Is PE grade factored into GPA?

[Anonymous]

Arts electives also have no honors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is the only class required by MCPS that has no honors version. Some kids wait till last semester senior year to take it so it will not bring down their GPA with a max score of 4.0

It also makes Sr year easier. It makes no difference to colleges that PE is an unweighted course.

But you can not have a 5.0 GPA after taking PE

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is the only class required by MCPS that has no honors version. Some kids wait till last semester senior year to take it so it will not bring down their GPA with a max score of 4.0

It also makes Sr year easier. It makes no difference to colleges that PE is an unweighted course.

But you can not have a 5.0 GPA after taking PE

Why would a 5.0 weighted GPA need to be possible?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Arts electives also have no honors.

Not true, DC took honors orchestras

[Anonymous]

Foreign Language Level 1 have no honors, either. Fine arts credits in the first year are not weighted.

So yes, 5.0 weighted GPA is not possible, and no one cares. A 4.0 unweighted GPA is the "perfect" number. Of course, you can take a non-rigorous schedule and get a 4.0 GPA or you can take a rigorous one.

Why are we focused on GPAs so much here on Independence Day?

[Anonymous]

This thread is why you can't really rely on DCUM for accurate information. Always trust, but verify.

Pps who said said that PE *is* figured into GPA are correct (despite the seeming confidence of those who said otherwise).

PPs who said arts electives can't get the bump on the GPA are not correct. In many (most? all?) schools, the first arts class you take won't be honors, but at our school, at least, the follow-on classes DO get the bump (they may not have 'honors' in the title, but "Advanced ceramics" is coded as an 'advanced' class that also gets the bump).

The main exception to the intro-arts classes not having the bump is that you can take AP Art History to fulfill that requirement.

Incidentally, this is all just a silly game. The PP's who said it doesn't matter are also correct-- on the common app, kids will enter their transcripts class-by-class, and schools reorganize the data the way they want. It seems like most probably drop PE, etc. from GPA, but who knows... every school makes their own choice and they don't publicize what it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is the only class required by MCPS that has no honors version. Some kids wait till last semester senior year to take it so it will not bring down their GPA with a max score of 4.0

It also makes Sr year easier. It makes no difference to colleges that PE is an unweighted course.

But you can not have a 5.0 GPA after taking PE

Do you really think colleges are looking for “Honors” PE? What would that even entail? Running 2 miles/day instead of the standard one? Writing research papers on the history of sit-ups?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Arts electives also have no honors.

But they do have Advanced levels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is the only class required by MCPS that has no honors version. Some kids wait till last semester senior year to take it so it will not bring down their GPA with a max score of 4.0

It also makes Sr year easier. It makes no difference to colleges that PE is an unweighted course.

But you can not have a 5.0 GPA after taking PE

Do you really think colleges are looking for “Honors” PE? What would that even entail? Running 2 miles/day instead of the standard one? Writing research papers on the history of sit-ups?

Or it could be a class in things like Kinesiology or Seminar on history of aging health practices, etc. PE(Physical Education) doesn’t just have to be kid running around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Foreign Language Level 1 have no honors, either. Fine arts credits in the first year are not weighted.

So yes, 5.0 weighted GPA is not possible, and no one cares. A 4.0 unweighted GPA is the "perfect" number. Of course, you can take a non-rigorous schedule and get a 4.0 GPA or you can take a rigorous one.

Why are we focused on GPAs so much here on Independence Day?

Just had report cards?

[Anonymous]

What is weighted GPA used for?

USNWR rankings don't use them.

College AOs look for "rigor" but that doesn't necessarily mean WGPA.

Surely AOs who want 'well rounded students" understand that arts and sports are not honors academics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is weighted GPA used for?

USNWR rankings don't use them.

College AOs look for "rigor" but that doesn't necessarily mean WGPA.

Surely AOs who want 'well rounded students" understand that arts and sports are not honors academics.

It's all about winning graduation!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Arts electives also have no honors.

AP Art History

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arts electives also have no honors.

AP Art History

Honors chorus which only requires middle school chorus..no audition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is the only class required by MCPS that has no honors version. Some kids wait till last semester senior year to take it so it will not bring down their GPA with a max score of 4.0

That's not true. Algebra I has no honors version.

What about the secret honors algebra offered at select W feeders in Potomac?