<p>I am so confused with my school’s weighting system, but I think we add .2 for every honors/AP class. So I took 6 weighted classes and got all As, so I got a GPA of 5.2. I never knew that weighting systems were so different.</p>
<p>A = 5
B = 4
C = 3
D = 2
F = 0</p>
<p>Honors OR AP
A = 6
B = 5
C = 4
D = 2 (no weighting)
F = 0</p>
<p>Several students have GPAs in the 5.6-5.8 range.</p>
<p>My school is on a 100-point scale.</p>
<p>AP=1.29x
Pre-AP=1.15x</p>
<p>That means that a 100 in an AP class is worth 129(!!!) points weighted, meaning that a C (70) in an AP class is worth an A (90) in a regular class. It also means that taking non-AP classes significantly weighs down the average (even if those classes aren’t available at an AP level), and that taking no class at all is often better than taking a class and getting a hundred.</p>
<p>My school doesn’t weight at all. Oh yeah, and even better. Apparently it doesn’t even show on our transcripts that we took the AP course vs. the regular…so basically taking AP is pointless if you want to have a good GPA.</p>
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<p>This is basically EXACTLY what my school does, which is so weird because I’ve never heard of anything like it. Unless maybe we go to the same school…? I hate it for exactly the reason said haha, because to be valedictorian you just need straight As and at least 3 honors/AP courses each semester…so there’s like 15-20 valedictorians every year!</p>
<p>Honors and AP are weighted exactly the same. Many people in the top 10% haven’t taken any AP classes which is pretty frustrating.</p>
<p>This post is an excellent illustration about how impossible it is to really compare GPAs. Plus, some kids take concurrent college courses. Plus, what the school does is not necessarily what colleges do to evaluate GPA. Many “unweight” GPAs back to regular GPAs, but consider course rigor. I think that colleges basically know which kids are the high performers by looking at the courses, grades, trends, test scores and outside activities.</p>
<p>Unweighted:
A=4/B=3/C=2/D=1</p>
<p>Weighted:<br>
CP A+=4.33/A=4/A-=3.66…
Honors A+=5.33/A=5/A-=4.66…
AP A+=5.66/A=5.33/A-=5…</p>
<p>Interesting, but I like it. However we don’t rank</p>
<p>In an AP class, a 97-100 is a 5.0, a 93-96 is a 4.8, 90-92 is 4.6, and so on.<br>
In an honors class, a 97-100 is 4.5, 93-96 is 4.3…
In a regulars class, a 97-100 is 4.0, 93-96 is 3.8… </p>
<p>The system works pretty well. The only problem is that kids refuse to take non Honors/AP courses because they know that this will hurt their GPA- this includes doing REQUIRED courses such as Health, Speech, and PE during summer school where it does not count towards GPA. This hurts people like me who don’t want to waste a summer doing this :P. </p>
<p>Having said that, I think more abuses would happen if we had a non-weighted scale. My chances are much higher of getting 97-100 in a regulars course than in an AP one, so why would a risk hurting my GPA by taking a harder course?</p>
<p>Our sons’ school district weights courses in this manner.</p>
<p>Regular courses - X
Honors courses - 1.03 * X
AP courses - 1.06 * X</p>
<p>So converting the 100 point scale they grade on to the typical 4.0 scale, the highest weighted GPA you can actually end up with is around a 4.2–and that would involve maxing out on the Honors and AP courses that are available.</p>
<p>Given the WIDE range in weighting techniques high schools are using, no wonder some schools are starting to almost ignore GPA in their admission decisions. You can’t simply compare weighted GPAs to determine which student is smarter.</p>
<p>For my school, an A+ in AP is weighted 5.33, A is 5.16, A- is 5 etc. and for honors, an A+ is weighted 5.00. I think. Anyway, it’s really significant, so I have a GPA of like 4.43 and am only ranked #3, and the class below me has a valedictorian with a 4.8 or something ridiculous like that.</p>
