Thanks for providing the link! I’m planning on retaking the ACT in Sept. and I’m going to try to get it up – I think 30-32 is fairly possible from 28. Considering Reed doesn’t charge an application fee, I don’t see any negatives to applying anyways!