<p>So on one of the parts of the UC application I have to enter the school(s) I've been in for the past 4 years, and subsequently choose the grading system the school follows.</p>
<p>My problem is this:</p>
<p>In 9th & 10th grade, my school gave us letter grades (A, B, C, D etc)
In 11th and 12th, THE SAME school gives IB grades (on a scale to 7) since we do the IB Diploma.</p>
<p>The problem is, that when I choose my school, I have to choose a single grading system. If I choose one then I can't report the other form of grades. I have tried to choose the school twice, but the application doesn't allow it.</p>
<p>So what should I do? Should I just list all of my grades on a 1-7 scale?</p>
<p>I appologize if I'm not being clear; i'll try to clarify what I mean if I wasn't.</p>
<p>Your HS counselor a should be familiar with how to handle this. My son’s HS last year had a unique situation, with grading and the Counselors had actually met with UC admissions personnel and knew exactly how to handle it on the UC applications. They went over it with the seniors who were applying to UC’s and then had each senior run their completed application by a Counselor prior to submitting it, just to confirm it was done correctly. Check with a GC at your school.</p>
<p>Well I asked my GC - she’s not familiar with how to go about handling this situation (she’s new to the school). She said that maybe I should just choose the 1-7 scale and for my freshman/sophomore grades just list my A’s as 7s instead - then explain it in the additional info section. But she wasn’t sure.</p>
<p>I don’t know if I should do that because it specifically says list your grades EXACTLY how they look on my transcript.</p>
<p>Well, if you’re attending a California high school, then your GC needs to find out how to handle this! That’s her job. As noted in post #2 above, she can contact UC admissions personnel and find out. Ask her to do this for you.</p>
<p>If you don’t attend a California high school, then this is on you, and you should contact a UC admissions office yourself to find out how to proceed.</p>
<p>Since you are outside the US, definitely contact the admissions office yourself. There is often a very long wait if you call this time of year. You may be able to email them. If you do, be very specific and explain that you are from out of the country. I might even scan the transcript and tell them you are attaching it so they can see exactly what the issue is. It may take them a couple of days to get back to you so you want to get all of your questions answered the first time. Good luck!</p>
<p>Okay, on the off chance someone stumbles over this problem later:</p>
<ol>
<li>Just choose the “Other” option, and enter “A-F, 1-7” in the box underneath.
^ That would allow you to enter anything manually for each year and not have to choose from a drop-box.</li>
<li>Explain it in the additional info section. (ie: 9th and 10th uses A-F grades, 11th & 12th uses scores out of 7)</li>
</ol>
<p>The solution seems more obvious after the UC Admissions place replied back to my email; should’ve noticed it earlier.</p>