UW GPA vs UC GPA

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<p>I have a huge discrepancy between my UW GPA and UC GPA -- 3.38 UW (grades 10 and 11) and 4.0 UC weighted (4.08 uncapped). I'm wondering, which GPA do you think is more important in admissions, UC or UW? My UW GPA puts me significantly under UCLA's averages while my UC is just 0.11 under UCLA's capped 4.11 average, which isn't that low in comparison. </p>

<p>By the way, I'm 100% sure I didn't calculate my UC GPA incorrectly. </p>

<p>6 classes per year for grades 10 and 11 + one college class (talked to a UCLA admissions officer and she said that any academic course should be transferable so I should be fine) </p>

<p>10: 5 Bs and 1 A, 1 AP class
11: 4 As and 3 Bs, 3 AP classes + college class</p>

<p>8 (9 for uncapped GPA) honors credits</p>

<p>Also, I heard from many people that GPA is by far the most important aspect of admissions. However, if I am stellar in the other aspects of my application (like test scores, ECs, essays, course rigor + upward trend. Plus my school's really competitive and has grade deflation), will that be able to make up for my GPA?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Both are equally important. The UW can show if your weighted GPA is inflated.
For the UC’s, GPA + SAT are the two most important factors hands down. </p>

<p>You need an awesome SAT score to make up for that UW GPA, and even that doesn’t fully cover it. My rule of thumb is how competitive are you compared to your peers applying to UCLA? The top UC’s love students who not only have good stats, but are relatively the top of their class applying.</p>

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<p>This might help. I think “rigor”, including number of A-Gs, honors, APs, etc matters.</p>

<p>[Profile</a> of Admitted Freshmen, Fall 2011 - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_fr/Frosh_Prof11.htm]Profile”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_fr/Frosh_Prof11.htm)</p>

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<p>@gatos: Would the fact that I took lots of AP classes help my case and show that my UC GPA isn’t inflated and that my UW GPA is deflated instead? Also, what would you consider an “awesome” SAT score? I have a 2250/1510 and I guess that’s a great score, but I doubt it would be considered “awesome” by most T_T</p>

<p>How would UCLA determine how competitive an applicant is compared to his/her peers? An admissions officer told me that applicants are not compared with each other; instead, they’re compared in context of the school (like # of APs taken compared to # offered, etc). Luckily though, I should be one of the best applicants from my school (one other dude has a higher GPA but he has lower test scores, worse ECs and essays), and I hope that helps.</p>