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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's a 1 point weight for all honors/AP classes, and classes taken in middle school aren't included in the WGPA if they hurt the GPA.  So if a kid took the first two language classes (e.g., Spanish 1 and 2, no honors options) in middle school, as well as Algebra 1 (no honors available) in middle school, then I believe the only class they would have to take in high school for which no weighted option exists would be 1 year of PE. There's a fine arts requirement, too, but at least in some high schools a student could audition into a higher level (weighted) ensemble for that.

Imagine:
-4 years of honors/AP/IB math 
-4 years of honors/AP/IB English
-4 years of honors/AP/IB foreign language (starting with level 3, which is honors)
-4 years of honors/AP/IB social studies
-4 years of honors/AP/IB science
-1 of weighted music ensemble or other weighted fine arts
-1 year of unweighted PE
-1 year of honors (weighted) health
-1 year of honors/AP tech (e.g., AP Comp Sci Principles)
-fill in remaining options with honors/AP electives

I think that would end up with a WGPA of 4.96 for a regular 7 classes/year schedule if a student earned all A's (27 *5 + 1*4).

I also think it would be crazy to base class choices entirely on maximizing WGPA (I'm not saying the OP is doing that; just pointing out that I figured this out just from curiosity, not to use it for guiding my own child!).[/quote]

OP here: thanks for the informative response. My question was about magnet vs non-magnet, not class choices. I'm going to try not to obsess about this![/quote]

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