Do colleges take out orchestra, band, and chorus when calculating GPA? It seems unfair that these courses would inflate some people’s UW GPAs.
I definitely know that my high school does. I do not think that colleges would factor in those elective classes because it would be an unfair advantage! My high school calculates GPAs and averages with and without those types of classes.
A number of colleges do recalculate GPA with academic subjects only. Every school is different. I strongly recommend you just concern yourself with doing the best you can with your schedule and the rest should take care of itself.
^ This. The usual answer for questions related to what colleges do/look at is “it depends”. You can’t do anything about it so just carry on.