<p>The average accepted GPA is pretty high, but the SAT is shockingly low.</p>
<p>Berkeley and UCLA both have an average of 4.3 GPA, but at my school, people with that GPA get 2300s.</p>
<p>Well, since the UCs calculate GPA differently, 4.3 is probably to be expected (given their method of calculation-maybe some kind soul will post a link, since I don’t have the site bookmarked).</p>
<p>My theory:
The UC’s only weight 8 semesters (4 classes) in the UC gpa. This results is many ppl who are aiming for the top UCs to take it “easy”, aka only 4 honors/ap classes sophmore+junior year, thus maximizing their chance of having extremely high uc gpas.</p>
<p>Your “theory” is incorrect. Senior schedule is one of the 5/6 criteria for admissions. “UC gpa”, which is capped a 8 bonus points, is used solely for admissions eligibility. The UC app readers will also see your uncapped gpa and rank against other applicants from your school.</p>
<p>To the skies!</p>
<p>still not sure…</p>