<p>My son who is homeschooled has been fortunate enough to be named a Coca Cola Semi-Finalist. I am completing the Secondary Report and am not sure how to update his transcript with his senior year courses that won't be complete until May. His transcript is pretty traditional in appearance. Should I just list them as I did his other subjects, but only list them as 1/2 credit since he is only 1/2 through the school year? What do schools do with senior year courses on the transcripts when it's too early to assign them a final grade?
My second question is how are weighted GPAs calculated? I looked online and have a decent idea of HOW to calculate this, but I'm not clear on exactly what subjects get included. For example, 4 credits of Bible, 1 credit of keyboarding, 1/2 credit health, etc). Can anyone give me an idea of what is "normally" considered when calculating a weighted GPA? (If it matters, we didn't include a weighted GPA on the common app which is a shame as he will have taken 12 AP classes by the time he graduates.) Thanks for any help!</p>
<p>I’m not a guidance counselor, but I am a teacher who has that responsibility for a group of kids. A home-school parent could probably give you the best answer.</p>
<p>At my school, one semester equals .5 credits. (Full year classes are one grade worth .5 credits plus another grade worth .5 credits. So, you have two grades on the final transcript.)</p>
<p>Honors classes get a .5 bump in calculations; AP classes get a full point. (An A=4.5 in honors and 5.0 in AP.)</p>
<p>Generally speaking, there is no “honors” version of class like PE or keyboarding. These classes are often taken out of calculations by the colleges themselves, particularly at state schools. HTH!</p>
<p>And congrats to your son - that’s awesome!</p>
<p>Thanks so much Sakacar3!</p>
<p>I don’t think it matters all that much. Some schools do not have weighted GPAs and some schools don’t consider weighted GPAs even if you submit them. </p>