Why is my GPA so low after transferring?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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I’m new to college confidential and I’ve had this one question since the beginning of this school year; why is my GPA so low after transferring during junior year?
Heres some background information:

  • I am a junior in high school
  • I currently have a 3.2 weighted GPA
  • Before transferring I had a 3.9 Weighted GPA
  • During Freshmen and Sophmore year I took Honors LA (A freshmen year, B Sophmore), Honors Geometry (My only C yikes), Algebra 1 CP(A), Honors Biology(B-), Physical Science(A), Honors Global History(A-), USH Honors (B+ an 89 ajndsj) Journalism(A), Gym(A), Art(A), Honors Spanish both years (A freshmen year, B sophomore ), and a Financial class ( A+)
    *Junior Year I’m taking: Chemistry CP ( B, there wasn’t enough space in the honors class), English H (A-), USH Honors (A+), Marketing ( A+), Political Science (B), Foods( A+ I was forced to take it, sigh), and Algebra 2 CP (B)
    *The reason I am taking a lot of electives this year is that there was no space left in other classes (My school has A LOT of people)
    *After report cards came out for the first Marking period my GPA was at a 3.23, no matter what I do I can’t bring it up the slightest. It has been the same this whole year.
  • My guidance counselor said my new school isn’t going to count the honors classes I took during the first two years of high school, should I be worried?
    *What can I do to bring it up significantly? Should I take AP next year?
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Why not?

3

Look up the weighted GPA calculation methods at each high school. Each high school may do it differently (including both the weightings and which courses are weighted), which can result in very different results from the same grades.

Unweighted GPA is more useful to others outside of your high school.

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One of my kids went to two high schools. He had two gpas: one from his first high school and one from his second one from which he graduated. Although courses from the first high school were on his graduating school’s transcript, the grades were not and the grades from the first school were not a factor in the second school’s gpa. Both transcript s, directly from each school went to the colleges

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Talk to your guidance counselor about getting the grading scale for your new school. There are so many difference school to school. When you apply to colleges, they will see transcripts for both high schools. Those courses and grades won’t go away, regardless of how your new school chooses to count them for their own GPA calculations.