<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I have a question about pass/failing classes.
I go to a school that weighs honors/AP classes 5.0 and everything else a 4.0
This means that gym classes, and other required electives drop your GPA.</p>
<p>I was wondering if I should pass/fail gym twice so that it didn't affect my GPA, but does that look bad on transcripts? (Obviously I wouldn't fail it xD)</p>
<p>Thanks for answering. =)</p>
<p>Just take it normally, you’ll have more than enough classes to make up for the lost gpa.</p>
<p>The weighted GPA really isn’t that important unless you live somewhere where there’s automatic scholarships or admissions based on class rank. If you don’t, then I don’t see the point.</p>
<p>If you can take it P/F and still meet graduation requirements, I’d do it.</p>
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<p>Don’t most schools do rank based on GPA, and most colleges put a lot of weight on that rank?</p>
<p>I think the GPA is important (by which I mean unweighted) to colleges and not the rank necessarily (unless you happen to be Valedictorian or something, even then…)</p>
<p>I’ll admit that I could be totally wrong here, since I went to a high school which did not weigh or rank.</p>
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<p>Which is why one of the biggest things colleges brag about is the number of those who are in the top 10%, valedictorian, salutatorian, etc.?</p>
<p>“Which is why one of the biggest things colleges brag about is the number of those who are in the top 10%, valedictorian, salutatorian, etc.”</p>
<p>Those are consequential, and probably not even very honest. If a school doesn’t weigh, what do they do? Guess? </p>
<p>Selective colleges look for high GPAs, and someone with a high GPA is more likely to be in the top of their class than someone with a low GPA (obviously).</p>
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<p>There’s normally a footnote that their information, obviously, only includes schools who rank. If your school doesn’t rank, they focus more on your scores–less on your grades. If ,however, your school provides a rank, and it’s low, it’s going to bring the numbers on their pretty brochures and factsheets down, and they’re going to consider that.</p>
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<p>A great rank and lower-than-average GPA beats a high GPA and low rank, assuming all other factors are equal.
When selective colleges see high GPAs and no rank, they look more closely at standardized scores; nearly every applicant has a great GPA.</p>
<p>Actually, except for the SUPER-elite colleges, colleges don’t care that much about rank. </p>
<p>Plus, most colleges rework your GPA so it doesn’t matter anyway.</p>
<p>Thank you all for the replies. =)</p>
<p>Lol it’s just gym, you should still try at least.</p>