<p>It’s frustrating because taking non-honors required classes like gym, arts, etc. actually brings my GPA down, even if I get an A+.</p>
<p>And even with the heavy weighting, last year’s valedictorian was a non-honors/AP student who just got A+s in all his (incredibly easy) classes. My class and the classes below are more competitive.</p>
<p>In our public school district regular classes and some tech classes are a 4.0 A. Honors and some tech and higher level math classes are weighted an additional .5 so an A is a 4.5. AP, AICE, and dual enrollment college classes are all weighted a full point extra so an A is a 5.0. This breeds an environment of competition where students will typically take easier college classes ( local state community college) over the summer or during the school year to boost their GPA. With foreign language and some lower level science, one semester= a full high school academic year. So a student could conceivably take a 1 semester Spanish 1 class and receive 2 semesters of a 5.0 A. English and history are known to be far easier than their AP counter parts at the high school so students take advantage of this and boost their GPA. Students can also take AP classes through Florida Virtual. Dual enrollment and AP are both free of charge.</p>
<p>“Given the WIDE range in weighting techniques high schools are using, no wonder some schools are starting to almost ignore GPA in their admission decisions. You can’t simply compare weighted GPAs to determine which student is smarter.”</p>
<p>Have they ever just looked at the number without seeing the context? I always thought they recalculated an unweighted GPA based on your grades.</p>
<p>Merit classes: A = 4 points B = 3 points C = 2 points D = 1 point F = 0 points</p>
<p>Weighted (Honors/AP courses : A = 5 points B = 3.75 points C = 2.50 points D = 1.25 points F = 0.0 points</p>
<p>AP = 6.0 for an A, 4.5 for a B, 4.0 for a C(? I don’t know for the C part, never cared)
Honors = 4.5(4.0 for a B? I don’t know anything but A’s for honors or lower)
Reg = 4.0(3.0, 2.0,… I’m assuming)</p>
<p>I’m a sophomore and getting an A in any class but an AP HURTS my GPA.
I have a cumulative of 4.51 right now, but at the end of sophomore year I will have a 4.89 GPA</p>
<p>Taking 7 AP this year and 7-8 AP next year. giggity</p>
<p>@slikkk
Seriously, they are. If you would visit the school, you would understand. Even my AP Gov. teacher has this viewpoint. </p>
<p>OT: Wow, weighted GPAs vary so much from school to school.</p>
<p>6 ap/honor classes all A+'s is a 4.6</p>
<p>Sooo…my school adds 10% to AP grades and we don’t have honors classes. Additionally, there are very limited spaces for AP classes (highest number is 18 students) so only the students motivated to do well in that subject can take them. However, very few people ever take APs because we have an incredibly rigorous course schedule (84 minutes of that class every day for first 1/2 year, 84 every other for second) there are only 8 kids in my AP Bio class. But the results pay off. Last year, 12 out of 16 students in my APUSH class got 5s (including me 
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<p>Normal: A-4.0 B-3.0 C-2.0 D-1.0 F-0.0
Honors: A-4.5 B-3.5 C-2.0 D-1.0 F-0.0
AP/Dual-Enrollment: A-6.0 B-4.5 C-3.0 D-1.0 F-0.0</p>
<p>At least I’m pretty sure thats how it is. I always get straight As so I know the values for As are right for sure, and I also definately know that a B in AP gets 4.5 instead of 5.0(doesn’t correspond with adding 2.0 for the A).</p>
<p>standard: A-4.0 B-3.0 C-2.0 D-1.0 E-0.0
Honors: A-4.5 B-3.5 C-2.5 D-1.0 E-0.0
APs: A-5.0 B-4.0 C-3.0 D-1.0 E-0.0</p>
<p>my school uses the weighted GPA to determine class rank, so if you can handle the higher level classes, it is most definately in your favor to take them. Also, my school exempts the 2nd semester final for anyone that takes the AP exam so there is huge incentive to take AP classes.</p>
<p>my weighted GPA is 4.5, unweighted is 3.91. i’ve taken 14 APs and 11 honors.</p>