<p>My son's high school uses weitghted GPA from freshman to junior years. However, someone told me that junior year is more important. Can this be true? Thanks.</p>
<p>Will</p>
<p>weighted the whole way through.</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA for all semester grades. It sucks. I share rank 1 with like 15 people, most of whom probably are taking "family dynamics" or "business skills". How I yearn for you, oh weighted rank!</p>
<p>Cumulative weighted GPA - which accounts for course level, lab credits, and one elective.</p>
<p>weighted GPA with all high school level courses included (i.e. Algebra from 8th grade)</p>
<p>Unweighted for all high school courses (starting with 7th grade language). Band, chorus, art, and gym don't count.</p>
<p>My HS used weighted GPA from freshman year to 1st semester senior year. </p>
<p>I didn't go to your son's high school, so I don't know how they do ranking, but when someone says, "junior year is the most important" they may mean that colleges look most closely at grades from junior year because these are the most recent.</p>
<p>No rank. Good times.</p>
<p>So the more courses you take the lower weighted GPA you will receive, right? Not very fair?</p>
<p>weighted through the end of junior year</p>
<p>No rank or GPA- they just send colleges a table of grade distribution.</p>
<p>average weighted gpa of year grades from freshmen to senior year</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA, Cumulative, No Rank, Deciles.</p>
<p>unweighted gpa, no rank</p>
<p>weigted gpa with ap double block chem and bio counted as 1.5 credits (we have it every other day for 2 periods, the other days we have it for 1 period with a study hall the other period). Which means if you get an A, instead of it being a 5.0, it's a 7.5</p>
<p>Weighted, all courses taken in highschool(no middle school math/language) counting.</p>
<p>We still have a couple people at each rank so the tie breaker for official position is SAT/extracurricular academics/college courses/etc.</p>
<p>IMO, the whole rank thing is bogus! Here's how it is at my school: Very top: taken the hardest courses and done extremely well in them(all A's or nearly all A's) but no electives, Near the top: kids who have taken mostly honors, few AP and gotten all A's, Below them: kids who have taken many APs but also electives and done well.</p>
<p>It dumb how taking a class like painting actually brings down your GPA even if you are an exceptional student. I took a class last year for no credit because it was going to bring down my GPA by a significant amount even if I aced it.</p>
<p>Its petty to worry about it, but it is all a game and winning is the goal.</p>
<p>Ours ranks by weighted GPA and the rank is recalculated at the end of every semester. I Don't know how the FINAL rank at the end of ones senior year is calculated, although im' assuming its a final cumulative weighted GPA calculation. ...</p>
<p>unweighted GPA out of a 4.0; ranked.</p>
<p>unweighted GPA out of 4.0 used for ranking</p>
<p>Weighted for GPA which determines rank.
+7 for honors/Pre-AP classes, +10 for AP classes. Per passing semester grade.
Includes everything (blow-off classes), and accelerated math & foreign lang from 7th grade up. Pretty much everything but P/F and local credit courses. That's why a 95.7 puts my son in the second quartile. An 85 and you're in the bottom third. Just a little competitive in our district.</p>