<p>I know you just get course credit when you exceed a certain amount of units, but how is the gpa calculated, do they just take the courses where you have the highest grades? or is it by order?</p>
<p>bump i'd like to know the answer, too</p>
<p>When calculating your college GPA, they will factor in all courses taken.</p>
<p>Once you enter the university, you will start with a "fresh" GPA. Your prior college GPA will not transfer over.</p>
<p>A minimum of 60 units must be completed prior to transferring to the college. Simultaneously, a maximum of 70 units will transfer from a CC. Essentially, this means that you need to complete at least 50 units at the university (as well as your major pre-reqs) prior to graduation, or at most 60 units (as well as your major pre-reqs again). You can complete more units if you want, however a minimum of 120 units is required to graduate.</p>
<p>The difference between non-transferable and transferable courses is that the NT courses will not count towards the 60 unit requirement, your grade in the NT class will still be factored in.</p>
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your grade in the NT class will still be factored in.
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This is not true. Adcoms claim that they simply "cross out" any classes on your transcript that were non-transferrable or that you withdrew from</p>
<p>sstory I've never heard that. A withdrawal will obviously not be factored in as a part of you GPA, but from what I've heard, an NT class will.</p>
<p>question.... i am a sociology mjor applying to UCLA.. i've completed all the pre-req but i was thinking about taking additional soc class so that it will look good on my transcript.. if the soc class im trying to take is non-transferable .. is it worth taking?? or should i just play it safe and take easy class that im sure i will get an A on....</p>
<p>theres no point in taking a class if its nontransferable unless you really want to learn the material. The grade won't transfer and they don't even look at your spring grades anyways.</p>
<p>i know that spring class will not count but isnt taking additional soc class benificial for a soc major...?? doesnt show that im "interested in soc" kinda thing??</p>
<p>it would be much more helpful for you to convey interest through your EC's than to take some random sociology class that isn't even transferable..</p>
<p>Sometimes a non-transferable class is taken for an AA degree. As I said earlier, the NT class will not count towards your 60 unit requirement, but the grade in the class will still be factored into your GPA.</p>
<p>If anyone could provide some cited material to prove otherwise, I'll retract my earlier statement.</p>
<p>The grade will not be factored into your GPA for admissions purposes because its in the spring. As a sociology major, only the transferable gpa matters anyways.</p>
<p>How is GPA used in the admissions process?
UCB: Most programs use the applicant’s overall GPA for consideration and selection. The
College of Letters and Science, however, uses the overall UC-transferable GPA.
UCD: The role of the GPA in admissions depends on the major. In selective majors, such as the
Biological Sciences and Psychology, both the overall GPA and the GPA for key courses
for the major are considered in the selection process. In majors that are not selective, only
the overall GPA is considered. </p>
<p>UCI: Generally, applicants with the highest grades overall (including published prerequisites)
are admitted. In selective majors both the overall and specific GPAs for prerequisite
courses are considered in the selection process.
UCLA: The role of the GPA in admissions depends on the major. For applicants to majors in all
Life Sciences, Economics and Psychology, both the overall GPA and the GPA for the
courses required for major preparation are considered in the selection process. In other
majors, only the overall UC-transferable GPA is considered.
UCM: Admissions decisions are based primarily on the overall GPA in UC-transferable
courses.
UCR: Admissions decisions are based primarily on the overall GPA in UC-transferable
courses. Selective majors such as those in the Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of
Engineering also review the GPA in specific, lower-division preparation courses. All
majors in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and the Business
Administration major require a GPA higher than that required for UC eligibility.
UCSD: Admissions decisions are based primarily on the overall GPA in UC-transferable
courses. Selective majors in the School of Engineering review GPA for admission to the
major.
UCSB: Admissions decisions are based primarily on the overall GPA in UC-transferable
courses. Selective majors require a GPA higher than the GPA required for campus
admission.
