<p>how do high schools rank you? is it from each of the three years? or do they find the average of the three years and then rank?</p>
<p>i think it's usually cumulative (frosh+soph+jr+sr) as you go on.</p>
<p>Yup. It's cumulative ranking at my school, too.
I don't like how it's set up, though. Students getting all A's in lower-level classes would get a higher rank than someone with the most rigorious schedule, getting a B in one subject.</p>
<p>at our school, you get a weighted gpa if you take honors classes (but not ap's though), so even if you get a b in a hard class, you'll still have a higher rank than someone gettins all a's in easier classes.</p>
<p>My school doesn't use weighted GPAs. I wish that they did, though. Tons of people have really high ranks because of easier classes. The people that have lots of APs, etc end up with lower rankings. :(</p>
<p>Is there a solution to this problem that you guys know of other than weighting?</p>
<p>There is no weighting at our school either so the AP Euro. teacher gives us an extra 5%. So the grading scale looks like below I think
90%=A
87%=A-
85%=B+
80%=B
77%=B-</p>
<p>However, the extra 5% that he supposedly gives us does not really change anything because he won't tell you your grade. Thus, if you rub the teacher the wrong way you can get a B or C even if you ace all tests and projects:(</p>
<p>it's still pretty stupid because our weighting system equalizes ap's and honors... and there's a huge difference in difficulty</p>
<p>Wow zpmqxonw I would love that scale!</p>
<p>My AP USH scale is</p>
<p>95% A
93% A-
89% B+
86%B
83%B-
79% C+
79%C+</p>
<p>And our Honors English has 91% A-. And (sorry for straying off topic), my school does GPA by year, and then does it cumulative at the end of the first semester of Senior Year.</p>
<p>Wait, but doesn't an AP look better than honors on apps?</p>
<p>it does... but then again a number 1 rank looks a lot better than 24...</p>
<p>My school uses UC GPA as the GPA they use to rank students @_@</p>
<p>I'm lost, why don't the schools use a more streamlined/better method of ranking? I have no clue about any of this stuff since I'm not in highschool yet.</p>
<p>Our school has the same problem that Glass_Shard mentioned. Right now, rank one is held by a guy who is taking only 2 honors classes and no APs whatsoever. It can be very annoying for those of us who are taking full loads with all APs and Honors classes available. Grrrrr....</p>
<p>agreed... but what's also very annoying is that honors and ap are apparantly equal in the grand scheme of things</p>
<p>very true... i've learned that AP classes don't count for much when you get to college even though it supposedly helps you in the admission process.</p>
<p>i'M STIIL LOST!! Why doesn't it count for much since it is so much harder?</p>
<p>it's just how the schools work, u'll be equally disturbed when you start hs, and they rank the dumbasses higher than you</p>
<p>lol. So basically the only plus of an AP is for self benefit and knowledge, even though it can hinder you from getting accepted to collages?</p>
<p>Exactly!!!!</p>