Anonymous
02/28/2023 16:52
Subject: UC Decisions are rolling out
I’m confused. If the UC schools don’t look at test scores or 9th grade grades, and limit the number of AP/equivalent “lifts” that each kid can get to 8, then how do they actually select students? Because it seems to me that there would be a large number of applicants with unweighted 4.0s (or near enough) who also have taken the maximum allowed APs. So how do they pick a class?
Anonymous
02/28/2023 15:01
Subject: UC Decisions are rolling out
My kid is at a San Francisco private. They don’t offer AP’s. But UC knows what courses are on offer. I can see all my son’s classes on UC’s drop down menu for filling in A-G high school classes on the application. They know which classes are honors too.Anonymous wrote:Query for anyone with kids in CA high schools. Are they as crazy about APs as the MD and VA public schools? Meaning, do students regularly graduate with 10-12 AP classes as is often reported on this board? I am wondering if the cap on grade bumps in the UC system is resulting in slowing the AP arms race in CA.
Anonymous
02/28/2023 13:17
Subject: UC Decisions are rolling out
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Query for anyone with kids in CA high schools. Are they as crazy about APs as the MD and VA public schools? Meaning, do students regularly graduate with 10-12 AP classes as is often reported on this board? I am wondering if the cap on grade bumps in the UC system is resulting in slowing the AP arms race in CA.
Good question. Yes, I think this will be the result. Which confuses me because they also state they want students taking the most rigorous course load. So how can they ask students to take the most rigorous course load and yet cap AP’s at the same time? I believe the cap is new? We will see how it plays out.
My kid is at a public high school in CA. Every school is different. Ours is a “high achieving” school (whatever that means), but also limits AP classes. There are no honors classes for 9th graders except for math. You can only take one AP class as a 10th grader (AP bio). Juniors and Seniors can take as many as they want, as long as they qualify.
We have a similar experience as well. My son is in a CA public school. They don't have any honors/AP courses in the 9th grade. But there is no such restriction from 10th grade onwards. But they limit you to one science and one math course every year. They also have conditional exclusions -- if you take course A, you can't take course B -- to prevent overloading of AP courses. But even with all this, kids manage to do 10-12 AP courses by the time they graduate.
I am personally against such school level restrictions unless they are enforced nationally. These kind of artificial restrictions only disadvantages the kids since colleges look at all of them through the same lens.
My kid goes to private. Her school only offers 2 APs (foreign language). Otherwise, honors is highest. You have to test into honors. You cannot just sign up.
Anonymous
02/28/2023 13:13
Subject: UC Decisions are rolling out
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Query for anyone with kids in CA high schools. Are they as crazy about APs as the MD and VA public schools? Meaning, do students regularly graduate with 10-12 AP classes as is often reported on this board? I am wondering if the cap on grade bumps in the UC system is resulting in slowing the AP arms race in CA.
Good question. Yes, I think this will be the result. Which confuses me because they also state they want students taking the most rigorous course load. So how can they ask students to take the most rigorous course load and yet cap AP’s at the same time? I believe the cap is new? We will see how it plays out.
My kid is at a public high school in CA. Every school is different. Ours is a “high achieving” school (whatever that means), but also limits AP classes. There are no honors classes for 9th graders except for math. You can only take one AP class as a 10th grader (AP bio). Juniors and Seniors can take as many as they want, as long as they qualify.
We have a similar experience as well. My son is in a CA public school. They don't have any honors/AP courses in the 9th grade. But there is no such restriction from 10th grade onwards. But they limit you to one science and one math course every year. They also have conditional exclusions -- if you take course A, you can't take course B -- to prevent overloading of AP courses. But even with all this, kids manage to do 10-12 AP courses by the time they graduate.
I am personally against such school level restrictions unless they are enforced nationally. These kind of artificial restrictions only disadvantages the kids since colleges look at all of them through the same lens.
Anonymous
02/28/2023 12:20
Subject: UC Decisions are rolling out
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Query for anyone with kids in CA high schools. Are they as crazy about APs as the MD and VA public schools? Meaning, do students regularly graduate with 10-12 AP classes as is often reported on this board? I am wondering if the cap on grade bumps in the UC system is resulting in slowing the AP arms race in CA.
Good question. Yes, I think this will be the result. Which confuses me because they also state they want students taking the most rigorous course load. So how can they ask students to take the most rigorous course load and yet cap AP’s at the same time? I believe the cap is new? We will see how it plays out.
My kid is at a public high school in CA. Every school is different. Ours is a “high achieving” school (whatever that means), but also limits AP classes. There are no honors classes for 9th graders except for math. You can only take one AP class as a 10th grader (AP bio). Juniors and Seniors can take as many as they want, as long as they qualify.
With some rare exceptions, this is closer to my DC's experience at a DC application high school. No APs in 9th, one in 10th that everyone takes, and then unlimited in 11th and 12th (but limited by availability, the electives such as Psych, Environmental Science, Human Geo are all seniors because the 11th graders cannot get into them). My DC will graduate with 8 APs, which is normal/strong for her school but seems low by Montogomery Country and Northern VA standards.
