<p>My junior found out today that the school miscalculated some students GPA's and the revised GPA's are lower. Any ideas of what to say to a discouraged child? TIA for any suggestions!</p>
<p>Just say that s/he should be happy with the GPA that was earned and nothing more, nothing less. If many of the GPA’s were altered, class rank should still be about the same - if a big group of them drop - they drop together.</p>
<p>My freshman is moving from a school with a weighted system to an unweighted district. Her GPA is dropping substantially. It’s a huge hit because she was taking the harder classes based upon the fact that her GPA wouldn’t be penalized for doing so. Now, she wishes she had just taken the easier route and gotten straight A’s. (Yes, colleges look at classes - but the bulk of scholarship programs just look at the GPA and not the quality of the school or the courseload.) So, I understand the frustration and discouragement a child can face… just keep telling them to move forward, nothing can be done and remember, it’s an education they are looking for and not a score. Someone who learns a lot will make it up in other areas (essays, standardized exams).</p>
<p>How much change was there in his own GPA? I would think if it had been substantial, the student would have been surprised by the “original” GPA… would have been unexpectedly high, wouldn’t it?</p>
<p>I would tell him that colleges don’t depend on the school’s reporting of the gpa-- so all that has happened is that your child now has better information regarding what his/ her gpa is.</p>
<p>^^^ Correct. Each college re-calculates the GPA using their own standards and guidelines (core academics only vs all classes, weighting for honors vs unweighted, etc). So it doesn’t really matter what the high school says your GPA is - except if they were using it for class rank.</p>