UC Application
Workshop
Eligibility, Tips, Common Mistakes, then free time on
computers.
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First look only at 10th & 11th grade
Palomar Courses: A semester grade in an A-G approved
weighted college course should be counted as 2 weighted
grades. (refer to UC doorways website:
https://doorways.ucop.edu/list/)
Put a line through all non-college prep classes (Team Sports, TA,
Woodshop)
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Repeated courses must be exact same level and title
Minimum
3.0 GPA
needed to
apply to
UC’s
Calculating your UC/CSU GPA
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Berkeley
Davis
Irvine
Los Angeles
Merced
Riverside
San Diego
Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
Compare your GPA
4.18
4.07
4.05
4.17
3.61
3.77
4.13
4.03
3.82
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Keep your username and password written down somewhere.
Create a professional email address that you will check! This is
how the UC’s will communicate with you. Check spam filter!!!!
Save your work! If you take a break from your application, sign
out or click “Next” on any page to make sure your work is saved.
Use High School transcript in order to enter in class information
You will find your SSID on top of your SMHS transcript
You will complete one application and decide which UC’s it is sent
to
You will have to choose majors and alternate (2nd choice) majors.
Undecided is ok!
For UCSD you will also have to pick campuses/colleges
For each UC select your interests from the list provided and you
will be considered for scholarships based on your selections.
No letters of recommendation are accepted for the UC’s.
Tips
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Be sure to enter in all high schools that you have attended and
Palomar (Under the “Colleges attended in H.S”) if you took a
class there.
You are attending San Marcos High School in San Marcos, Ca NOT
Santa Barbara or Texas.
When entering in test information be sure to include scores.
If you are taking a test in the future (in Oct or Nov) put that date
on your application and leave your score blank
When taking SAT, SAT Subject, and ACT w/writing send to at least
one UC and the scores will be sent to all campuses to which you
apply.
Campuses e-mail applicants to request or clarify
information. This is the primary method of communication.
Provide an e-mail address that you’ll check regularly.
Check spam filter!!!!!
Do not send transcripts unless requested to do so by a specific
campus (7th semester grades).
At the end of the school year, you must arrange to send your
final, official transcript from SMHS, as well as any other
educational institution you have attended (Palomar).
All transcript requests go through the Registrar in the counseling
office (Ms. Brahy).
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For activities and awards be sure to include EVERYTHING
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Use words like: mentor, taught, led, organized, responsible
for, etc.
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Clubs (list leadership positions)
Sports
Church activities
Community service
Awards and honors (from coaches or if a team makes CIF)
◦ You want to represent LEADERSHIP, IMPROVEMENT, DEDICATION
within the activities section and your essay.
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Work: list responsibilities for your job and what you do with
your earnings
Ed. Prep Programs: summer programs like Upward Bound,
COSMOS, and other ones like AVID.
Respond to both personal statement prompts (see
handout)
Activities, Awards, Extracurricular
Personal Statement
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There are questions about what you took in 7th and 8th grade purely to
fulfill the a-g requirements; they do not ask for grades.
Courses are already listed, just click on the class you took for that grade
level.
Choose the grade for each semester (if you repeated a D or F YOU MUST
REPORT BOTH TIMES YOU TOOK THE COURSE)- this is different from CSU
Summer school courses students completed prior to ninth or 10th
grade are self-reported on the UC application with the student’s “a-g”
courses corresponding to the grade level the student is entering after
summer school.
Summer school courses students completed prior to 11th or 12th
grade are self-reported on the UC application with the student’s “a-g”
courses corresponding to the grade level the student completed before
the start of summer school.
List additional non a-g courses such as: Leadership (ASB), Yearbook,
Drafting, Woodshop, etc. under activities and awards.
When completing the information on the Fee Waiver page IT MUST BE
ACCURATE. It can only be submitted once.
◦ Fee Waiver = 4 campus applications for free
Can pay by credit card, check or money order ($70.00)
Adding courses
Educational Opportunity Program
-Check if you want to apply for the Educational
Opportunity Program (EOP). If you apply to EOP, you will
need to report your parents’ level of education, family size
and income later in the application.
-Dream Act Students can now apply for EOP.
-Discuss your reasons for applying to EOP.
EOP: How to “Apply”
Senior Schedule: Enter in 1st semester
courses as “IP (in progress)”, 2nd
semester as “ PL (planned)”
 If you listed a course on your application
and then drop it, or earn a D or F in a
class, you MUST notify the admissions
office at each university to which you
applied.
 All acceptances are conditional; MUST
earn C or better
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Senior Year Courses
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Eligibility in the Local Context
Top 9% at SMHS based on GPA.
Guaranteed admission to UC Merced
◦ 92% of ELC students were admitted to a UC
campus to which they applied.
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Calculated based on “academic history”
section of application.
After submitting application, log back in to
“application status” page to determine ELC
status.
ELC
CSU/UC Applications due Nov.30th
NO APP, NO TURKEY!!
SMHS Course
UC Course
WS 1 HSS (H)
World History (H)
AS 1 LIT AP
English Literature & Composition
AP
American Studies 2 (Lang AP)
English Lang & Comp AP
Geometry (H)
Geometry
Algebra 2 H
Algebra 2
Chemistry P or Physics P
Chemistry 1A,1B
Spanish & French
Spanish 1AB or 2AB
Spanish Speakers 2 or 3
Int or Adv Spanish for Sp Spkrs
Dance 1
Dance One
Course names
Physics 1A,1B