<p>For example our school has PE and such that has no grade bump.</p>
<p>Since colleges only see the cumulative GPA/rank till junior year, it's better to put away the courses (PE) that will lower your overall GPA (since your grade bumped 5.0 will be adulterated with a normal 4 from PE) right?</p>
<p>Sigh the system. Insights?</p>
<p>At our school at least, you only have to take either 4 or 5 (I can’t quite remember) weighted classed to get a 5.0. If you have all As in all your classes and have a certain number of weighted classes, you receive a 5.0. Check to see if there is a similar policy in place at your school. That way, you can take your electives like PE that are unweighted without fear of lowering your GPA.</p>
<p>My school has nothing like this. I got screwed over by health, PE, and Computer Apps (all required classes). The main issue is these took the place of A-G courses I could have taken to increase chances at the UCs. Oh well, that’s life.</p>