UCB/UCLA GPA CAP?????

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>I know that the UC's in general cap applicants' weighted gpa. Does this apply to UC Berkeley and UCLA, which are supposed to be the more holistic of the UC's? I have looked up other threads similar to this one, but there are so many conflicting answers, and I can't seem to find this online or in the common data sets. </p>

<p>I'm only wondering because. . .
If they don't cap, then my weighted gpa will be REALLY inflated due to having taken 15-17 APs/Dual-enrollment classes by the end of my junior year.
So, will this help a lot if I apply to a competitive major such as EECS?</p>

<p>Thanks. </p>

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<p>Please bump help</p>

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<p>I told the rep at the Cal booth at a college fair last that I’d heard they only count the weighted grade from a limited number of AP classes. He looked at me as if he was quite annoyed, and said " I don’t know where you heard that." He was implying that’s not true, but I’m not sure I believed him.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the info. I hope he wasn’t lying.
I also heard somewhere that a larger courseload would actually hurt your chances. . . Hopefully none of that is true.</p>

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<p>I heard that UCB and UCLA do not use capped GPA. However, I think they look at both the weighted GPA and unweighted GPA. As a result, having a low unweighted GPA would still hurt you.</p>

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

<p>My unweighted should be fine because the only B’s I got are all during my 9th grade year, which the UC’s don’t consider.</p>

<p>I still haven’t received a definite answer though. . . </p>

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<p>Anyone <em>bump</em> else?</p>