I have a question about how colleges look at art GPAs. I have no intentions of going to art school or even pursuing another art class after this year but I currently have my second lowest grade, a b+ in it. This is lowering my gpa and I was wondering if colleges would look unfavorably on this or just recalculate my gpa with only core classes.
Many colleges recalculate GPAs with only core classes.
You say “many” so does that mean the highly selective ones do or don’t?
For some schools (California UC’s and CSU’s), Art classes are considered core courses so they are calculated into the GPA.
Alright, that’s depressing. UC Berkeley and UCLA do?
A year of a Visual/Performing art course is a UC/CSU a-g requirement; however your UC/CSU is calculated based on 10-11th grades only so if you are taking the art class Freshman year it will not lower you UC/CSU GPA except for Cal Poly SLO (9-11th grades used).
Oh sweet! Haha, yeah I’m taking it Freshmen year and only freshmen year. Are California UC’s and CSU’s the only schools that count art towards GPA? Thanks for the help.
- No. Colleges will recalculate GPA as they please. Some only count grades from 10-12th grades, although most will include 9th. Some exclude art/music/theater, others don’t. Is there a master list? No. Regardless, there is nothing you can do about either your grade or college policies.
- A B+ is not a bad grade. When the time comes for college applications, a B+ in art is not what will not prevent you from getting into your school of choice
Ok, that answers everything. I know a B+ isn’t a bad grade but it was just the lowest in the class X_X
Alright, I have to bump this. I would’ve had an otherwise 3.7 gpa
Math: B
Spanish: A
English: A
History: A-
Science: A-
But the B+ in art knocked me down to a 3.6! I never thought Art would be the thing to drag my GPA but it is. Any suggestions?
Suggestions for what? It is what it is. There’s no changing the past, so focus on improving the future.