<p>So basically in my school you have to take a vpa (art) and a cfl (computer, cooking, etc.) to graduate. Both of them are level 2 classes so an A in those classes would be a 4.0 as opposed to an A in an honors/AP class which is a 6.0 (weighted, obviously). I'm in my junior year so I thought i would just get them over with (I took my CFL as a sophomore and i'm taking the VPA right now). I feel like I made a huge mistake because most of my friends are taking AP statistics or AP WH so their weighted gpa's are much higher. I'll finish with probably a 3.85 but only a 5.3 weighted. However, unlike them, I'll be taking a crazy schedule of 6 AP classes next year (calc BC, lit, spanish, gov, physics, stats). Do you think colleges will recognize what happened and at least commend me for challenging myself in my senior year?</p>
<p>The exact number of your weighted GPA is unimportant, as schools use different weighting systems. What will matter is your UW GPA, your course rigor, and your rank, which will likely be affected by your lower weighted GPA. Get your GC to include this information in her rec (my rank was lowered by an UW online course I took sophomore year just for the hell of it, and judging by my acceptances thus far, I think my counselor’s explanation helped mitigate the lower rank). Remember too that if your friends are taking those UW classes next year, their ranks will be lower when the midyear reports come out; yours will be higher.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply. And my course load is the most rigorous possible at my school: calc BC and ap physics is actually only open to less than 5 percent of my class because we “doubled up” our freshman year.</p>