<p>Question on the GPA - Does Penn State recalculate the GPA on their own scale or just take what your school does? For example - my school gives a 3.0 for a B - but a 3.5 for a B in an honors class and a 4.0 for a B in an AP class. So if I had just those 3 B's - I would have a 3.5 GPA.</p>
<p>Also - I have studied Art since I was a kid - including classes at Maryland Institute - so it has been a serious subject for me - and I have taken art history and portfolio development at the honors level all 4 years of high school. In contrast - some kids take art as a "recreational" subject to fulfill their 3 credits of fine art requirement. Does Penn State go back and take those credits out when they compute my GPA?</p>
<p>What about religion (I go to a Catholic school)?</p>
<p>Anybody ever ask admissions about this kind of stuff?</p>
<p>Okay - thats great - I'd hate to have my fine arts dismissed or devalued - they are a serious subject for me that I plan to continue in college - not only do I love creating art - I want to be a dentist and one of the entry criteria is demonstrating manual dexterity.</p>
<p>One of the other colleges said they recalculate everybody's GPA on their own standard - and take only what they consider academic subjects - and they weight honors clases the same as AP. </p>