<p>For UC's except Berkeley and LA, your senior year GPA doesn't affect admission, you only need above like a 3.0 weighted (something like that not sure). So basically my question is, besides the point boost that A-G courses gives you, is there really no point in taking a rigorous senior year schedule? Everyone talks about rigor but technically it's not really part of the application, and doesn't reward any extra points.</p>
<p>To learn? To prepare you for college? Hello?</p>
<p>Um, if you intend to apply to UCBerkeley and UCLA I would think…
I believe that rigor and senior year grades factor in a lot, even for ED. In fact, first term senior year might arguably be the most important semester in terms of getting into colleges…</p>
<p>I’m just talking about mid/lower tier UC’s. Your senior year grades don’t affect your UC GPA, and therefore don’t affect your points, and therefore don’t affect admissions. Read up on UC admissions.</p>
<p>No offense or anything but there is like a .3% chance that I will ever read up on UC admissions. What the hell are these points things anyway?</p>
<p>All except for Berkeley an LA use a point system, every with a total higher than the cutoff is in.</p>
<p>Your reason for taking hard classes should be to learn and prepare you for college courses, not just to look good on your application. If it is, then you shouldn’t be applying to top schools like LA and Cal.</p>