Okay, I know what I am about to say has NOTHING to do with college admissions, but I’ve just been thinking about this for a while, and I don’t really know the answer to it, so i was hoping that maybe other people could answer it for me haha. I’m new here, still trying to figure out how to post things, so I’m really sorry that i posted on a completely unrelated forum. So I am a rising junior in high school, and I was just wondering, through a bunch of scrolling, and looking on the internet, do summer courses count towards your gpa? I have been trying to find the answer through the internet, but nothing comes up. I figured it would make sense right? Considering many people retake courses to boost their gpa when making up classes, but I was just wondering. I took a class during the summer of my frehsman year and I just wanted to know if that class that I took, which only counted for a semester, would count towards my sophmore gpa or if colleges would add that in when calculating my gpa. I just wanted to know, I couldn’t figure out how this gpa calculation would work, so I’m not completely sure if it’s true or not.
Depends on the school, class, where it’s taken, etc. At my high school, summer courses taken through the high school count for credit and appear on transcript but do not impact GPA.
I would suggest talking to your GC. Also keep in mind that it is better to spend your efforts doing well in regular classes than trying to take summer classes to do so. Summer classes are very compressed and make it tough to do well rigorous classes…or if you take an easy class, colleges will see As in easy classes and lower classes in the regular ones.
MOST classes over the summer count for your gpa, at least in my area. There is only one course that is listed as pass/fail over the summer, and that one is because its a very basic econ class that is required for graduation but pretty much an easy A no matter if you do it over summer or school. If the summer class you took is math or something I would think that it is for a grade.