<p>How do we ensure that we have our UC GPA calculated correctly? For example, I found out that at my school, there's Honors Algebra 2 Trig but apparently it isn't given an extra grade point in GPA (meaning if you get an A it's 4.0 not 5.0 like most honors/APs). </p>
<p>Is there a "UC GPA calculator" that I should use?</p>
<p>Use the following link and input your high school name. Note only applicable for CA high schools.</p>
<p><a href="https://doorways.ucop.edu/list/%5B/url%5D">https://doorways.ucop.edu/list/</a></p>
<p>for UC's. can u REALLY only add up to 8 bonus points for honors/AP/IB total?</p>
<p>Yes, they only accept 8 bonus points. Also, why are you calculating UC GPAs? I don't recall inputting that into my application.</p>
<p>yea, i am curious as to why the uc's have their own capped a-g gpa, when it is not on the application.</p>
<p>99cents, that link doesn't tell me anything about UC GPA or how to calculate it? it just tells me which courses at my school meet their a-g requirements.</p>
<p>teh UCs cap the bonus point so as not to disadvantage kids who attend high schools that offer few honors/AP courses. But don't worry, the readers also see the uncapped gpa.</p>
<p>cliff: Take all your a-g semester grades, and mutliply by A=4, B=3, C=2, etc. Ignore plusses and minuses. Sum the total. Add bonus points for UC-approved honors courses and AP/IB courses, not to exceed 8; one bonus point for one semester honors/AP course. Divide by # of course-semesters.</p>
<p>you don't need to, you just input the grades on the app</p>
<p>I have a question about that as well (though mine is the CSU application, but hopefully this part is the same). If my AP Biology class is still "In Progress", then how do I calculate my GPA?</p>
<p>You don't calculate it. For the UC GPA, it uses only your sophomore through junior year grades.</p>
<p>Ah ok, that part is different then. CSU requires 10th, 11th, and 12th grade courses in the calculations. Thanks anyway</p>
<p>So let me get</p>
<p>so what's the maximum uc gpa you can have if there's a cap?</p>
<p>New member -- assume there are twenty semester classes that count in the a-g course requirements. Further know there is a max of eight sememster classes for which an AP class gets +1 point.</p>
<p>That would be 4.4, I think... it's early still here.</p>
<p>it's all math. </p>
<p>For most kids, a 4.4 is the max UC gpa, but it could be higher if you took only four (or fewer) a-g courses per year. However, taking less than five academic courses would not be considered rigorous schedule, so a 4.5+ under those circumstances would not work for admissions to the more competitive UCs.</p>
<p>They do it by semester right? So what if my school only puts one grade per class on the transcript? Does that mean that I only get a maximum of 4 points added?</p>
<p>If you are ELC, however, there is no cap.</p>
<p>there's no cap if your ELC???</p>
<p>i have 23 semesters of classes, so if i have to cap off at 8 extra points, what would i have??</p>
<p>You won't know if you're ELC until September or October, depending on when you would receive your own envelope. The high schools should be sending their reports to U.C. in early September, from which UC will determine the ELC cut.</p>
<p>It's not 8 "extra points." It's 8 semesters of AP & Honors 10th/11th grades for anyone <em>not</em> ELC, that are capped. Obviously most students will not be ELC. However, remember a couple of things:</p>
<p>(1) For all applicants, all the high school level courses are considered in the a-g requirements, and</p>
<p>(2) Whatever you have in a-g beyond the UC minimum requirements for eligibility, adds to your admissibility. </p>
<p>For point (1), also remember that anything you've taken in summers that is high school level -- such as any 'secondary school program' - whether a pre-college program, or something else academic & for which credit is given (including overseas), and that is a-g, is also a boost. (For example, some people take something exploratory in the summer such as an arts program or an academic program at an accredited institution, for which there are requirements, a grade, & a report.) In some cases, those can appear on your transcript.</p>