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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you please explain how the honors and AP grade bumps work? If you got a B+ in an honors class, does it already include the 0.5 bump or would you add the 0.5 bump when calculating GPA, that is, would it show as an A- after adding the 0.5 bump on the transcript? TIA[/quote]

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https://fallschurchhs.fcps.edu/academics/grading-and-reporting

So this is the same for all FCPS -- honors classes (freshman year, this is Bio, English, Stats, Math, and Foundations CS) have a +0.5 grade bump, while APs (AP CS, APUSH, AP Calc, etc) and post-APS (Artificial Intelligence, Organic Chemistry, Multi, Complex, etc) have +1.0 grade bumps.

This bump is only factored into WEIGHTED GPA calculation. So if I was taking Honors Bio and got a B+, my transcript will show a B+, but when my GPA is calculated it takes into account the honors bump. So it would be as if I got an A- in the class.

To calculate GPA you can add +0.5 or +0.1 respectively to the grade you received in the class, then do that for all of your classes and then take the average. Make sure to count high school courses you took in middle school and divide by 2 if it’s a semester class. Here’s an example:

Let’s say I took Algebra 1, Geometry, and Spanish 1 in middle school and I got As in all of those classes. Freshman year, I’m taking IBET, RS1, Math 3, AP CS, PE, and Spanish 2. I want to know what my GPA would be if I were to get an A in PE, biology, English, tech, stats, and AP CS, a B in Spanish, and a B+ in math 3. The values for each class would be as follows:

Middle School Algebra 1: 4.5 
(add 0.5 because it’s an honors class)
Middle School Geometry: 4.5 
Middle School Spanish 1: 4
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Biology: 4 + 0.5 = 4.5 
English: 4 + 0.5 = 4.5 
Tech: 4
(don’t add anything because it’s unweighted)
Stats: 4 + .5 = 4.5 / 2 = 2.25 
(divide by 2 because it’s a semester class)
Math 3: 3.3 + .5 = 3.8 / 2 = 1.9 
(divide by 2 because it’s a semester class)
AP CS: 4 + 1 = 5
(add 1 because it’s AP)
PE: 4
Spanish 2: 3

Take the mean of those values, and that’s what your GPA would be.[/quote]

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