what GPA do colleges look at?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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on my parent portal, there is an Academic GPA, Total GPA, and 10-12 GPA. which one do UC’s, Cal States, and privates look at?

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Cal States and UC’s have their own GPA calculation using only 10-11th grades for the a-g courses. You get extra honors points for UC approved Honors/AP/IB or DE courses.
CSU’s and most UC’s only use the capped weighted UC GPA. UCLA/UCB also use the fully weighted UC GPA.

Here is the calculator: https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

Here is the link to lookup your schools a-g courses and the approved Honors courses for the extra points in the calculation.

https://hs-articulation.ucop.edu/agcourselist#/list/search/institution

Private schools usually will use the 9-12 academic GPA. Private schools do not have a standard on how they calculate your weighted GPA so use your unweighted.

You will either self-report your grades (CSU/UC’s) or send official transcripts (privates) so the schools will calculate your GPA based on their criteria. It is helpful to know your UW GPA and UC GPA for gauging your chances.

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Thanks so much!!