Do colleges look at the sc ugp GPA or 4.0 GPA?

Colleges look at your unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale. The SC UGP (South Carolina Unweighted GPA) is simply a way of calculating that 4.0 GPA using a specific system. They aren't separate things; the UGP is *how* they arrive at the 4.0 GPA they see. Therefore, there's no distinction – the college receives and considers the unweighted GPA calculated from your high school transcript.