<p>Im taking honors courses in a honors program and have to take 10 total honors courses to graduate. This seems a bit unfair because honors courses demand more and are usually harder than the regular course. </p>
<p>It appears though that my college doesn't weight the averages, I took 3 honors courses my first semester, got a A in one and a B in another. I also need a 3.5 to pass the program. I have less, I guess the honors courses demanded a lot of work so my performance suffered a bit.</p>
<p>I have never seen a college that does weight honors classes. The explanation is honors courses are not harder, just different. If possible, I’d suggest choosing easier courses to boost your GPA and working even harder to get better grades.</p>
<p>Colleges do not weight gpa.</p>
<p>How is it not fair, did you not choose to challenge yourself with the honors program?</p>
<p>Your reward is the extra knowledge you gain from the supposedly more difficult classes. It will also probably be on your transcript.</p>
<p>Does your transcript mention that the courses are honors? Even if they aren’t weighted, grad schools will usually take note that you took harder courses. However, it will not help you as much as it did in high school. The key thing is getting the high GPA regardless of the courses you took. Also, even some HS don’t weight any courses, but just list them on the transcript as honors.</p>
<p>GPAs are usually not weighted in college. It’s just noted in your transcript that you took honors courses.</p>
<p>Honors courses usually teach more than regular courses; it is harder and there’s way more information that you are expected to learn in comparison to others.</p>
<p>Yea, my high school didnt weight honors. I guess it does challenge you more and is more rigor. I actually didn’t pick because my schedule was created for me that was based around the honors program. Luckily I get first priority on registration every semester, so I can boost my gpa. What sucks though is that for an internship I needed a certain gpa.</p>
<p>With my break, I took the opportunity to study. I usually don’t study much outside of my hw and midterms, finals. Yet, I don’t know as a student if I can rely only on my college work. I am attempting to learn a bit about finance, do some reading and writing on my own. I want to make sure that I am meeting my potential and don’t want to not have the needed skills for the future.</p>
<p>from my understanding, honors programs aren’t necessarily more advanced, but rather more challenging than the regular course equivalent.</p>
<p>when you graduate, assuming you have a certain cumulative gpa, your degree will say “In cursu honorum” (in the honors course) or something to that extent. it essentially acknowledges that you were enrolled in an honors program. keep in mind this is in ADDITION to getting a possible cum laude/magna cum laude/summa cum laude if you meet the gpa requirements for that too. find out through your school.</p>
<p>so there you have it. your gpa is not weighted, but your accomplishment is acknowledged if you meet a certain gpa.</p>