the UC application is stressing me out. Can anyone help me?

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<p>I shot application help this e-mail last night, at which point I was to the point of throwing things. So if someone could help me I would be so grateful. </p>

<p>"I am currently filling out the application to apply as a freshman to four UCs for fall 2008. There are several things that are disturbing me. The tour and FAQ do not provide answers for me, so I would appreciate if you could.</p>

<p>My main concern is the academic history section. I am from a public high school in Kansas. Most of my courses have been either honors or AP. Firstly:</p>

<p>Am I not supposed to label any of my freshman courses "HL even though half of them were honors? I also read something concerning 10th grade English/world history/algebra 1 but I didn't understand. I took 10th grade English honors; do I indicate this or not?</p>

<p>Secondly, my school operates on semesters, but most of the courses I've taken have been year-long. However, there's no drop down list available to me; every term category reads "semester." What should I do about this?</p>

<p>I'm going to take a spring semester community college course to obtain the "Visual and Performing Arts" credit. I know how to list this under "academic history." However, I realized I need to add the community college to my list of attended schools. I have already been accepted by the college and will enroll later this month. So how should I do the "dates attended" section?</p>

<p>Finally, I had a summer job after my junior year of high school. On the extracurricular section, should I check the 11th grade box or the 12th grade one?</p>

<p>Thank you very much for your time."</p>

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<p>It is hard enough for in-staters, so I imagine being out of state can be confusing. Do not put the HL on 10th grade classes, UC does not generally give extra points for honors courses at this grade level. However, they do consider all of this when looking at the rigor of your courses. Instead, just use the honors designation on the title of the course when you list it. ("Honors English") For year-long classes, list them by semester, i.e.," AP US History" with the semester/half yearly grades in the space provided. If you only got one graderecorded all year, then I would imagine you list the course and use the annual grade for both spots where it asks for semesters. You can also simply call one or more UC admissions offices and ask them what to do. The email is slow and I feel like it disappears into space. You might have to wait about 15 minutes to talk to a real live person, but I did it last week and the person I talked to could not have been nicer or more helpful. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Oh yeah, just list your VPA class under the 12th grade classes. And put anything you want them to see in the 11th grade box, including things from summer between jr and sr year. Put the job in the activities box. Also, there is a section on the application where you can explain anything that needs further clarification- you can use up to 500 words, I think.</p>