In regards to how college admissions look at GPAs, I was wondering how UC schools look at GPA. Our school weights GPA’s with an extra .2 points for every honors and AP class. I’m fairly sure that the UCs look at weighted grades (as opposed to unweighted grades,) but do they count honors as a weighted class, as well? Thanks.
<p>The UC way of calculating grades is very clearly laid out on their pathways website. It is not related to how any particular school calc's the gpa. REad the source.</p>
<p>Take all your academic classes from 10th and 11th grades and take the weighted GPA on a 4.0 scale, giving a bonus 1.0 point for honors, AP, IB, and college courses.</p>
<p>As bettina said, go directly to the source: <a href="http://www.ucop.edu/pathways%5B/url%5D">www.ucop.edu/pathways</a>. The details are all there.</p>
<p>uh: don't forget that UC weights honors and AP classes with a +1 point, but only those honors classes approved by UC. So, your HS may give you bonus credit for an honors course, but if it hasn't been approved by UC, it will not receive the extra +1 point boost from them. Plus, the extra weight is capped at 8 semesters classes.</p>