UCLA decisions out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In. Loudoun County.

I forgot to mention — 3.93 weighted, 1150 SAT. 8 or 9 APs. Basic white girl.

She won’t go — attending more affordable VT instead.

This was the last one. She did very well — in everywhere she applied except Tennessee where waitlisted.

I’m sure she isn’t. Be better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UCs only give weighted boost to CA students AP and IB. They don’t give any boost to an OOS AP course grade.

False. The UC policy is that OOS students get bumps for APs.

“Nonresidents: UC will grant honors weight for AP or IB courses and transferable college courses only, but not for school-designated honors courses. The weight is given to letter grades of A, B, or C.”

https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/admission-requirements/freshman-requirements/gpa-requirement.html

[Anonymous]

UC schools are known to give preference to full IB diploma candidates. A our Nova HS with a full IB program, those kids do great at UC schools. I know a kid who got into UCLA but WL at UVA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UC schools are known to give preference to full IB diploma candidates. A our Nova HS with a full IB program, those kids do great at UC schools. I know a kid who got into UCLA but WL at UVA.

I agree. My DC is currently at UCLA from WIS. WIS grads also do very well in UC admissions. I think at least 5-6 got into UCLA from my DC’s class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In. Loudoun County.

I forgot to mention — 3.93 weighted, 1150 SAT. 8 or 9 APs. Basic white girl.

She won’t go — attending more affordable VT instead.

This was the last one. She did very well — in everywhere she applied except Tennessee where waitlisted.

I’m sure she isn’t. Be better.

I think this is the basic white girl who also got into UVA and other prestigious schools despite the uncompetitive stats.

[Anonymous]

UCs also will only weight 2 classes per year out of 10th & 11th grade for the assessment of GPA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UCs only give weighted boost to CA students AP and IB. They don’t give any boost to an OOS AP course grade.

Utterly false. You must work at the GDS or Sidwell CCO with that type of false information.

UCs don’t delineate state residency when applying weighted GPA. It’s the same weighting for everyone.

The issue is that the idiotic dropping of AP coursework in certain DMV privates makes UCs unattainable for many because weighted GPA is one of the most critical factors at UC now - especially more since test blind.

Please check facts before posting with authority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In. Loudoun County.

I forgot to mention — 3.93 weighted, 1150 SAT. 8 or 9 APs. Basic white girl.

She won’t go — attending more affordable VT instead.

This was the last one. She did very well — in everywhere she applied except Tennessee where waitlisted.

I’m sure she isn’t. Be better.[/q

Be better about what? Niw a mother can’t even. Describe her kid without you racists attacking her descriptions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UC schools are known to give preference to full IB diploma candidates. A our Nova HS with a full IB program, those kids do great at UC schools. I know a kid who got into UCLA but WL at UVA.

I agree. My DC is currently at UCLA from WIS. WIS grads also do very well in UC admissions. I think at least 5-6 got into UCLA from my DC’s class.

The UC application has a box on page 1 that says check here if you are an IB diploma candidate. It’s a big factor for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UC schools are known to give preference to full IB diploma candidates. A our Nova HS with a full IB program, those kids do great at UC schools. I know a kid who got into UCLA but WL at UVA.

I agree. My DC is currently at UCLA from WIS. WIS grads also do very well in UC admissions. I think at least 5-6 got into UCLA from my DC’s class.

The UC application has a box on page 1 that says check here if you are an IB diploma candidate. It’s a big factor for them.

I don’t think that means they “prefer” it. I live in CA and have never heard IB schools being more successful in applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:in - public school 3.9

and bad SATs which weren’t considered lol

best of luck to all

How many AP classes? I think private school kids without AP classes are getting shut out because UC’s only give weighted boost to gpa for AP and IB classes if you are OOS.

11 - and don’t disagree

we also have private school kid and don’t get me started

wish we sent both to public

as long as your kid doesn’t need some TLC to keep them focused, public school experience has been comparable for kids in top quartile of class

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UCs also will only weight 2 classes per year out of 10th & 11th grade for the assessment of GPA

Since the only count grades from 10th and 11th, weighting 4 classes counts.
If you take 6 classes per year (classes like drivers Ed/pe/athletics don’t count) and weight 2 then an all student has a GPA of 4.33 while an OOS student who has no AP’s will have a GPA of 4.0. Of a student takes 5 classes per year (not including a or class) then the straight A student has a gpa of 4.4 while the non weighted one has 4.0.

And what is not well known or publicized is ucla and Berkeley actually look at uncapped weighted gpa as well. So a 11th grader with all AP or IB or dual enrollment courses could have an uncapped weighted gpa of 5.0. Compare that to a private school student whose school dropped AP’s. That student has an uncapped gpa of 4.0.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UCs also will only weight 2 classes per year out of 10th & 11th grade for the assessment of GPA

Since the only count grades from 10th and 11th, weighting 4 classes counts.
If you take 6 classes per year (classes like drivers Ed/pe/athletics don’t count) and weight 2 then an all student has a GPA of 4.33 while an OOS student who has no AP’s will have a GPA of 4.0. Of a student takes 5 classes per year (not including a or class) then the straight A student has a gpa of 4.4 while the non weighted one has 4.0.

And what is not well known or publicized is ucla and Berkeley actually look at uncapped weighted gpa as well. So a 11th grader with all AP or IB or dual enrollment courses could have an uncapped weighted gpa of 5.0. Compare that to a private school student whose school dropped AP’s. That student has an uncapped gpa of 4.0.

No they limit to 2 per year. There is no such thing as "uncapped" weighted for the UCs. Elsewhere, sure, but not there.

[Anonymous]

UC admissions page

https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/admission-requirements/freshman-requirements/gpa-requirement.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UCs also will only weight 2 classes per year out of 10th & 11th grade for the assessment of GPA

Since the only count grades from 10th and 11th, weighting 4 classes counts.
If you take 6 classes per year (classes like drivers Ed/pe/athletics don’t count) and weight 2 then an all student has a GPA of 4.33 while an OOS student who has no AP’s will have a GPA of 4.0. Of a student takes 5 classes per year (not including a or class) then the straight A student has a gpa of 4.4 while the non weighted one has 4.0.

And what is not well known or publicized is ucla and Berkeley actually look at uncapped weighted gpa as well. So a 11th grader with all AP or IB or dual enrollment courses could have an uncapped weighted gpa of 5.0. Compare that to a private school student whose school dropped AP’s. That student has an uncapped gpa of 4.0.

There are private school students who get in without APs and with less than 4.0s. I know some from last year (admitted with a 3.7 or similar from very top private). So they do seem to read some applications under a different lens than the main bench. (i.e. they pull them out from being discarded by an auto GPA cut-off)
I don't know how this happens exactly.