Question about GPAs over 4.0

[Anonymous]

I see a lot of people who post their kids' stats are showing GPAs well over 4.0 and I'm curious about the timing. My senior has taken seven AP classes and has gotten As in all but one of them and otherwise has straight As through high school, but the GPA is 4.19 at this point. When people are calculating GPAs of 4.3-4.5 or more, are they including the anticipated senior grades at the end of the year? Or did their kids take a lot more AP classes over the summers? I honestly can't figure out when my son could have taken any more AP classes. There were five on his schedule junior year. He's taking more APs this year, but that will affect his ultimate GPA, not the one he uses when he applies for college.

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

How are AP’s weighed at your school? The GPA calculation really depends on what your school’s policy is. It does sound off, though. Can you ask your school’s counselor?

[Anonymous]

Some schools give a bump to honors classes, not just AP.

[Anonymous]

MoCo gives a 1 point bump for honors.
DCPS gives a .5 bump for honors and a 1 pt for AP

[Anonymous]

MoCo is a +1.0 for honors, advanced, and AP and DE.
So
4 core classes plus World language gets you 4.6+ before you add weighted electives.

In Virginia, that would be a 4.3+

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MoCo gives a 1 point bump for honors.
DCPS gives a .5 bump for honors and a 1 pt for AP

Does that mean that an A in AP is a 5.0?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MoCo gives a 1 point bump for honors.
DCPS gives a .5 bump for honors and a 1 pt for AP

Does that mean that an A in AP is a 5.0?

dp.. yes.

Also, some kids take AP/honors classes starting freshmen year. My kids did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see a lot of people who post their kids' stats are showing GPAs well over 4.0 and I'm curious about the timing. My senior has taken seven AP classes and has gotten As in all but one of them and otherwise has straight As through high school, but the GPA is 4.19 at this point. When people are calculating GPAs of 4.3-4.5 or more, are they including the anticipated senior grades at the end of the year? Or did their kids take a lot more AP classes over the summers? I honestly can't figure out when my son could have taken any more AP classes. There were five on his schedule junior year. He's taking more APs this year, but that will affect his ultimate GPA, not the one he uses when he applies for college.

Thanks.

The common data set the schools use is the GPA at graduation, so the GPA at the time of the application can be in the lower percentile because it is expected to rise. You are kind of locked in for how high the GPA can go, the trick is to minimize the number of classes that top out at 4.0.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MoCo is a +1.0 for honors, advanced, and AP and DE.
So
4 core classes plus World language gets you 4.6+ before you add weighted electives.

In Virginia, that would be a 4.3+

Also these days every class in MoCo is honors to make sure kids don't feel bad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MoCo is a +1.0 for honors, advanced, and AP and DE.
So
4 core classes plus World language gets you 4.6+ before you add weighted electives.

In Virginia, that would be a 4.3+

Also these days every class in MoCo is honors to make sure kids don't feel bad

Yeah - I know a few MoCo kids with GPA's over 4.5 and SATs just at 1300. If it was one - I would say a bad test taker. Since it is more than one I think it is grade inflation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MoCo gives a 1 point bump for honors.
DCPS gives a .5 bump for honors and a 1 pt for AP

And our school gives .5 boost APs.

[Anonymous]

At my kid's FCPS school plenty of kids take classes like PE pass/fail over the summer so that 4.0 won't pull their GPA down and then they start APs in 10th grade.

[Anonymous]

Colleges only see GPA after junior year, so anyone reporting projected senior year GPA or partial senior year GPA is not being helpful.

[Anonymous]

Schools all recalculate the gpa….
Don’t worry about it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colleges only see GPA after junior year, so anyone reporting projected senior year GPA or partial senior year GPA is not being helpful.

Do they cover half of the transcript with their hand while they read the last two years?