<p>Hey all,</p>
<p>I am a junior in Georgia and I will be applying to UCLA next year. I had a question regarding GPA . At my school, every Honors or AP course semester grade receives 7 bonus points for the rigor. When my school submits my transcript, they only inlude the weighted grades (including the 7points). I was wondering whether UCLA would strip these 7 points when calculating my unweighted GPA. Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks!</p>
<p>When they calculate the unweighted GPA then they use 4.0 for an A, 3.0 for a B, etc.</p>
<p>I understand that. But what I’m asking is whether UCLA would strip my 7 rigor points when calculating GPA. For example, if I had an 88 with out the 7, but then a 95 with the 7, would UCLA give me a 4.0 or 3.0? My school uses numerical average rather than GPA so they would send my numerical average to UCLA who should calculate my GPA.</p>
<p>They use weighted grades.</p>
<p>It really depends on how your school reports your information.
If they just report: AP course, Numeric Grade, then UCLA will not know about the 7 points.
In that case in your example you would get a 5.0 (4.0 for the 95 + 1.0 for an AP course).</p>
<p>If they know about the 7 point bump, then they would calculate it as a 4.0.</p>
<p>Remember for UC, you only get that 1 point GPA bump for up to 8 honors/AP courses.</p>
<p>I admit that this is why the GPA comparisons drive me wild. I hope that the UCs are aware of the 7 pt bump, because otherwise, you would receive an advantage over other schools who do not do this. As noted by collegedad2013 - the UC GPA is a capped GPA. So, only a limited number of AP/Honors/CC classes get the bump. Worse - if UC recalculated your grades without knowing they were already weighted, and gave them a bump you would get double credit. Basically, everyone should be on a level playing field.</p>
<p>Yeah however, let’s be frank, some schools teach AP courses at different difficulties and for example, a school in school in rural South Georgia would not be as difficult as a school in Massachusetts or Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>I don’t think the UC’s pay any attention to the weighting system used at your school. They just apply their own system to the classes designated as Honors, AP, etc. Also, I think UCLA and Berkeley do not cap your weighted GPA at 8 classes (I believe Ms. Sun had a post to this effect).</p>