<p>My high school does not weight anyone's GPA. For freshman and sophomore years I have had a 4.0 (unweighted, and all honors/advanced honors classes)</p>
<p>When I send my GPA to colleges, will they weight this by on their own scale? How does that work? </p>
<p>Also Junior year I am taking the following classes:
AP Calculus
AP English Language & Compositon
AP US History
Advanced Honors Spanish 3
Advanced Honors Physics
Honors Anatomy & Physiology</p>
<p>If my GPA is not a 4.0 this year, will that hurt my chances of getting into a top college even with multiple AP classes?</p>
<p>Thank you for anything to can help me with!</p>
<p>State schools may recalculate GPA using their own formula, with honors/AP weightings that they specify. Example: [url=<a href=“Cal State Apply | CSU”>Cal State Apply | CSU]California</a> State University<a href=“University%20of%20California%20does%20the%20same”>/url</a>.</p>
<p>Private schools using holistic admissions are more likely to just eyeball the transcript to get an idea if you took the most rigorous courses available and how well you did. Since high schools have various different methods of weighting to make weighted GPAs, it would not make sense for them to just take the high school reported weighted GPA (if any).</p>
<p>Calculus is BC, right? Since you are two years ahead in math, you should be able to handle BC.</p>
<p>I’m taking AP Calculus I which I think is Calc AB, am I correct? But math is my strongest subject so I’m not worried about that. If anything, I’ll have trouble with AP English</p>
<p>AP Calculus may be either AB or BC. BC covers all of AB plus additional topics. Universities usually give up to a semester of credit for AB, up to two semesters for BC.</p>
<p>This entirely depends on the school. Some recalculate, some don’t. All will look at the school profile that comes with each transcript. This gives your grading scale, tells if the grades are weighted and how much, grade distribution, number of AP classes offered etc. This way they know what does your 4.0 mean vs the 4.0 from another student (where grades are weighted 2.0 for APs for example). It’s an equalizer. If you are unsure you can ask specific schools if they recalculate. They will be happy to tell you, usually disclosing their method.</p>
<p>Other than the UC’s-
IME, they might re-weight NOT to add points, but to bring W gpa’s down to a UW. Since each hs can use its own weighting system, one kid’s 4.x is not the same as another. The common app allows you to enter your gpa, then check whether it is weighted or not. The GC will also indicate cumulative gpa and “out of ___ scale.” And, indicates how rigorous your coursework is. You can see this on the “school report” section of the CA. Yes, they also look at grades and rigor on the transcript. And, remember reviews are holistic.</p>