This page was last updated on 11/12/2024

⇒UC- University of California helpful INFORMATION: 

University of California (UC) Application Link : The UC's undergraduate application and other resources you need to know about applying to the nine undergraduate campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz) 

• UC Personal Insight Questions (PIQs) – This website gives tips and a brainstormng worksheet to help students respond to the PIQs. 
• UC Application Tutorial – a step by step video guide
• Refer to the UC Quick Reference Guide for special directions regarding repeated classes, validation, or LOTE. 
•  also Presenting Yourself on the UC Application provides additional guidance for completing the application.
• UC-CSU Comparison of minimum admission requirements
• California Freshmen application data from 2023 and UC Campus admit date from June 2024
• How to Import Courses/Grades from CCGI to UC Application Portal

     CVHS UC Course List – Complete list of all UC/CSU approved course and the “a-g” designations.

   If students took summer school with GCC-SSC (Student Success Center Garfield campus) they should list the class as a regular CVHS course and add the following statement in the Academic History: Additional Information section: “GCC_Garfield campus offers summer classes for CVHS high school students. The courses are approved for UC under the UC Principal Certification guidelines.”

For summer classes taken before 9th grade, the UC application does not have a specific input. So, students should complete the following steps:

• Make sure that their dates of attendance for the institution where summer classes were taken are adjusted to include the summer months. 
• When entering 9th grade fall courses, include the courses from the summer before 9th grade. 
• Add an explanation in the Additional Comments section: “I took {x} classes in the summer before 9th grade at {x} institution. Due to limitations of the UC application, I have entered these classes in the fall term of 9th grade.”  

If students took summer school courses with other online providers that have independent UC course lists (OFL/OFY, Mission, etc) they should add the online school as an additional high school and report the class according to the UC directions.