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CUSD High School Students Should Check their GPA's

GPA Calculations for Admission into UC and CalState are recalculated if an Honor's class is not approved by UC Doorways

Dawn Urbanek, Neighbor

Posted Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 1:05 pm PT|Updated Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 1:21 pm PT

USING CAPISTRANO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL AS AN EXAMPLE

The following classes are recognized as "Honors Classes" at all Colleges.

Honors Pre-Calculus ATMS
Honors Chemistry/ATMS

The following classes are not recognized as Honors Classes for Calculating GPA to get into UC or CalState schools

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Honors English 1/ATMS - 9th grade class - not included in UC GPA
Honors English II/ATMS
Honors Algebra II/Trig/ATMS
Honors World History
Honors Biology/ATMS

A student who takes these Honors classes get a grade bump of 1 point each semester:

A = 5
B = 4
C = 3
D = 2
F = 1

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So if a student takes the following classes in 10th and 11th grade they get a bump in GPA.

Sample Sophomore GPA Calculation

CUSD needs to submit all Honors Classes to UC Doorways and get them approved so that students are not handicapped when applying to UC and CalState Schools.

In the example above, the UC System would not recognize the 4.8 the UC would re-calculate the GPA to a 4.0.

UC BERKELEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT THIS STUDENT.

The Student may be limited to UC Merced or a CalState School.

This issue needs to be fixed immediately. Parents- be sure to plan course selection carefully. The difference in GPA may make Private Schools the only/best option for many students who were not aware of the difference in UC approved Honors classes and District only designated Honors classes.