<p>Does anyone know if UC schools focus more on an unweighted 10th and 11th grade gpa or on their own UC weighted 10th and 11th gpa?</p>
<p>most uc campuses have strictly defined forumulaic admissions, producing a single number for every student and then admitting all who hit or exceed a certain value (picked to admit the number they need). All of those use UC GPA. They may add points for number of APs taken or number of a-g above the minimum for UC application, but it all goes off of the UC GPA. SD is an example of that approach, as is SC and the others. SC and SD are more transparent about their formula and process than many others, but essentially each campus picks from among all the bits of data that are provided in teh common UC app, which bits are important to them, enshrines them in a formula and uses weighting factors to tune relative priority, then does the math for each applicant. SD will tell you the cutoff number they chose (once admissions are announced) and discuss how they scored you on various elements. SD likes volunteer service, but 99.999 hours gets zero credit, 100 to 199.9999 gets half credit, and anthing from 200 hours onwards gets full credit - no interpretation or flexibility. </p>
<p>UCLA and Cal have more holistic admissions where it is up to the admissions committee what facts they look at and how they interpret it. Those choices are made individually and often differently for each applicant. They might be fascinated by one students UW, another they will look at fully weighted (not just UC GPA), or be swayed by a particular set of subjects taken.</p>
<p>Referring to UCSC and UCSD, here are some web pages:</p>
<p>[Information</a> for First-Year Students Not Offered Admission (March 15, 2011)](<a href=“http://admissions.ucsc.edu/apply/first-year-not-admitted.html]Information”>http://admissions.ucsc.edu/apply/first-year-not-admitted.html)
[Application</a> Review Process - Freshmen](<a href=“http://www.ucsd.edu/prospective-students/freshmen/eval-process.html]Application”>http://www.ucsd.edu/prospective-students/freshmen/eval-process.html)</p>