<p>I moved to a new school this year, which happens to count the classes I took in middle school (Spanish 1, Algebra 1, and Geometry) towards my high school GPA. I got A's in them, but the 4's still bring my weighted GPA down from a 4.6 something to a 4.48.
The high school says they only count classes taken from grade 7 and up, so if you took algebra 1 in sixth grade for example, they wouldn't add that to your high school transcript. </p>
<p>1) Spanish 1 was spread out through grades 6-8, so could I petition and say that it shouldn't count? Since part of it was taken in grade 6
2) Geometry was an honors / pre-AP level course, just not officially labeled so. (My middle school didn't label classes as "honors" geometry, even if it was) Can I somehow prove this?</p>
<p>I'm a junior and therefore stressing about class rank and all, so thanks for any input!</p>
<p>You can certainly ask, but isn’t everyone in the same boat? My kids have their Spanish, Alg 1 and Geometry in their GPAs. Everyone in the district has their language unweighted for the first few years so it evens out. The advanced math classes are weighted however. Does your school rank? Are you looking for a particular number? For the most part I don’t think it would really matter. Colleges will look at the list and see the good grades. </p>
<p>High school classes taken in middle school shouldn’t be counted in your GPA since it’s not fair, but schools still do it anyways. My high school didn’t, even though I took Algebra I, Earth/Environmental Science, and World History in middle school. They weren’t honors, so gladly it didn’t bring my GPA down, but even then I wasn’t allowed to do honors in middle school. They are still counted in my transcript, but anyways. </p>
<p>You could probably prove the Spanish I part, but they wouldn’t believe the ‘honors’ geometry, because it should correctly be labeled “Honors Geometry.” Honors classes aren’t typically offered to middle school students, so maybe your teacher said that it was honors because you were advanced. </p>
<p>You aren’t the special snowflake for which the school district will make an exception. It would have the same effect on anybody who took HS classes in MS. In the grand scheme of things, it’s really just not that important.</p>
<p>@zoemurr, a higher total number of classes, with a limit on the total possible number of weighted classes will result in a slightly lower GPA, since the numerator will be limited by the number of weighted classes, and the denominator will be larger than for kids who took no summer school, middle school, or community college classes. If all grades are ‘A’, the higher the ratio of “number of weighted classes” to “total number of classes taken,” the higher the GPA.</p>
<p>If these early classes opened up the possibility of taking more weighted classes than your peers, you are actually in a superior position for class rank. They will be the ones calling ‘Foul’ and asking how you could be so accelerated to fit in those additional weighted classes.</p>
<p>You would petition for ‘Honors’ designation by getting a syllabus (textbook used and chapters covered), and a note from your middle school that the course was taught at the Honors level. That would be compared to the high school Honors course.</p>
<p>I believe each of us ARE special snowflakes. :)</p>