<p>A few years back our Texas school district changed from not including the grades of MS classes that counted for HS credit into the GPA to including them. My S was taking algebra and the time the change was made and I was not happy about it, particularly because the very good algebra teacher at the MS was also a very tough grader. I don’t know what the law says but Perazziman’s school district isn’t the only one that calculates that way. I have specifically heard of different criteria used in different districts to calculate rank. Our school even made changes between the Freshman and senior class. Honestly I was just glad that they didn’t change criteria midstream.</p>
<p>Perrazziman: I really don’t know about those other schools or getting into their Phd programs. I also don’t know about the ASU engineering program. I just know that they do recruit NMF and Hispanic scholars aggressively with great scholarships. That was the main reason I mentioned it. I hope the SAT went well!</p>