<p>What classes are used by Clemson to determine GPA; all high school classes or only certain core classes?</p>
<p>are you talking about high school GPA in terms of admissions? I don’t work for admissions but I would imagine that all high school classes are looked at - Clemson receives a lot of applications so it is probably hard for them to carefully dissect every single application to determine which core classes should be counted.</p>
<p>Yes; referring to high school gpa for admissions and scholarships. I have seen some universities that do not include phys Ed, music, health, etc. I agree that it sounds like a lot of effort to eliminate and recalculate, but have seen several references to the process.</p>
<p>Also; I see reference to GPAs of 5.0 and 4.8, etc. I don’t know how that would be possible if you counted all classes, since I don’t think high schools would have AP phys ed, music or several other “regular” classes. Never really understood how much over a weighted GPA above about a 4.4 or so was possible if there wasn’t some manipulation of the classes being used in the calculation.</p>
<p>I have over a 4.8 or so right now.</p>
<p>That’s including about 4 or 5 Bs, a few regular level classes such as Art I, PE, Yearbook, regular bio and world history.</p>
<p>Its just people who take tons of APs. I’ll have taken around 12 exams by the time I graduate. Very possible.</p>
<p>Isn’t an A in AP course a 5.0 and a B a 4.0? I’ll assume the 5 Bs are in AP courses, which I think would be 5 classes at a 4.0 avg, As in the 5 regular classes would be 5 more at 4.0 avg and ill assume 7 AP courses w/ As ( since you said you had 12) at a 5.0 avg. Off the top of my head that seems to be about a 4.3 or 4.4. Am I making an incorrect assumption in there? I just don’t see how to get to 4.8 or 5.0 under my assumptions (which may be incorrect).</p>
<p>PennysDad, I am assuming you are from out of state. My roommate went to high school in SC and he explained to me that they have a very different GPA scale (I think Clemson’s average GPA is like a 4.1 haha). Here’s what the SC HS grading scale is: <a href=“http://www.lexrich5.org/files/34690/South%20Carolina%20Uniform%20Grading%20Scale%20Conversions.pdf[/url]”>http://www.lexrich5.org/files/34690/South%20Carolina%20Uniform%20Grading%20Scale%20Conversions.pdf</a></p>
<p>Pierre0913, thank you; yes Pennsylvania. That certainly explains my confusion. I am not sure how they do the conversion for out of state, as I doubt most transcripts have all of the percentages listed. Also explains the unbelievable GPAs I have seen on some sites. My son will probably be relieved as well.</p>
<p>I don’t know how they compare in-state vs out-of-state applicants’ GPAs but since most other states are on the 4.0/5.0 GPA scale (unweighted/weighted), it will probably be easy to compare applicants from out-of-state (Class rank and SAT/ACT scores also play a big factor in the admissions decision - not sure why SC decided to adopt such a different GPA scale but that’s not Clemson’s fault)</p>
<p>My son is only a sophomore but really wants to go to Clemson. The only way I can see it making sense is if he is able to obtain an out of state merit scholarship. Trying to figure out what is required so he knows what he needs to work toward if he really wants to go. I found the current requirements; which are obviously subject to change by the time he applies, but should give him some idea. His HS does not have class ranks, so that makes it a little more tricky as well. Thanks again for the info.</p>
<p>No problem! Let me know if you have any further questions! If his high school does not rank, Clemson will evaluate his transcript instead.</p>
<p>Actually, in north carolina, where I’m from, its much easier.</p>
<p>AP classes an A is a 6, B is a 5, c is a 4
Honors a is a 5, b is a 4, c is a 3
regular or college prep a is a 4, b is a 3</p>
<p>guess that’s the difference lol.</p>
<p>As far as not ranking goes:</p>
<p>If he has a good gpa is could be to his advantage. For example my school, which ranks, is very competitive. I could go to any of the other public schools and probably be top 3 in the class, if not higher. But I got ranked, so to qualify for the scholarship I just have to make sure I can stay in the top 10 percent.</p>
<p>But if your school doesn’t rank, I believe they norm the GPAs and figure out exactly what the top 10 percent at most schools look like and base it off that. So if he has a strong GPA compared to most students that could be to his advantage.</p>
<p>Hope that made sense, I’m so tired with all these exams the next two weeks!</p>
<p>Tigerin13; thank you for the info. Good luck with exams and Clemson.</p>