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[quote=Anonymous]I am not sweating it.  With this option, you can remove the non-weighted courses (eligible for HS credit, taken in MS) from being calculated in the GPA, but all of the HS courses will be listed anyways.  So this does not buy you much.

The colleges will ignore your GPA, and then recalculate the GPA of just the core subjects, and look closely at what was offered at the HS, and what you took,  then they will look at your standardized scores and eventually work out 1(ONE) score called the Academic Index (AI) for each student.  That score (AI) is how they will compare you with others.

My family member is a college counselor in West Coast. He had a very simple formula - 
1) Take the most rigorous courses that the school offers and get A's in those.
2) Do not hesitate to take building block courses (Spanish 1, 2) in MS, even if they are not weighted, if it can lead you to take more rigorous classes in HS
3) Do not hesitate to take one easy, fluff classes (PE, woodworking, ceramics) in those years when the workload is particularly heavy (11th grade), so that you can demonstrate that you are smart enough to balance your schedule. 
4) Be aware of what the core subjects are - English, Math, Science, History/Gov, Foreign language. 
5) Look at the requirements of your dream colleges. If they say that they want 2 years of FL, that means aiming for 2 years of higher level FL in HS. If you have taken Spanish 1 and 2 in MS, then take Spanish 3 and 4 in HS.  They are going to be looking closely at your scores in HS.  Remember that these requirements are a minimum requirements by the colleges. If you want to make yourself competitive, you want to do these courses for all 4 years of HS or as long as you can.

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