<p>"Yeah, that baffled me, too - could it mean regular high school classes in the "college prep" track? Do high schools categorize their class offerings that way any more? They did when dinosaurs roamed ..."</p>
<p>"College Prep" is generally used in contrast to vocational training. I'm sure the article was referring to the UC System's "A-G" requirements.</p>
<p>Also, does anyone know whether the article referred to UC GPA vs. the high school's own weighted/unweighted GPA? A UC GPA of 4.0 is much easier to achieve than one falling under the general guidelines, as the UC System weights most Honors courses taken within CA, in addition to the traditional weights for AP and IB courses. In addition, UC GPAs are only cumulative for the 10th & 11th grade years.</p>