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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wondering if my kid should take PE P/F during the school year to bump up his GPA? All the summer school kids are doing that.[/quote]

There is zero reason to do this. Fcps doesn't do class rank and colleges recalculate gpas using their own formulas. Pass/fail over the summer is usually done to decrease stress, since it is so time intensive [/quote]

The reason to do this is to increase your weighted GPA. Lots of kids do this. And PE isn’t hard to get an A in in the summer. This kids all do it for the GPA boost. We can play the game too.[/quote]

But what is the point of increasing your weighted GPA if there is no class rank?[/quote]

Ask the Asians and Indian kids - they all do it to get the highest weighted GPA possible. And they try to take more AP electives.[/quote]

No, you are wrong.

All the super advanced kids take PE pass fail so it doesn't hurt their GPA.

PE is not weighted, so an A in PE brings down the GPA in the same way as getting a B in an AP class.

If your kid is a top student, they need yo take unweighted classes like PE and personal finance Pass Fail

If your kid is a B student taking some honors classes and maybe one AP class per year, take it for a grade if they will show up enough to get an A, or not if they are a slacker.  It doesn't really matter if your kid is not a top student.

All the top asian and indian kids (and top white, black, mixed and hispanic...) know this.  You take PE pass/fail if you are trying to max out your GPA.[/quote]

But why?[/quote]

An A in AP classes = 5.0
An A in honors classes = 4.5
An A in regular classes (like PE) = 4.0

For example, let's say straight A student #1 takes 4 AP classes (1.0 weight bump/class), one honors class (0.5 weight bump), and 2 unweighted classes, such as Spanish 2 and PE as an A grade.

Student #1s GPA will be a 4.642

4×5.0=20
1×4.5=4.5
2×4.0=8

Total points = 32.5 divided by 7 credits = 4.642

Straight A student #2 takes 4 AP classes (1.0 weight bump/class), one honors class (0.5 weight bump), 1 unweighted class, such as Spanish 2 and PE as a pass/fail class.

4×5.0=20
1×4.5=4.5
1×4.0=4
P/F = no impact on GPA

Total points = 28.5 divided by 6 credits = 4.75

Student #2s GPA will be a 4.750, 0.108 points higher than student #1, even though they took the same classes with the same grades
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If student #2 take PE over the summer pass/fail and substitutes the school year PE with a weighted AP or honors class, the GPA will be even higher than student one taking PE for a grade.

This 0.108 points does not matter for 90% of the students, but for the kids trying to eek out the highest possible GPA, taking online PE over the summer pass fail can help the GPA, while taking PE for a grade hurts their GPA.

For B students, graded PE can help their GPA.

One of mine (top student) took PE online over the summer pass/fail to boost gpa.

The other (B student) took PE during the year for an easy A to boost GPA.

Two different kids on different tracks, with different grading choices, each to boost their GPA in different ways.[/quote]

But why boost your GPA when college admissions will just recalculate it based on their own preferences?? [/quote]

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