What is an Academic GPA?

Applying to College
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<p>I know it strictly consists of your academic classes, but I do not understand if it is weighted or not. I have strictly gotten A's and B's in all of my Honors classes (B's in most for one year Honors as sophomore year was a hard year.) My counselor said colleges will look only at my Academic GPA (out of the two provided [the other is a total GPA, including gym, etc.]) Is an Academic GPA weighted? </p>

<p>In my freshmen year I had a 4.0, then dropped to a 3.7 with B's in Honors in sophomore, and then will pick myself up again with A's in Honors in junior year, so I cannot fathom that my current 3.9 is weighted. That, or it is and I just don't want to believe it. ):</p>

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<p>You can express your academic GPA as either weighted or unweighted, but colleges usually reweight (read: unweight) your GPA for their purposes, since weighting systems vary widely across school systems.</p>

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<p>It is sometimes used to refer to your GPA, whether weighted or unweighted, based on courses that are considered college prep courses – language, English, math, social studies, and lab science (and for some art or music) – and not using all those A’s you got in health, driver’s ed, PE, or vocational courses.</p>