<p>So do schools look at the overall GPA on my transript from 9-12th grade? Or do they make their own GPA up with specific weighted classes and approved classes? </p>
<p>So do they look at my 9-12th overall GPA? or my 10-12th GPA? or everything..</p>
<p>And, lets say I received a 4.33 weighted GPA w/
1. Honors Physics
2. Honors precalc
3. US history
4. Drawing (1)
5. Spanish 3
6. AP Lang.
7. Athletic sport</p>
<p>Do UC's take out the part of the GPA for my sport?</p>
<p>Hm. I don't think sports count for a grade for the UCs, and I know also for the UCs you can only get credit for a certain number of Honors/AP, and then only certain Honors/AP classes.</p>
<p>I believe that colleges are most interested in your academic courses, and will probably not really consider your non-academic courses such as your athletic course. </p>
<p>The 9-12 vs 10-12 issue is more complicated. I know there are some colleges that ignore ninth grade, but I don't believe any "1st tier" colleges do that. I think they GPA is probably counted from 9th to 12th, but colleges really are viewing the whole thing holistically; they're trying to find out what kind of student is going to be showing up on their doorstep if they let them in. Thus a student with stronger grades in 9th grade and weaker grades in 11th might be viewed as someone who may struggle slightly with more difficult classes, or a student with weaker grades in 9th and better with 11th might be viewed as a slacker who learned how to work harder. Of course, they'll look for info to confirm this in the rest of your app; there's only so much you can assume from gpa! </p>
<p>So, to really answer your question, 9-12 academic only is how most colleges will calculate your GPA and you should probably use this for, say, a chances thread. But how your grades affect admissions is infinitely more complicated than one number.</p>