<p>My school doesn't rank, but a gym class should be a free 100. apparently, my gym teacher is a total dou che bag and has a criteria that is high as sh!!t. my grade in his class is only a 90 and an 87 (my school has 2 seperate gym grades) and my average without it is a 93.4, so with the gym grade my average dropped to a 92 ish... or even lower...</p>
<p>i'm concerned about this. i use naivance, and this website shows me the people's accpeted stats for a college. apparently the gpa they show is the weighted one. this really disappoints me because everytime i ask my peers for what they got as a gym grade, they respond with a 99.... </p>
<p>do colleges even consider gym as an important factor? the fact that the weighted average, which includes stupid classes like gym, is shown on naivance's college stats rather than the unweighted gpa really bothers me. do they show the weighted because its more important than the unweighted? i mean, the gym classes are just a big fluff... they don't reflect how academically well you perform...</p>
<p>and if i were to get a 99 for gym my average shoots up 95.. there's a huge difference between a 92 student and a 95 student.... this is really starting to freak me out because it seems that i don't have an advantage in this situation...</p>
<p>I’ll say the mom thing first: what’s going on in your PE class that your friends are getting 99s and you are not?
Second, ask your college counselor: does the reported GPA on your school’s Naviance actually include the grade from PE classes?</p>
<p>Adcoms are going to look at your transcript and be far more concerned with your core class choices and performance. And your activities and essays. If a kid fails gym, that can raise a big question of why. But you’re talking A-/B.</p>
<p>@siliconvalleymom, 1)my friend’s with 99 avg. in PE have different teachers. my teacher, particularly, has the highest standard the in the whole school. (not exagerrating).
2)the reported gpa on my school’s naivance include every course, including PE & health etc.</p>
<p>@lookingforward, so if i just get a decent grade in gym, adcoms aren’t going to give a sh!!t about it? and they will just ignore it and move onto the more important stuff like core classes?</p>
<p>I doubt adcoms will accord much weight to a gym grade, provided they look at your transcript and spot that it’s that grade that’s bringing you down. Selective schools aren’t trying to build an Olympic team. But if you’re a recruited athlete, that might be a small problem…</p>
<p>Colleges usually calculate GPA using their own formula, excluding minor classes like gym. However, they will still see your school-assigned grade in gym class. Since most schools base gym grades off participation and effort (not including your school), a lower grade might signal colleges that you don’t work hard, even if this is not necessarily true.</p>
<p>Most selective colleges recalculate gpa according to their own formula, and also rate rigor of curriculum the same way. Most selective schools won’t care about your gym grade, and for non-selective schools, the difference in your gpa would be irrelevant. However, gym grades are generally considered a gimme. Why are you having a rough time in gym class? if it is an attitude problem–adjust it. Does the teacher consider you a bit of a of what you called him? On the other hand, if the grade you earned is being assigned objectively, you shouldn’t complain. Just like the student who earns only a 90 in calculus can’t complain that another student in the class earned a 99.</p>
<p>You shouldn’t stress about a B or higher grade in PE, but you might consider whether your attitude can be improved. If you think gym is a free 100, what else do you think you are entitled to and it becomes someone else’s fault when you don’t get what you want.</p>
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<li><p>How in the world does one grade in an unweighted course from 99 to 89 cause the overall GPA to drop from a 95 to a 92? Even if this GPA only refers to one year, that seems like an exaggerated decline.</p></li>
<li><p>The OP appears immature. Blaming the teacher, name-calling, repeated use of profanity and more all point to a student who has limited life experience.</p></li>
<li><p>I would suggest a conference with the teacher. If there truly is a vast disparity in grades, the teacher needs to understand this as well as its impact. However, there is also the (likely IMHO) possibility that the student is drawing biased conclusions based on a limited set of data.</p></li>
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<p>@rmldad when did i ever blame the teacher? i was just stating the facts. go ask my other peers who have my gym teacher. they’ll tell you. </p>
<p>next time, before you start correcting my “exagerrated decline” why dont you do some math first? i said that i have 2 gym classes which means that class is weighted double 99-92=7 point difference. 99-87= 12 point difference. 12+7= 19. 19/7= 2. ish difference in the final weighted average. i never said my average was a 95. i said if both my gym grades were 99, then i would have a 95. </p>
<p>do your math correctly next time before you start assuming that i’m a 15 ignorant year old person please. thanks</p>
<p>^Yeah, I don’t see where OP used profanity, but I still don’t get your math, OP. Yes, your average for gym class may be low, but that should not significantly impact your overall GPA unless you are a freshman or sophomore and haven’t taken many classes yet - if that’s the case, don’t worry about it. </p>
<p>Also, your profile suggests that you are 24, so you are a younger person pretending to be somebody older. And “ignorant” should go before “15”.</p>