There is no limit to the number of UC-designated honors-level high school courses that may be approved for an institution’s A-G course list.
Honors English and Biology were not UC approved for Honors. Honors Chemistry, Physics and Pre-Calculus were UC approved for Honors along with all the AP classes.
When you apply to UC. You put in the school name and info. UC application automatically has in its data base what classes you school offers.
If “HL” did not appear on its list – it is not approved. No way to change that. UC then calculates the GPA from what you input.
You will see that applicants with more than 25 A-G courses have an advantage in admissions, but not a huge advantage compared to applicants with 20-24 A-G courses. Of course this varies by campus, but applicants with 20-24 A-G courses do not seem to be heavily penalized even at highly selective campuses. GPA and number of Honors courses appear to be more important factors.
| Campus | UC Wide | UCLA | UCB | UCD | UCI | UCM | UCR | UCSD | UCSB | UCSC |
| A-G courses taken 25 or higher | 54% | 71% | 69% | 65% | 67% | 41% | 48% | 62% | 63% | 56% |
| A-G courses taken 20-24.9 | 41% | 27% | 29% | 32% | 31% | 53% | 48% | 35% | 35% | 41% |
| A-G courses taken 20 or less | 4% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 3% |
Note: . Admission for out-of-state applicants more selective than for residents.
