<p>Is it true that ucb and ucla don't have a maximum weighted gpa? meaning its not cut off at 4.5? and you can take any ap and honors and you still get the gpa boost? does all this apply to ucsd as well?</p>
<p>I’m not sure about the maximum GPA part, but yes, you get a GPA boost for any AP and honors class you take. Well, you get a GPA boost if it’s UC approved at least, but I’m pretty sure they’re all approved. It’s only tenth and eleventh grade classes though, and you only get one bonus point for up to eight semesters.</p>
<p>thats the point though i want to know if it has to be uc approved for ucla and ucb… if all ap/ honors classes are approved then why is there something called uc approved? only 8 semesters? i thought there were only boundaries for the other uc’s not the top ones like berkeley…</p>
<p>You can search your high school’s course list to see which are UC (and CSU) approved as “honors” courses here:</p>
<p>[University</a> of California Doorways Home](<a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/]University”>http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/)</p>
<p>And only up to 8 semesters of honors courses are given the +1 for calculating UC (and CSU) admissions GPA. This can effectively cap your GPA. For example, if you take 6 a-g type courses every semester, all honors, all with A grades, you will have taken 24 semesters worth of courses in 10th and 11th grades (the grades that count for UC admissions GPA purposes). With the maximum of 8 honors +1 points, your UC admissions GPA will be 4.33.</p>
<p>yesyes and is this for ucband ucla, maybe ucsd? i know the top uc’s are different.</p>
<p>I don’t think weighted GPA matter much. If your school has naviance you can see that students need UW GPA in the tippy top range to get into these schools. Mostly GPA of 3.8 uw and above.</p>
<p>That UC Doorways site applies to all UCs. It also applies to CSUs. Both UC and CSU calculate high school GPA for admissions the same way.</p>
<p>really? because i took a look at this and i kinda automatically agreed with it 
<a href="http://answers./question/index?qid=20110206190008AAgy7ab%5B/url%5D">http://answers./question/index?qid=20110206190008AAgy7ab</a></p>