I am working on the CSU Application and I had a question about manually categorizing my courses as A-G and how it relates to my calculated GPA. I have an excess of credits to fulfill my D and F requirements. I noticed that when I do not categorize these excess courses so that I meet the bare minimum requirements, my calculated GPA (4.44) is closer to my actual GPA (4.67). Do I have to categorize all my courses as A-G?
If you ran out of room in the D and F categories, you can put them in the G category for College Prep Electives.
CSU’s use a capped weighted GPA so the maximum is 4.4 regardless of how many approved Honors/AP/IB or DE courses you have. CSU’s cap at 8 semesters or 4 year long weighted courses.
Yes, you need to list all a-g courses.
@Gumbymom Can I not categorize the extra courses so that I get the higher GPA or do I have to assign every course to an A-G (put the extra courses in the G section)?
@Gumbymom Thank you for your help!
You list all your a-g courses on the Cal State Apply application with corresponding grades. If you run out of room for Category D, then you can put the course into G as a Laboratory Science. Same goes for the F Category, you put the extra Arts course in G with a designation of F (VPA).
The Cal State Apply application may list a higher GPA, but the maximum GPA that the CSU’s will use is a 4.4. That is A’s in all the a-g courses listed with a maximum 8 semesters of Honors points. A 4.67 GPA does not exist for the CSU system.