<p>The UCs only weight 4 honors/ap classes, but on the UCB and UCLA website, the average GPA is listed as 4.25. This seems really high for only weighting 4 classes. Are they talking about overall weighted GPA?</p>
<p>Also, how does USC weight GPA?</p>
<p>Edit: Do they factor in if you apply from a rigorous, competitive public school (such that if you're getting a 3.0, you're in the bottom third)</p>
<p>can we get some links?</p>
<p>For UCLA (Scroll down):
<a href="http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/Adm_fr/FrSel.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/Adm_fr/FrSel.htm</a>
For UCB
<a href="http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp%5B/url%5D">http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp</a></p>
<p>USC didn't weight this year</p>
<p>Unweighted = 3.82
Weighted = 4.25
(For UCB)</p>
<p>That means that the difference between weighted and unweighted is 0.43.</p>
<p>If the average number of semesters a student took during Sophomore/Junior years is 24 (6 classes each year, no summer school), then that means (.43)(24) classes, or 10 semesters, were weighted.</p>
<p>This means that there's no way it could be UC GPA (8 semesters of weighted classes max).</p>
<p>For it to possibly be UC GPA, the average number of classes students took during their sophomore/junior year would have to be less than 5.</p>
<p>it's uncapped UC GPA. same classes, but no maximum on extra points.</p>
<p>so those average GPAs we see like 4.whatever for UCSD don't follow the 8 semester extra points max rule?</p>
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<p>umm. I have friends who have 4.28 UC GPAs. It's perfectly possible. Let's say you took 6 classes in your sophomore year, and 6 in your junior year (12 in all), and got all A's in them. Give yourself 4 points for each A, so that's 24 points for each semester, and 96 points total. Let's say at least 4 of the 12 classes were honors/ap. Add 8 points to 96 for a total of 104. Now divide 104 by the total number of semester courses (24) and you get 4.33. </p>
<p>I'm sure the UC factored in that i'm from a competitive private school because my UW gpa is only 3.79, UC gpa is 4.08, but I got Regent's from UC Berkeley.</p>
<p>That's true but not everyone who gets in has that high of a GPA. if 4.25 is the average, then the only room you have above is between 4.25 and 4.33? it doesn't seem plausible</p>