<p>Can someone please tell me how FSU calculates your SUS gpa? My daughters GPA seems much lower on the Facts.org site than I believe it is. Either the site is wrong or some of her academic classes do not count towards her SUS GPA. LOST</p>
<p>Facts.org uses only the core required courses to calculate GPA: 4 english, 3 math, 3 science, 3 social studies and 2 language. They use the statement that the student "May use up to three additional credits from courses in the academic areas listed above as well as AP, IB, or AICE fine arts courses to raise the GPA. So they use no more than the 15 core course with at most 3 more academic courses. And it is arbitrary and the FIRST 15 courses taken. </p>
<p>My D had 6 math courses, but they used the first 3 even though she had better grades in the second 3. She also took two languages, French and Spanish, and it was the first 2 French grades they used and not any of the last 3 Spanish classes, again even though she did better in Spanish. They did seem to take 3 extras classes "manually" to raise the GPA that were the best of the rest. But the FACT.org GPA was frustrating. </p>
<p>The schools (SUS) use this formula <a href="http://cyberguidance.net/college/recalgpa.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://cyberguidance.net/college/recalgpa.pdf</a>
Dual enrollment courses used to be weighted like honors courses, but I believe they are now weighted like AP/IB. They use 4 english, 4 math, 4 social science, 4 science, 2 language at a minimum. I am not certain, but they may use ALL english/math/social science/language for kids who double up, esp with block scheduling. They do NOT use any electives. They do NOT use all AP courses just be cause they are AP (they do not use AP ART/MUSIC etc). Even if you are at an arts magnet, or taking architecture classes, etc, they do not use any of those classes for the GPA calculation. Only core academic classes.</p>
<p>Does the facts.org sus gpa have any real use? Daughter recieved Bs in 9th-10th grade honors math. All her other academic courses were honors classes, which she recieved all As. Her facts.org weighted gpa is 3.84. Using the site listed above she has a 4.20 gpa. Im guessing this the more important GPA. Correct?</p>
<p>Yes, the FACTS.org is purely for the Bright Futures calculation: over 3.5 is the 100% award and over 3.0 is the 75% award. The Florida state universities do have access to FACTS.org and might look at the grades but the FACTS.org GPA is not really something that "matters" much. I believe that it also only weights for AP/IB or dual enrollment classes and does not weight for honors. That is why it seems low. FSU looks only at the FSU GPA.</p>
<p>Thank you for the info</p>
<p>Has anybody noticed this link now shows .5 for AP and .25 for Honors? I thought it was 1.0 for AP and .5 for Honors.</p>
<p>Well it looks like the A's are 2 instead of 4 points now, so it all works out the same.</p>
<p>I think it depends if it is a .5 credit course or 1 credit course.</p>
<p>Most all public high schools now report full year classes as two 0.5 credits for each semester, with a grade for each. No more final grade for a single one year class. The link is the same, but the worksheet has been revamped to take this into consideration. Each 0.5 class with an A is now worth 2 points, and if you get an A both semesters it is worth 4 points (4.0). So each half year/0.5 credit is worth .25 for honors, (.5 for the year.) And each half year/0.5 credit is worth .5 for AP/IB, (1 for the year.) They have taken DE (dual enrollment) off all together. I am guessing because some colleges give DE the same weight as honors, others the same as AP/IB.</p>
<p>What if you're an international applying as an American citizen with only 1 semester of french, even though you've been taking french since kindergarten? Does that mean you're screwed?</p>
<p>UF puts great weight into THIS GPA calculation. <a href=“http://cyberguidance.net/college/recalgpa.pdf[/url]”>http://cyberguidance.net/college/recalgpa.pdf</a>. Other classes are NOT factored in to the GPA they use to compare students. And class rank is also looked at closely. Students in the top 5-10% are looked at more closely, regardless of the GPA.</p>