<p>Hello!</p>
<p>I have a semi-complicated question regarding the reporting of one's GPA on the Common Application.</p>
<p>I'm in a dual enrollment program at a university near my school and for a long time my high school didn't want to weight any of the grades received in dual credit college classes and give them the usual +1.0 AP/IB boost. Therefore an A in a college class only counted as a 4.0. The school has finally decided to start applying a weight to the grades received in college classes, but not retroactively, and I had the idea of reporting my GPA on the application as if the classes I took last year had received the weight/boost as well. This "alternate" GPA would be about 0.24 higher than the actual GPA on my transcript (~4.0W vs. 4.24W), which, while it might seem like a fairly small difference, makes a huge difference regarding class rank, which my school calculates entirely based on the weighted GPA. (My school only allows students to take a limited amount of APs, therefore the highest GPAs are around 4.2 and the difference between a 4.0 and a 4.2 can be the difference between not even being in the top decile and being at the top of the class).</p>
<p>My questions are wether any of you think this is a good idea? Is it wrong to do this? Will the schools notice the difference and will they care and pay attention to the self reported GPA? Is there a section where I can explain this situation? And most important of all, how do you think the colleges will compare my GPA knowing that only half the college classes I took are counted as APs, just because a decision was made not to count some classes retroactively? Thanks in advance for any help and advice! Peace.</p>