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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AP classes matter if you are applying to UC schools. Impossible to get in OOS without any AP classes. Maybe GDS kids don’t want to go to UCLA, Cal, UCSD, etc.?!? [/quote]

My private in a different metro (outside California) continues to have have matriculations to UC schools - and the matriculation rate to UC schools has not recently changed. It does not have any classes labeled AP. It also does not (and never did) weight GPAs. [/quote]

It doesn't matter if the private weights the GPAs or not, the UC admissions offices put grades through their own matrix, for both OOS and in state applicants. It also doesn't matter that they have no "official" AP classes, there will be an obvious line of rigor versus remedial that the AO can follow. You act like it's some kind of golden school with special privileges for the UC and it is not.[/quote]

And the class criteria for in state and out of state is different because the instate school have approved course lists.

"For California residents:

Honors courses are Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate Higher Level (IB HL) and designated Standard Level (IB SL) courses, UC-transferable college courses and UC-certified honors courses that appear on your school's course list.
For 10th grade, you cannot use more than 4 honors points.
Grades of D or F in an honors course do not earn an extra point.
Grades of CR (credit) or P (pass) in an honors course do not earn an extra point.
Classes taken during the summer after 9th grade count as 10th grade; classes in summer after 10th grade count as 10th grade; classes in summer after 11th grade count as 11th grade.
One college course = one grade = one honors point.
Nonresidents:

[b]In calculating an out-of-state student's GPA to determine if the 3.4 minimum has been met, UC will grant honors weight for AP or IB courses only, but not for school-designated honors courses.[/b] The weight is given to letter grades of A, B, or C. School-designated honors courses may be considered in the campus comprehensive review process."[/quote]

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