<p>i know the UC's weight only 10-11 grade, but do they only weight academic classes?</p>
<p>weight, meaning APs and honors are 5.0 for A, 4.0 for B, 3.0 for C, etc.?</p>
<p>so they only count (or focus on) grades 10-11? </p>
<p>also, do the UCs count 90-100 as A's, 80-90 B's, and so on, but in my school A's are 93-100. like would the UCs count a 92 as an A?</p>
<p>look it up--they give you the exact info</p>
<p>search UC pathways, then click admission -- they have a chart to convert grades</p>
<p>They do not count freshman grades for gpa, only for requirements</p>
<p>Look online for the classes they count</p>
<p>i looked but wasnt so sure..
same question as the person two posts above..
do they have A minus and A or do they just have A?
meaning 90 is still a 4 just like a 99?</p>
<p>For admissions the UC doesn't distingush between an A and an A-, both are 4.0 or 5.0 depending on if it is an honor or AP class.</p>
<p>Here's the link: <a href="http://www.ucop.edu/pathways%5B/url%5D">www.ucop.edu/pathways</a>
Complete information here - if you're a california resident, make sure you look up your school's actual UC approved classes. And yes, no difference given for pluses or minuses.</p>
<p>Also, your honors and AP bonus points are capped at 8 semesters. It's all spelled out.</p>
<p>so 90-92s are A's even if they are not A's in your school?</p>
<p>haha that could help some or harm others...
this semester i have a lot of A minus...90,91,92... so that helps me tons</p>
<p>brizzle, i think it would be the score shown on your transcript , A or whichever letter, if i understood you correctly</p>
<p>yeah, they only weight academic classes. Like PE doesn't count. And some classes which appear to be academic don't count either (you gotta check your school). Like at my school, "Business Law" and "Student Government" "Yearbook" "Intro to Technology" "C++ Programming" and LOTS of others don't even count, which is really weird.</p>
<p>even after visiting the website, I still don't understand how it's done. That's okay I figure I'll wait till next year when I apply and I'll ask my counselor</p>
<p>I called UCB and spoke to a (very rude) admissions officer about this. He told me that if I got a 93, which is a B+ in my school, then I had to put "B" down for self-reported grades. This infuriates me because a 93.4 is a supposed B whereas an 89.5 is an A in other schools...and while it may not seem like a lot, a difference of approximately 4% points can signify the cost of blood, sweat, and tears.. Haha, ok, so a little exaggeration.</p>
<p>He also mentioned that the UC schools have a system that takes into account the grade policies of your region. So since I put down the name of my high school, their system will pick up the county it's in and tell them how things are done there. He didn't tell me exactly what the system revealed (courses offered? course difficulty? grade conversion?) and I was too afraid to ask, since he seemed like he would bite my head off if I spoke another word.</p>
<p>Even with this system though, they still won't be able to differentiate between someone with a B+ (90-93 here) and someone with a B (84-89). But I guess they've been doing things this way since the dawn of time, so we'll just have to see how it works out...</p>
<p>I'm sorry that you had to speak with the rude officer and about your grade. How competitive is your school anyway? Perhaps the uc's might have heard of it and know that it is one.</p>
<p>How competitive is it? ... I'm not too sure how to answer that, but according to the Washington Post list, it's the 25th top public high school in the nation. Also, the admissions officers know it by name - when I visited Columbia, the regional adcom officer of the East Coast was like "wow, tough school" so..yeah. I guess that makes it kinda competitive.</p>
<p>I think half my class is applying to UVA and the other half to Berkeley. hahaha</p>