<p>Does anyone know how much of a grade boost</p>
<p>LMU
TCU
USF
or
University of Arizona </p>
<p>gives for AP and Honors classes</p>
<p>Do these schools recalculate or do they used the weighted GPA that is on the transcript?</p>
<p>You’re going to have to contact each admissions office and ask if they recalculate or use what’s on the transcript. Since you’re only asking about 4 schools, just type up an email and send to each admissions office. </p>
<p>Does your school put a weighted GPA on your transcript?</p>
<p>OP what are you asking? All colleges look at the classes a student takes relative to what their high school offers. So yes, for any college if you take rigorous classes that “boosts” you compared to a student who did not take any of those classes if they were offered. If you are asking how individual colleges calculate GPAs mom2 is correct you need to ask each college if they will recalculate your GPA and what and how they recalculate. I’m not sure what you mean by “grade boost” it’s not as if a college looks at your B in AP History and mentally tells themself that would be an A in regular history if that is what you are asking. Some high schools add points to the GPA for AP classes, some high schools do not. There are lots of ways that high schools approach GPAs and AP classes.</p>
<p>I think what they’re asking is if the colleges use weighted or unweighted GPA when deciding what GPA to use for admissions review. </p>
<p>You need to check each college’s policy, as they all vary. Often they will use the unweighted GPA. But as momofthreeboys correctly points out, how much it boosts your GPA is not the point. You should take honors and AP classes if you can because, not only are they enriching for you academically, but that shows colleges that you’re interested in challenging yourself and you’re able to handle a rigorous courseload with a fast tempo of assignments.</p>
<p>I don’t think this was your original question, but a way they help is that they can prepare the student for college level studies.</p>
<p>When my D was a senior she took AP Lit at her HS. She was buried in reading assignments, writing assignments, etc. It was miserable at first but got better. When she went to college she really felt her AP Lit class with its amount of reading and writing prepared her for the expectations in college.</p>
<p>What I’m asking is if the schools I listed above add one point to a students GPA for honors and AP classes, or if the schools add less than one point (ex: .5) to the applicants GPA. </p>
<p>EX:</p>
<p>Would LMU consider an “A” in AP Gov. to be a 5.0 ?</p>
<p>I am not sure which schools your school initials denote (yes, there are a few possiblities). The Florida state universities all use a weighted GPA in the admissions process. They give .5 points for a honors class and 1.0 point for an AP class. USF (the University of South Florida) actually has an online chart for seeing if you would gain admission or get deferred or rejected. This is it:</p>
<p><a href=“http://usfweb2.usf.edu/Admissions/pdf/counselor-grid.pdf[/url]”>http://usfweb2.usf.edu/Admissions/pdf/counselor-grid.pdf</a></p>
<p>Yes - Ap and honors classes matter. Admissions Committees want to know whether you took the most challenging classes offered. Also, they look at rank: If your h.s. uses weighted averages, the AP and honors classes will affect your gpa and class rank. Don’t go overboard, however. If you really have no interest in the class, don’t take it.</p>
<p>I looked at UF’s Honors College gpa requirement and was surprised until I noted that they use weighted gpa’s. Son’s HS and college use unweighted gpa’s, plus looking at the rigor of the curriculum available. This does not discriminate against students without honors/AP courses in their HS. I did note the possibility of exceptions that would help the student who couldn’t meet the criteria listed. One reason the college admissions process is not computer run- too many human factors to put a number on everything…</p>
<p>Note to parents of younger HS students. Always base the class decision on the best fit for your child- try to have them stretch themselves as much as possible without becoming too frustrated. It is not just a matter of looking good for admissions, but in becoming best prepared for college work. The best foundation will make college courses easier as will the best study habits.</p>
<p>You need to contact each school to find out if they recalculate or not.</p>
<p>I am trying to be kind here so please take it that way…</p>
<p>Univ of Arizona basically takes anyone with a pulse (at least from OOS)…any AP courses will of course be a plus, but honestly, the last two people we know who were just accepted have GPA’s in the 2.3 range…and very average (USA average, not CC average) test scores…</p>
<p>I don’t think Univ. of Arizona is THAT easy to get into. A college website says that the average GPA for incoming freshman is a 3.3 and majority of kids admitted were in the top 25 or 50 percent of their class. A student couldn’t get too much below a 2.7 to fit in that percent…(not that a 2.7 is great but it’s alot better than a 2.3…)</p>
<p>Also, the schools SAT scores are in the 500-600’s so unless the stats. aren’t completely true an admitted student couldn’t scoree too low unless the kid is something different than most people applying …</p>
<p>what did the person u know get on the sat or act?</p>
<p>My guess re Arizona is that a lot bright in state kids skew the stats higher. They go there because it is inexpensive for them.</p>