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knitter4democracy

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4. College admissions people make them re-figure that.

Reply to antigop (Reply #2)

Tue May 20, 2014, 10:46 PM

May 2014

I don't know of a single college or university that takes weighted GPAs. They all make the schools refigure the grades based on straight 4.0 scale. That's why both numbers show up on the transcript and why the admissions page makes sure to point out that the GPA ranges they list are based on unweighted numbers.

The only possible help would come from scholarship applications, and even many of those require a real GPA, not a weighted one.

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Crossing the Line: How the Academic Rat Race Is Making Our Kids Sick [View all] antigop May 2014 OP

Neither one of my kids is doing exboyfil May 2014 #1

in my state, a lot of the highschools give weighted credit for AP, but not dual credit. antigop May 2014 #2

Our school is unusual in that exboyfil May 2014 #3

College admissions people make them re-figure that. knitter4democracy May 2014 #4

The weighted gpa impacts your class ranking, nt antigop May 2014 #5

Which gets you squat in most colleges. knitter4democracy May 2014 #6

in Texas, if you are in the top 10% you get automatic admission to state colleges antigop May 2014 #7

I could see this if you're in Texas. knitter4democracy May 2014 #10

fwiw...... antigop May 2014 #8

Amen to that. AP parents are a whole 'nother bunch. knitter4democracy May 2014 #9