GPA Weighting

<p>I don't feel my school fairly weights GPA. AP courses get 4.5 and honors and college prep (the lowest section) get 4.25 for an A+. I am taking courses my school doesn't even allow most students in my grade to take and have by far the most rigorous schedule. However, I earn B's and B+s in some AP classes and therefore have a lower GPA and a lower class rank. If I took the college prep or honors courses, I honestly feel I would easily have an A+. Basically, I'm not sure that my rank will even be in the top quintile(the most specific my school will rank) since my grade only has 60 students and I really don't think it's fair. Is this something I would need to explain on my apps?</p>

<p>In your counselor evaluation you should get a note describing the weighting system at your school and how you're taking a rigorous schedule (the most rigorous no less, haha). You should be fine.</p>

<p>You might want to emphasize in an essay how you've ever so much more intellectual ambition than your peers or something.</p>

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<p>Idk if I like ours.</p>

<p>Dual Enrollment / AP Classes = add .04 on to your culm. GPA per semester
Honors Courses = add .02 on to your culm. GPA per semester</p>

<p>So basically 10 AP's would get you only .8 plus however many honors it'd be like a 5.0. The highest school GPA's in 20 years are 5.05, and 4.96.</p>

<p>mm AP and honors are weighted the same here. please, someone else tell me that that makes them throw up.</p>

<p>My school doesn't weigh at all, either.</p>

<p>The highest you could possibly get at my school is about a 4.3 since freshman year there are no AP's. Sophomore there is only 1 or occasionally 2. Junior and senior year you can take 4 or 5 and you always have to take theology which is considered a college prep class. So a straight A+ average would give you ~4.3 weighted.</p>