Hello.
I am a New York resident and I really, really want to apply for UC Berkeley. I’ve looked up the out of state freshman requirements, and they said that “You must earn a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.4 or better in the 15 college-preparatory courses (a-g courses), with no grade lower than a C.”
I don’t really know what that means. But I do know that during my first semester of Algebra II, I took my school’s honors course and I got a final grade of 85. However, I transferred out of honors and my history of math grades, besides that one honors course, has been 97+.
How will UC Berkeley evaluate my honors class grade?
Hi, from my understanding, those are the the minimum requirements to apply. So as long as you don’t have any D’s, and as long as your GPA is above a 3.4, you should be good to go. Good luck!
A 3.4 HS GPA (UC weighted-capped) is the minimum to be eligible for admission as a frosh non-resident applicant.
However, it is extremely unlikely that you will be admitted to UCB with a GPA in that range.
Also, there is no need-based financial aid for non-residents, and merit scholarships are uncommon.
The freshman class of Fall 2017 had the following GPA: the middle 25-75% of students had a GPA of 4.15-4.3. Unfortunately I don’t know if that’s weighted or not. I’m pretty sure the 3.4 is just the number where they will not throw away your application. It’s nowhere near what most need to get in. I saw somewhere on their website that they weight AP and IB, but not honors. I would do a ton of google searching and look at all hits that come from them or the UC in general. Oh, and the A-G thing is what California uses for general ed guidelines. You can look that up with a google search.
Hello, I think there is a misunderstanding. My GPA is not 85, but rather, just my honors math grade for one semester. My overall math grade is 97. My GPA is well above a 96, and I go to a school where the average GPA is 90. I was just worried that because I have an 85 in my one class for one semester that it would completely jeopardize my chances because I do not understand the UC qualifications for nonresidents.
Sorry for the inconvience.