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<p>Of course, weighted GPAs have their own problem in that a student who wants to take an extra course that is not weighted for GPA can get penalized. For example:</p>
<p>Student 1: 6 honors/AP courses
Student 2: 6 honors/AP courses, metal shop</p>
<p>Let’s say they are taking the same honors/AP courses and get A grades in all courses. Should 2 rank worse than 1 due to a “lower” GPA because an unweighted metal shop course was included? (You can substitute any additional non-honors/AP course for metal shop, such as art, music, additional academic elective, etc…)</p>
<p>Better would be to rank based on weighted grade points (not GPA) in academic courses, with fractional grade points in non-academic courses added as a tiebreaker.</p>