Anonymous
02/28/2023 12:03
Subject: UC Decisions are rolling out
Anonymous wrote:Query for anyone with kids in CA high schools. Are they as crazy about APs as the MD and VA public schools? Meaning, do students regularly graduate with 10-12 AP classes as is often reported on this board? I am wondering if the cap on grade bumps in the UC system is resulting in slowing the AP arms race in CA.
Good question. Yes, I think this will be the result. Which confuses me because they also state they want students taking the most rigorous course load. So how can they ask students to take the most rigorous course load and yet cap AP’s at the same time? I believe the cap is new? We will see how it plays out.
My kid is at a public high school in CA. Every school is different. Ours is a “high achieving” school (whatever that means), but also limits AP classes. There are no honors classes for 9th graders except for math. You can only take one AP class as a 10th grader (AP bio). Juniors and Seniors can take as many as they want, as long as they qualify.
Anonymous
02/28/2023 11:53
Subject: UC Decisions are rolling out
Query for anyone with kids in CA high schools. Are they as crazy about APs as the MD and VA public schools? Meaning, do students regularly graduate with 10-12 AP classes as is often reported on this board? I am wondering if the cap on grade bumps in the UC system is resulting in slowing the AP arms race in CA.
Anonymous
02/28/2023 11:23
Subject: UC Decisions are rolling out
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/admission-requirements/freshman-requirements/subject-requirement-a-g.html
I'm confused. Does this mean you need and AP class is all those subjects?
For example:
A) History
UC-approved high school courses
Two years of history, including:
one year of world history, cultures or historical geography (may be a single yearlong course or two one-semester courses), and
one year of U.S. history or one-half year of U.S. history and one-half year of civics or American government
Thanks!
Does that mean APUSH is required or is it Ok to take regular US History?
Those are just the required subjects, not required APs.
Anonymous
02/28/2023 10:36
Subject: Re:UC Decisions are rolling out
Anonymous wrote:Looking at the UC requirements they specify geometry is required. If you took geometry in middle school do you just get that listed on a special transcript?
"Academic history
Here you'll enter the courses and grades from all schools you've attended while in high school. If you took high school-level math or language other than English in middle school (7th and 8th grades), you will have a chance to report those courses and grades in this section."
(https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/applying-as-a-freshman/filling-out-the-application.html)
Anonymous
02/28/2023 10:32
Subject: Re:UC Decisions are rolling out
Looking at the UC requirements they specify geometry is required. If you took geometry in middle school do you just get that listed on a special transcript?
Anonymous
02/28/2023 10:25
Subject: UC Decisions are rolling out
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is odd. Is Santa Cruz rolling admissions? (my DC didn't apply there)
I'm under the impression that UC decision come out between March 14 and 27, and I have a note in my calendar that UCSB is 16 thru 31, and my DC received an email from UCB saying they will release on March 30.
That email said on or before March 30.
Top PP here. Here is the relevant text of the email my DC received:
"First-Year decisions will be released approximately late afternoon / early evening (Pacific time) on March 30, 2023, via the MAP@Berkeley portal."
We are in-state, so maybe the language on your DC's email was different.
We are oos and definitely a different email (mid Feb?)
Correction from OOS - there were two emails. First with what you showed and then another..
First-Year decisions will be released approximately late afternoon / early evening (Pacific time) on March 30, 2023, via the MAP@Berkeley portal.
All decisions will be released on or before March 30, 2023. When decisions become available, you will receive an email notifying you to log in to MAP@Berkeley
Anonymous
02/28/2023 10:09
Subject: UC Decisions are rolling out
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is odd. Is Santa Cruz rolling admissions? (my DC didn't apply there)
I'm under the impression that UC decision come out between March 14 and 27, and I have a note in my calendar that UCSB is 16 thru 31, and my DC received an email from UCB saying they will release on March 30.
That email said on or before March 30.
Top PP here. Here is the relevant text of the email my DC received:
"First-Year decisions will be released approximately late afternoon / early evening (Pacific time) on March 30, 2023, via the MAP@Berkeley portal."
We are in-state, so maybe the language on your DC's email was different.
We are oos and definitely a different email (mid Feb?)
UC Berkeley admits some (5-10% of their total acceptances) early in February and some of those early admittees will also be notified of 'Regents Scholarship' interview dates. My son received one in February few years ago. The Regents Award is designed to attract top students to the school.
Thanks for the info.
Anonymous
02/28/2023 09:33
Subject: UC Decisions are rolling out
for what it's worth, last year UCLA came out March 18. My family is waiting again for 4 UC decisions this year. OOS
Anonymous
02/28/2023 09:29
Subject: UC Decisions are rolling out
As an FYI, at least Cal and UCLA also looked at weighted GPA uncapped per college confidential and other online sources. Not sure how they handle non CA HS honors in the uncapped weighting.
Anonymous
02/28/2023 09:15
Subject: UC Decisions are rolling out
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/admission-requirements/freshman-requirements/subject-requirement-a-g.html
I'm confused. Does this mean you need and AP class is all those subjects?
For example:
A) History
UC-approved high school courses
Two years of history, including:
one year of world history, cultures or historical geography (may be a single yearlong course or two one-semester courses), and
one year of U.S. history or one-half year of U.S. history and one-half year of civics or American government
Does that mean APUSH is required or is it Ok to take regular US History?
Those are just the required subjects, not required APs.