Which GPA do UCs look at?

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>Coursework & Exam Summary
GPA & Units:
Units(Sem/Qtr)
GPA: Completed: In Progress/Planned: Total:
ASSIST Certified Courses: 1 3.61 34.00/ 51.00 9.00/ 13.50 43.00/ 64.50
Non-ASSIST Certified Courses: 1.85 7.00/ 10.50 5.00/ 7.50 12.00/ 18.00
Total Courses: 3.31 41.00/ 61.50 14.00/ 21.00 55.00/ 82.50</p>

<p>Total Exams:4 0.00/0.00</p>

<p>Overall Total: 3.31 55.00/82.50</p>

<p>^ This is my TAG summarization.</p>

<p>So, I have a 3.61 GPA in my UC ASSIST Certified transferable courses but my "Overall Total" is crappy 3.31. That's because I got bad grades in non-transferable Elementary Algebra courses.</p>

<p>I was under the impression that when I apply to Berkeley and UCLA, they would see my ASSIST Certified Courses only, which is currently at a 3.6, but I know I can raise it higher since I have 26 units left to complete.</p>

<p>Coursework Summary</p>

<p>**GPA: Units(Sem/Qtr):</p>

<p>ASSIST Certified Courses: 3.61 43.00/ 64.50</p>

<p>Non-ASSIST Certified Courses: 1.85 12.00/ 18.00</p>

<p>Overall: 3.31 55.00/ 82.50**</p>

<p>Obviously, my 1.85 GPA in Non-ASSIST Certified Courses doesn't matter, but will the admission committee look at my ASSIST Certified 3.6 or my Overall 3.3? Which is more important, Overall or ASSIST Certified? Thank you.</p>

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<p>non transferable courses do not affect your gpa. those non transferable algebra courses do not get factored into ur gpa cuz they don’t even transfer.</p>

<p>so the only gpa they look at is the one that only includes the grades that transfer.</p>

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<p>Yeah, uclakid is right. Do not worry about your total GPA. UC’s only look at your transferable GPA when evaluating transfer students for admission.</p>

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<p>Awesome, thanks guys. That’s a lot of stress off my mind.</p>

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<p>The official answer from the UCs:</p>

<p>How is GPA used in the admissions process? </p>

<p>UCB: Most programs use the applicant’s overall GPA for consideration and selection. The College of Letters and Science, however, uses the overall UC-transferable GPA. </p>

<p>UCLA: The role of the GPA in admissions depends on the major. For applicants to Nursing and Engineering majors, as well as all majors in the College of Letters and Science, both the overall UC-transferable GPA and the GPA for the courses required for major preparation are considered in the selection process. For applicants to the School of the Arts and Architecture and the School of Theater, Film and Television, only the overall UC-transferable GPA is considered.</p>

<p>Source: <a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/files/ETS10_TransferQA_final.doc[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/files/ETS10_TransferQA_final.doc&lt;/a&gt; (UC Transfer Q&A)</p>

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<p>Okay, now I’m confused. . . I’m a Political Science major under the Social Science department which in turn is under the College of Letters and Science department. So UCLA and Cal will be looking exclusively at my Assist-Certified 3.6?</p>

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<p>As I understand it, if you have non-CCC units, admissions will do an informal review of that coursework to determine its transferability. In this case, potentially more than just your Assist-certified classes would factor into your UC-transferable GPA. Unfortunately, there’s no way to know (short of an articulation agreement) which courses will be deemed transferrable. </p>

<p>If you’ve exclusively attended CCCs, then you know which courses are UC transferable based on Assist, and you therefore know which classes will factor into your GPA.</p>

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<p>Overall GPA refers to GPA from both UC-transferable and non-UC-transferable courses (you are supposed to report everything). UC-transferable GPA refers to GPA from only UC-transferable courses.</p>

<p>For L&S majors, Berkeley will look at your UC-transferable GPA and UCLA will look at your UC-transferable GPA and major prereq GPA.</p>

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<p>So, for the regular admissions application & TAG application.</p>

<p>does ASSIST CERTIFIED = the “transferable college credit” that is mentioned in the UC admission requirements? Because on my school transcript it says UC Applicable : 43.5 but on the TAG app it says 63.00</p>

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<p>a bit confused.</p>

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<p>please help.</p>

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<p>Just for reference, I think Ms. Sun’s information above is somewhat confusing concerning GPA. Additionally, the link doesn’t even work, so I wanted to point this out. Straight from the University of California website:</p>

<p>When evaluating transfer applicants, does UC consider nontransferable courses? One of our student’s transcripts is strong overall, though he has two grades of C in nontransferable remedial math courses taken during his first year. How will these courses affect his application, if at all?</p>

<p>While the university requires that transfer students report all coursework, only transferable courses are used to calculate the GPA. Admissions evaluations focus on grades in college-level courses. Though campuses may look at remedial work, performance in transferable courses is much more important.</p>

<p>So, supposedly, the UCs will never use your overall GPA, but only your UC-transferable and possibly pre-req GPA as wwlink mentions below. </p>

<p>[University</a> of California - Evaluation](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/q-and-a/evaluation/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/q-and-a/evaluation/index.html)</p>

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<p>@UCKitty</p>

<p>So far, you only have 43.5 units of UC transferable coursework. You need 60 UC transferable units by the end of Spring '12 for overall UC admission. To submit a TAG, you need to have 30 UC transferable units completed at the time you submit the TAG application. Haven’t we been over this? lol</p>

<p>Oh and the minimum TAG GPA is only based on your UC transferable GPA. I can give you the links but it says this on each of the individual UC TAG websites.</p>

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<p>One thing that will get you at a lot of places (especially with TAG) is the GPA across your required classes for your major.</p>

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<p>@kme, im confused because on my CC transcript it says 43.5 and only TAG it says 48 actually. thats why I’m confused. </p>

<p>school CC GPA
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<p>tag GPA
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<p>Hmm… I don’t know much about TAG but when you enter your courses, is it specifically a UCD or UCI TAG application, or is it just a general TAG application? What does the superscript 1 next to the ASSIST certified thing say? Also, where’d the extra .5 total units come from?</p>

<p>Obviously, there’s a discrepancy, but I can’t tell why. I wouldn’t worry about it if it’s not negatively affecting you.</p>

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<p>well first you select the campus you want to tag to and the major, then on the next screen you just enter your courses.</p>

<p><a href=“http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/2065/screenshot20110818at613.png[/url]”>http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/2065/screenshot20110818at613.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@killmyentourage, the UCs scrambled the website and took the document off, but replaced it with a PDF at <a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/files/ETS10_TransferQA_final.pdf[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/files/ETS10_TransferQA_final.pdf&lt;/a&gt;. It was out of my hands.</p>