<p>unweighted is correct. second semester of senior year is a breeze... though I maintained my gpa because I wanted to leave high school with good, solid and consistent record.</p>
<p>but with a different perspective... see it as the last chance you will get to slack off in school and still get a good grade for some effort..</p>
<p>.5 drop would be crazy for some people (people have very high GPA's, so .5 drop would still be very high), especially at Berkeley, unless you're referring to UC GPA. In that case, the highest one usually can get is a 4.3 or so. But I believe something around 3.0 is more correct.</p>