<p>Do most US colleges recalculate the applicant's undergraduate GPA by taking into consideration only "core" subjects such as English, Math, Sciences etc ? So if one were to have bad grades in less important subjects such as Physical Education or Art and this were to adversely affect the student's overall GPA, would universities not take the original given GPA into serious consideration?</p>
<p>Yea, most of the baby classes don't count. But it does hurt some people. Like for those that get 100 averages in Gym and Art, obviously they hurt the GPA when ithey are removed.</p>
<p>Yes, most colleges will recalculate a G.P.A to their standards; meaning, they will certainly discard less important subjects like health, gym, and other electives and focus upon core Carnegie classes like english, math, science, history, and foreign language. </p>
<p>Even if colleges do not do what is stated above, they will notice quickly that your G.P.A is not a true indicator of your scholastic performance; meaning, if they see high grades across the board in the main subjects and determine that these high grades are not born of grade inflation, you are fine. Do not fret over the small subjects.</p>
<p>although, i think it is on a college by college basis -- they each have their own formula as far as i know</p>
<p>Yes, each college has their own procedure. For example, Johns Hopkins extracts the grades from your core courses and also assigns you a "rigor rating": did you take the hardest classes that your school offered? do you have AP, Honors, Lab Sciences?...etc.</p>
<p>Colleges vary although many go by core college prep courses and you can usually assume your grades in PE driver ed, and health will be ignored by most. Art depends -- for example UCs consider an art or music course as a required course for admission and grade is considered at least in determining whether you are UC eligible (meaning have the minimum GPA to even be considered for admission).</p>
<p>Do many schools remove pluses/minuses? I've been told many different things...</p>
<p>^if school reports them than they don't...my school just does A,B,C,D,F so colleges would disregard them obviously</p>
<p>Referring to ace22tennis's post, do many students have this problem where their given high school GPA is NOT a true indicator of their scholastic performances (due to bad grades in baby subjcets such as Phys Ed, Health etc.) ?</p>
<p>The GPA wasn't misleading; however, class rank based on unweighted GPAs that included PE, band, drivers ed, etc. was.</p>
<p>is spanish or any language class considered a core class that would be calculated into your gpa?</p>
<p>cuz my gpa would be 10 times better if spanish was not included</p>
<p>Foreign languages are becoming part of the core curriculum, so I would say yes.</p>
<p>My school doesn't assign any weight to gym classes, so they aren't calculated into GPA.</p>
<p>What if your extra "baby class" was AP Computer Science? Is this class included in your recalculated GPA?</p>
<p>Here's two reasons why you should NOT worry about colleges misunderstanding your GPA:</p>
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<li><p>Most colleges assign you a "rigor rating": this rating determines how difficult your core courses are - and just because you take "AP Stats" does not mean you will have a high rigor rating. Colleges get grade and synopsis reports from high schools that indicate the level of challenge and colleges are not dumb -- they can smell grade inflation from a mile away.</p></li>
<li><p>Colleges are greatly concerned with your grades; they are definitely one of the most key factors in college admission. They will disregard any minor courses that are 1.25 or 3.75 credits [like Gym, Health, Studyhall (my school gives Studyhall grades) etc.] and focus upon core Carnegie classes. Colleges love to recalculate GPAs to their own standard so don't be afraid of getting misrepresented. They will see you transcript, the classes you took, and the numbers. You won't get rejected from your top choice because your gym, personal finance, and health grades drop your G.P.A.</p></li>
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<p>Personally, for me, I have a 3.98 GPA. However, if you subtract personal finance I and II, health, gym, and Classic Rock, I have a 4.0 in my core AP and Honors classes. That is what is more important.</p>
<p>What about a religion class? I go to a catholic school, and taking out my religion grade would probably hurt my GPA. How do colleges consider that?</p>
<p>also
do colleges use plus or minuses in their gpa calculation(cuz i just went to emory and georgia tech and they dont use plus or minuses at all)
i want to know this specifically for nyu</p>
<p>any1....... plzzzz</p>
<p>do colleges recalculate weighted gpas using only core classes or do they only recalculate unweighted gpa's</p>