myth or not?

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>i apologize if this is in the wrong section</p>

<p>so some of my senior friends and i were talking and i really dont have that snazzy of a GPA. so i was telling them, cause i want to have AT LEAST a 4.2 by the end of next year (junior year) so they were like ... "you can take classes at a community college, and if you end up with an a it will count for 5 points into your GPA when colleges are calculating your GPA"</p>

<p>and i was just wondering if that was true? cause i took a class at my community college the summer before this year (sophomore year), and they said that i should think before taking the class (cause it shows up on my transcript ... blah blah blah), i ended up with an a in the class. and i'm considering taking psychology this summer, and i probably will regardless whether it counts in my GPA or not ... i just have to work out my schedule but yeah. </p>

<p>is this a myth or is it really true?</p>

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<p>it all depends on your high school -- they are the ones who determine what classes show up on your transcript, whether they count towards your GPA and whether and how they are weighted.</p>

<p>also keep in mind that many school recalculate the weighted GPA, so your unweighted GPA may be more important depending on the school you are applying to.</p>