<p>I go to a public school with over 4,000 kids. haha.
My GPA at school is 4.25 (includes 9th grade, half point extra for honors, one point extra for AP), but my UC GPA is 4.4 (10th and 11th only). The people above me took more AP classes than I did.</p>
<p>Yeah my school is like 450 kids haha.</p>
<p>The GPAs UCLA/UCB look at are the unweighted and the fully weighted GPAs with a full point for all UC approved/honors courses. The 8 semester cap is only for eligibility purposes. What's yours fully weighted GPA?</p>
<p>Look at this:</p>
<p>How UCLA Selects Its Freshman Class</p>
<p>UCLA selects its freshman class through a holistic approach in which all of your achievements, both academic and non-academic, are considered in the context of the opportunities you have had and how fully you have taken advantage of those opportunities.</p>
<p>We consider the following academic elements:</p>
<pre><code>* Academic grade point average (GPA), calculated using 10th and 11th grade UC–approved courses only.
* Performance on standardized tests: the ACT Assessment Plus Writing or the SAT Reasoning Test, and two SAT Subject Tests in two different subject areas [English, history and social studies, mathematics (Math Level 2 only), science, or language].
* The strength of your senior year program.
* Quality, quantity, and level of course work taken throughout your entire high school program, especially course work completed beyond the minimum a–g courses required for eligibility to the University of California.
* The strength of the program taken within the context of the high school you attended.
* A progressively challenging academic program, including the number of and performance in college preparatory, honors, Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), and transferable college courses; mastery of academic subjects as demonstrated by high grades and exam results; and presence of summer session/inter-session courses that enhance academic progress.
* Passing scores on AP or IB exams.
* Sustained participation in activities that develop academic and intellectual abilities.
* Identification by the University of California as Eligible in the Local Context (ranked in the top 4% of your school).
* Honors and/or awards in recognition of academic, intellectual, or creative achievement.
</code></pre>
<p>That's the order they look at all your info in. Like I said, almost everyone is decided on the top 4 bullets and to a lesser extent the next 3. Even though they claim all that holistic stuff, their whole process is essentially based on your academics unless you somehow greatly stand out (in either a good or a bad way).</p>
<p>I don't feel like calculating it now, but probably between a 4.25 and 4.4
Are 2080, 790 and 730 considered good SAT scores?
My senior year schedule is so weak because my school doesn't offer honors English or history for 12 grade. I only have 1 AP and 1 honors class. =(
But in previous years I took all honors and a couple APs.</p>
<p>I also got a 5 on AP Bio and 4 on AP Calc AB.</p>
<p>2080/790/730 are definitely good enough. I know the 75th percentile for admits at UCLA last year for the SAT I was 2090, so what you have is clearly enough. </p>
<p>If your school doesn't offer it they're not going to penalize you for it. If you take the hardest your high school offers they're going to look at it favorably. That's why one of the points was about how they look at it in the context of what your high school offers.</p>
<p>Fully weighted is just 10-11. If you look at your a-g course list on the UC website for your high school and can calculate your fully weighted GPA I would be able to estimate your chances of getting in to a fuller extent.</p>
<p>If it's just 10th and 11th, then I probably have about a 4.5
Do summer courses count if it's part of A-G?
I'll post an exact GPA later when I finish hw.</p>
<p>Summer courses count for before 10th and 11th grades so yes. </p>
<p>And homework? Are you serious? You're a 2nd semester senior give me a break</p>
<p>Why does it seem like the UC system is biased towards kids who go to crappy schools? So if a kid gets a 4.3 at an easy school and takes the only two ap classes offered, its better than my 3.8 from a very intense school where if you take too many AP's you will suffer because they are too rigorous.</p>
<p>^Cest La Vie, I guess. We get to live in a better environment, whereas they don't, so they deserve an opportunity to do the same. Hmm, yeah, but it is biased.</p>
<p>They look at the difficulty of your school. But in reality they don't really give a huge bias. I know at my school we had 7 kids last year of 104 go to UCLA/UCB at the best high school in our city while the worst public school had 2 or 3 in their class of 800-something.</p>
<p>SKR: The UCs aren't biased toward my school. Less than 10 kids a year get into LA or Cal. Plus, my school isn't crappy. Our API score is around 815, which is good for a public school. I think the top 20% is competitive while the rest isn't. And it isn't my fault that my parents can't afford to put me in very intense school, but I've taken advantage of the opportunities I have, which is something the UCs look for.</p>
<p>I wasnt talking about you specifically, but if you look at it, its easier to be ELC in a less competitive school, and UCSD gives you like 300 points or something for being from a school in the bottom tiers. Also my school is public, but it is probably top 10 public in the state at least</p>
<p>But if your school is in the bottom tier and you can easily get ELC, your other stats might be low so you might not get into UCSD. And even if you do beat the system and get into UCSD, you might not last anyways. And the people who do last deserve it.</p>
<p>I see where you're coming from though. I read in a newspaper about a girl who got into UCLA with around a 3.0 and 1500s on her SAT. She was getting low grades in her classes. She was also an illegal immigrant and couldn't afford college but couldn't receive financial aid. I felt bad for her, but at the same time I wondered why they accepted her. I think the UCs have a set number of extremely disadvantaged students that they accept and they put them in special programs to help them succeed. But that's still a small number.</p>
<p>So, Monday, March 16 at 3:00 PM is the time now. Did anyone else get that email?</p>
<p>(44,000 apps? Holy ****.)</p>
<p>It was around 47,000 apps last year. Less apps, but they're accepting less kids too because of budget cuts/the economy.</p>
<p>They decrease the number of acceptances by 250, according to: University</a> of California - UC Newsroom | UC Regents approve plans to trim enrollment, freeze senior management pay as part of response to state budget challenge</p>
<p>I love how they're increasing enrollment for transfers by 500. Yeah help out the guys who slacked off in high school and screw the ones who tried hard.</p>
<p>Hah. seriously. I'm pretty much freaking out about Monday.</p>
<p>I'm freaking out about Sunday.</p>