<p>i was reading through this forum and read this somewhere</p>
<p>is this true?</p>
<p>so if that were to be true does that mean having only 5 or 4 classes with 3 AP classes would not hurt much as long as i keep them As?</p>
<p>It is true that for most applicants, the UC's do not see your senior grades until after you are accepted and send in your final transcripts. At certain UC's some students undergo a process called augmented review which allows the applicant to send in their first semester senior grades and a letter of recommendation in addition to other supplemental materials as requested by the UC. These applicants are usually right on the edge between acceptance and rejection so the school asks for more info in order to make a decision. They do ask all aplicants to list the courses they are taking for senior year and do note the rigor. Who knows how many AP's are good? Some UC applicants have all AP/honors and others not so many. At any rate, if your gpa and test scores are in order, I do not think skipping one ap class your senior year will be the difference between acceptance and rejection. Best of luck.</p>
<p>BTW, I would take a full, or nearly full schedule, your senior year. They do look at the number of A-G courses a studnt takes beyond the minimum requirement.</p>
<p>Which UC's that have augmented review as an aspect of their admissions process? </p>
<p>Also, I thought they only ask applicants to report their fall courses, and not their courses for the entire year?</p>
<p>They ask for all courses, fall and spring. It helps to gauge the rigor of your course load, which to the UCs is "very important."</p>
<p>And while the UCs don't ask for midyear reports unless you're on the edge, they do see your final grades. If you aren't up to par there, they can rescind your admission.</p>