<p>What should I say in an e-mail to my counselor about my fear that my GPAs are wrong? (My weighted ended up lower than my unweighted, even though I've gotten all A's in my AP classes.)</p>
<p>Myself and a few friends have run the numbers from my transcript and my GPAs should be much higher than the ones printed.</p>
<p>If they are incorrect, I want to have them fixed before I start applying to my goal colleges.</p>
<p>How can I ask her to double-check them without sounding rude?</p>
<p>NOTE: The title was supposed to say "I think my GPA might be wrong. How to e-mail the counselor?" Ignore the "there," please! (:</p>
<p>I just don’t want to sound rude about it. The counselors themselves are in charge of GPAs, so I wouldn’t want to offend her by telling her that I think mine are incorrect.</p>
<p>If you’re concerned about offending him/her or appearing stupid in the case you’re wrong, instead ask “How does the school calculate weighed GPA? I’m interested in knowing since I’ve had all As in my AP classes, but my GPA is _____, and I’m applying to college this fall, etc.”</p>
<p>Ok, if you take out my caustic comment at the end of my last post along with counselor and replace it with the actual name of your counselor, you would have a perfectly, concise, brief-to-the-point email.</p>
<p>Hello, I am Mr. Fireflake78, renowned and award-winning tech expert here on College Confidential with over fifteen years of experience.</p>
<p>You inquired something about “e-mailing” a counselor? Well, assuming you have an Internet connection and an Internet Service Provider (ISP), which I am assuming you do, I actually may be of some help to you. If you have not already, set up an electronic mail account with an electronic mail service and provide the appropriate information for them whilst setting it up. The form should be fairly simple, if not, you can mail me a letter at my home address.</p>
<p>After setting this up, you will need an electronic mail address to insert into the recipient field. From your inquiry, I can only assume that it is your counselor whom you intend to send a letter to. E-mail her and ask for her electronic mail address.</p>
<p>Finally, insert the desired person(s) electronic mail address into the recipient field, add an appropriate subject, and type a compelling letter of inquiry into the message field! Then press “Send Message” or whatever the button may be. It could be located on the bottom or the top of the browser window, it depends on which service you are using.</p>
<p>There! You should be all set. Hope it helped!</p>
<p>Why do you need to send an email? Just see them in person, even if you need to wait for school to start. I don’t think this is an urgent problem.</p>
<p>Be clear and straight to the point. Maybe use a casual tone in your email.</p>
<p>I know my counselors are very helpful and open. Your counselors will probably be like: “Oh, look at this wonderful student! He’s sooo studious and cares about his grades unlike those kids that smoke pot! Fawn over you.” =D</p>
<p>Yeah so just tell them that there might be a mistake. We’re all human.</p>