<p>Does anyone know how Florida [collier county] ranks the HS senior class? My daughter found out today she is in the top 11% of her class. She has taken many AP classes [all others were honors if offered], yet she has a friend whom has never taken any AP classes [only honors] and he has a higher ranking. How can this be fair? I intend seek clarification from her GC but was eager to see if anyone here knew how ranking worked.</p>
<p>It depends on what grades she gets. A B in an AP class is worth less than an A in an honors class GPA-wise. So if your daughter has received some Bs and her friend has received mostly As, that could be why.</p>
<p>Well, in my county (palm beach), an A in and honors class weighs the same as a B in an AP class. A reason why could be that your county doesn't rank by weighted GPA.</p>
<p>At our HS, a B in an AP class is worth 4.0 and an A in an honors class is worth 4.5. If your goal was the highest GPA possible, you would only take AP classes that you were sure you would get an A in. (However, since the school doesn't rank, people do not tend to worry very much about GPA.)</p>
<p>Is your HS profile on your school district's web site? The ranking system might be explained there.</p>
<p>Want to know what's crazy? At my school, AP and Honors are weighted the same...</p>
<p>They're basically saying, "Hello, our classes are as good as college level classes."</p>
<p>Awful.</p>
<p>There should be something in writing about how your school weights grades. We used to get a little booklet every year with all the requirements, grading policies etc. At our local high school regular classes are on a 4 point scale and an AP class just adds .03 to the GPA. So a B in an AP class drops the GPA below a 4 point unless there are mainly AP classes with As so .03s added offset the grade loss from the B. Most other high schools in the state grade APs on a 5 point scale.</p>
<p>Yes, I found the info. Thanks everyone. Go figure.... less points for challenging yourself. That is Florida....</p>