This is my transcript:
Summer of 8th Grade Going into Freshman Year:
Health: A
Freshman:
Honors Alg 2:B/B
Honors English I:B/B
Biology:A/A
Spanish II:A/A
Web Design: A/A
College and Career Prep(needed to graduate, I think UC requirement):A (1 semester only)
PE:A/A
Sophomore:
AP Chemistry: C+/B
AP Euro: B/C+
Honors Precalc: B/B
English II:A/A
Spanish III:A/A
Tennis:A/A
Junior:
AP Calc AB: A/A
AP Physics 1: A/A
AP Spanish IV: A/A
AP US History: A/A
English III: A/A
Photography (VPA for UC’s):A/A
This is my transcript and I was wondering whether or not USC would count my health grade into my GPA. Also I have no idea how to calculate my USC GPA, can someone help me please. Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks so much!
USC considers your unweighted and weighted scores. For unweighted, use the following scale and find the average:
A = 4.0
B = 3.0
C = 2.0
D = 1.0
F = 0
I’m not sure how weighted GPA works over at your school, but at mine, our AP and PreAP (the equivalent of Honors) classes are 5.0’s. The remaining classes are 4.0’s. Basically just find the average based on a 5 point scale and your corresponding letter grade.
@BaoBaoXiongMao But, should I count my health grade and some other grades, like college career prep, etc.?
It really depends on your school. My school would add them into my GPA.
@BaoBaoXiongMao Yes, my school would too, but would USC?
From what I’ve heard (in other words, no one is giving the exact info on grades from USC Admissions), USC takes the GPA reported by your school–however they calculate it. Some schools include all courses, some don’t. Some give differing bumps for accelerated courses. Some use weighted grades while others report unweighted. With so many applicants, I’ve heard USC uses the GPA reported by the HS and then internally considers the grade reputation of each sending school. In other words, a 4.4 GPA from School X (known to USC for large grade inflation, including lots of easy non-academic classes to gpa) may be considered equivalent to a 3.7 from a rigorous, non-inflated school. The best way to predict how you as an individual will be seen (in the context of your own schools reputation on grades) is to review past years applicants from your own HS.