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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

For some universities and majors, every point matters.  Especially for asian kids who need to score higher than everyone else to be accepted to top universities.[/quote]

It really doesn't. Colleges are aware of the games kids play and take that into consideration.

DD's GPA is currently about 4.4. It will come down once her language grade is factored in (virtual school grade hasn't been posted yet). And once summer PE comes in (she's not taking it P/F; she didn't last summer either).[/quote]

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