<p>I am applying from out-of-state. From the guidelines below, does that mean that even if I took all honors courses in 9th grade and honors level for sophomore English and World History, I still have to mark them as "Not Honors"? I don't see the reasoning behind this. I know some of my friends are marking them as Honors Level anyway, especially since we're not familiar with the California system. However, I don't want to have a disadvantage from marking them as "Not Honors"</p>
<p>Honors Status
The University uses two-letter codes to designate courses that are UC-approved honors courses: </p>
<p>AP - Advanced Placement
IB - UC-designated International Baccalaureate
HL - Honors Level (other UC-approved honors course on your school's UC-certified course list)
CL- College Level (transferable college/university course taken while in high school)
NH - Not Honors (includes any ninth-grade honors courses, which the University does not recognize as honors) </p>
<p>All honor courses taken outside of California should be designated "HL." </p>
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<p>Out-of-state students should use "HL" to indicate special courses their school has designated as honors, with the exception of 10th grade English, world history, algebra 1 and geometry. Honors courses taken in the ninth grade are not recognized as honors by the University; their honors status must be "Not Honors".</p>
<p>It's just what it says. If it helps any, this will not put you at a disadvantage. The UC does not approve the "honors" designation for 9th and 10th grade English and world history classes in California high schools either. They're simply considered advanced classes by the UC, even if the high school terms them "honors" on their course descriptions.</p>
<p>In the first place, the UC's don't use Frosh grades in their calc, so for those grades it won't matter. Secondly, UC does not count honors for in-state app for Frosh-Soph classes, either, unless they are advanced math (pre-calc) or AP/IB courses. Thirdly, it won't matter what your friends put for Soph grades because UC will ignore the honors designation. btw: if I was an adcom, which I am not, I would wonder why someone applying to one of the finest university systems in the world can't follow simple instructions! :)</p>
<p>Finally, the UC's have specialized readers for OOS apps, and many of those readers are aware of the curriculum of OOS high schools.</p>
<p>yeah, NH means that it isn't weighted, I think. You can take an honors class, but unless it counted for 5 points instead of 4 points, then it would be considered NH. I'm pretty sure the adcoms will catch the mistake your friends made simply by looking at their GPA and comparing it to their courses which they labeled as "honors."</p>