What do the Course Numbers mean? - College Confidential Forums

So, I’m going to be a freshman this fall in college. My college doesn’t allow freshmen to choose classes until June, but they did give me a link to all classes offered first semester next year.

I noticed the course numbers varied from 100-400. I understand that 100’s are the easier courses, and the 400’s are the toughest, but I do have a question, even if it is silly.

UC Application Review Process & UC GPAs - College Confidential Forums
Can someone (forum moderator) please provide further insights regarding the UC-weighted (capped) GPA? Mathematically, the only way to have it approximate the fully weighted GPA is to take FEWER A-G courses, as long as there are at least 8 UC-approved honors courses. There truly is a penalty (from a UC-GPA perspective) to taking more classes, and particularly more rigorous (AP/honors etc ...

Dual credit courses - College Confidential Forums
College course work should be listed under the College and not under the HS. Here is what the UC application guide states: ** If any college/university-level courses were completed while in high school (including those completed as part of a dual enrollment program), applicants can add the college information after completing the high school ...

How to add college courses in Common App?
Hi, I took community college courses (dual-enrollment) during high school. I have a separate transcript from the community college. These courses do NOT show up on my high school transcript. But I cant find where to add these courses in Commp App. I’ve added the community college name in ‘Colleges and Universities’ section of Common App but that section doesn’t have any place to add ...

General education requirements' value or lack thereof
In another thread, there was a digression on the value of general education requirements or lack thereof in college: Certainly, various colleges have different opinions about the value of general education requirements, based on the general education requirements they have or do not have. They also show variation in what types of courses they list for their general education requirements. Do ...

Are universities way harder than community colleges? - College Life ...
While courses usually get harder as you advance in college, the swap-out is that they’re in a course you’re interested in. The only courses I found hard in college were a couple of basic courses in which I had no interest. The rest were manageable because I only took a few at a time and I was interested in and curious about the subject matter.

Difference between 4 credit classes and 3 credit classes? - College ...

I recently learned that many colleges use the 4 credit class system whereas mine uses the 3 credit class system. In the 3 credit system, students generally take 5 3-credit courses per semester for a total of 15 credits. In the 4-credit system, students generally take 4 4-credit courses per semester for a total of 16 credits. Taking this amount of courses per semester allows the student to ...

UC Santa Barbara Class of 2029 Official Thread
Number of a-g courses: Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 2 AP, 2 Honors. Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 2 (4) Extracurriculars: captain Water polo, basketball, swim. Job/Work Experience: Volunteer/Community service: Over 700 hours. Summer Activities: club water polo, environmental science internship

A-G Requirements - College Confidential Forums
A-G courses are the HS classes that need to be completed to apply to the California UC’s and Cal States. Basically they are core classes such as Math, English, Foreign Language, History and Visual/Performing Arts which makes you a well rounded HS student and help prepare for college course

Course Names in Essays? - College Confidential Forums

My DS2 mentioned a few of his courses in his essay last year. But he wasn’t specific. He just described them as business courses, including Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and Business Law (no quotations). It might be less formal looking if you did something like that. But you may have to reword that.