UC Transcript

Applying to College
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<p>According to my mom's friend's son, who is going through the application process, UCs only count sophomore and junior year and don't count freshman and senior year. My question is that do UCs know which classes you are taking for both years? </p>

<p>See, I'm taking AP Japanese now as a Junior and my grade is ok. I'm sure I can bring it up to standards, but don't really know if I have the time considering my other classes and ECs. Plus, if I dropped AP Jap, I could use the extra time to study for my other classes. And then, when senior year comes, I could just take it then, when my courses are easier. </p>

<p>But my mom has this idea that I'm not taking enough APs or something like the UCs don't look at my senior year at all. </p>

<p>My current schedule:
AP Calc BC (the class that is currently kicking my butt and will inevitably get harder, so i want to spend more time on Calc)
Chem AP (not that bad. teacher sucks so mostly self-study)
Psych (easy)
APUSH
Eng H
AP Jap<br>
Band (Takes up 20+ hours a week, ends at end of Nov)</p>

<p>Proposed senior schedule:
Stats AP (lots of homework, but overall ok)
Bio AP (REALLY hard)
Gov/Econ
AP Lit
Child Psych (might take it, should be easy)
Physics Reg (might take it here or during summer at community college) </p>

<p>So in short, should I just drop AP Jap? Would the UCs care if I skipped a foreign language for one year? Will they even see my senior courseload?</p>

<p>Sorry, it's kinda lenghty...but thanks for reading.</p>

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<p>What you should actually do is up to you. As to what the UCs do: for determining GPA for admission UCs use only sophomore and junior year grades. In the application you provide freshman through junior year and also provide courses you are taking senior year because they do want to know what you are taking senior year and what you completed in freshman year (both to assure you are meeting requirements and to learn the level of difficulty of classes). You do not submit an official transcript either with the application or mid-term senior year -- they go by self-reported grades on app and reserve the right to withdraw any decision to admit if transcript you submit after senior year does not match what you reported. UCs require two years of the same foreign language and recommend three and you do not say years already completed.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the help.</p>

<p>Probably going to drop Japanese and just take it next year then.</p>