UCSC: Admissions decisions are based primarily on the overall GPA in UC-transferable
courses. Some selective majors require a GPA in major-preparation courses that is
higher than the GPA required for campus admission.</p>
<p>Jet thank you for citing that material. However one question arises, for UCB/LA. </p>
<p>UCB: The first sentence states </p>
<p>"Most programs use the applicant’s overall GPA for consideration and selection"</p>
<p>The next says,</p>
<p>"The College of Letters and Science, however, uses the overall UC-transferable GPA."</p>
<p>Is overall GPA the same as overall UC-transferable GPA? </p>
<p>Similarly, UCLA states the following</p>
<p>"For applicants to majors in all
Life Sciences, Economics and Psychology, both the overall GPA and the GPA for the
courses required for major preparation are considered in the selection process. In other
majors, only the overall UC-transferable GPA is considered"</p>
<p>once again, are these the same or different?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Overall gpa refers to your cumulative gpa of EVERYTHING you've taken including nontransferable courses. Since sociology is in L&S at Berkeley, they would only look at your transferable gpa. UCLA will also look at just the transferable gpa as long as you're not in econ, psych, or life sciences.</p>
<p>Ah I gotchya. You see I'm applying to Haas at Berkeley (not part of L&S) and Biz Econ at UCLA, so in my case, the NT classes do factor in.</p>
<p>As for all other schools and majors, I retract my earlier statement, as Jet pointed out, NT courses WILL NOT be considered as a part of your GPA in the admission process.</p>
<p>dude you've still got it wrong even for bizecon at UCLA non transferable classes are not factored into your gpa what it's saying is that for non competitive majors only your cum gpa is evaluated, and for competitive majors they evaluate your prereq gpa. This gpa would include all courses articulated for the major on assist, such as calc, econ etc.</p>
<p>Biz Econ is a part of the College of Arts and Life Sciences, the quote from the page Jet cited says this</p>
<p>""For applicants to majors in all
Life Sciences, Economics and Psychology, both the overall GPA and the GPA for the
courses required for major preparation are considered in the selection process. In other
majors, only the overall UC-transferable GPA is considered"</p>
<p>This indicates that for Biz Econ they consider both overall GPA and Pre-req GPA. For other majors, they explicitly state "overall UC-transferable GPA."</p>
<p>SStory, how did you conclude that Biz Econ doesn't consider NT courses in your GPA?</p>
<p>Yes it's absolutely true that both overall gpa and prereq gpa are considered. What you don't understand is that overall GPA does not include NT courses. Did you apply to UCB? If you did you would realize that the supplemental part of the app has you list all of your classes and what grade you got in them. It specifically says in that part "Do not highlight courses in which you received:
Withdrawal, Incomplete, No Credit, Not Passed or Academic Renewal.
"
This is not that difficult to understand. Would it also help if I told you the ucla and ucsd reps at my uc transfer day specifically said that classes you received a W or that were NT are crossed off your transcript before they evaluate you?</p>
<p>Sstory, what you fail to realize is that the document seems to explicitly differentiate between the terms "overall GPA" and "Overall Non-transferable GPA."</p>
<p>Furthermore, Non transferable courses that you passed or received credit/a letter grade are not "Withdrawal, Incomplete, No Credit, Not Passed or Academic Renewal."</p>
<p>I was told for my major, the grade I get in my NT courses will be counted as a part of my overall GPA.</p>
<p>if you look at the document it only differentiates between overall gpa and overall uc gpa when they are talking about a situation where the prereq gpa might be evaluated. If you look at any UC where they are talking about a situation where the prereq gpa is evaluated they then say "overall uc gpa" rather than "overall uc transferable gpa". It is just wording. Take UCD for example. They say on the document
"In majors that are not selective, only
the overall GPA is considered.<br>
"
If by your reasoning this only applies to the high impact/ difficult majors, why would this also be the case for non selective majors at UCD? It also says this at UCI. And also i should have posted this this which was what came right before what I posted from the UCB supplemental app.
"Have college transcript(s) in front of you.
2. Identify UC-transferable courses with help of the ASSIST website at Welcome</a> to ASSIST
3. Highlight each UC-transferable course on your transcript(s), completed and in progress.
Do not highlight courses in which you received:
Withdrawal, Incomplete, No Credit, Not Passed or Academic Renewal.</p>
<p>If you repeated a course because you earned a grade of less than C,
Do not highlight the course with the D/F grades;
Do highlight the course with the grade of C or better.
4. Total all highlighted semester units and write total in Semester Units column
in 'All UC-transferable Units' row in the table below."</p>
<p>Notice how several times it alludes to UC transferable courses. If UCB evaluated you on the basis of gpa, etc on NT classes as well wouldn't they have you include them? Again the reason I am so sure is because I have talked about this with ucla and ucsd reps.</p>
<p>Supa_Ramga i think your best bet is to just call UCLA admissions on tuesday and report back with what the admissions officer says.</p>