What stats does it exactly take to be competitive for cal CoE

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<p>I hear numbers being tossed around, but never a straight answer</p>

<p>Is it comparable to ivy admissions or is it much less random then that? Like say having these stats will make you a shoe in.</p>

<p>My understanding is that cal is pretty straightfoward but their CoE is much more wishy washy.</p>

<p>Moreover do they look at post AP curriculum classes? It seems not.</p>

<p>Also how are UC's GPA calculated anyway, I hear people throwing out 5.0 and stuff, but according to this, <a href="http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/&lt;/a> assuming you take a minimum of 10 semesters per year (5 classes 2 semesters per year) with a minimum of 25 semesters of A's + 8 honors semesters the maximum is 4.36?</p>

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<p>You figure it out as so:
Take your 10th and 11th grades and assign a number to each. 5- A in AP or honors (except alg 2 honors and English 10 honors). 4- B in AP/honors A in everything else. 3- C in AP honors or B in regular. So on and so forth. Then add up all these numbers and divide by the total number of classes. Keep in mind sports/pe don’t count.
Hope this helps!</p>

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<p>Back when UC Statfinder was up, a good (but not certain) chance for Berkeley CoE frosh admissions came with >= 4.2 GPA (UC weighted) and >= 2100 on the SAT (or equivalent ACT), for the latest year available (2008-2009). However, this may not be the case for each major in the CoE, since selectivity varies by major.</p>

<p>It is probably not like super-selective schools like Stanford, where you probably need that and a high level achievement or award in some extracurricular (state champion in some sports or academic competition, etc.).</p>

<p>Yes, 4.3 to 4.4 is likely where the maximum UC weighted GPA is, depending on how many courses you take in 10th-11th grade. Regarding post-AP courses, actual college courses and high school courses designated as honors at <a href=“http://doorways.ucop.edu%5B/url%5D”>http://doorways.ucop.edu</a> qualify for the +1 point, within the 8 semester limit of such +1 points for UC weighted GPA.</p>

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<p>Alright thats good to know, can’t really do anything about my UC gpa at this point though.</p>

<p>When I said post AP courses I meant like do they take into consideration of the difficulty of the classes like “Hey this kid is taking multivar calc instead of stats, he shows promise!” kind of deal or do they view every ap or honors the same as one another.</p>

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<p>Isn’t there a limit of 8 for the bonus weight point for AP grades?</p>