Michelle My Bell Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I know 4.0 is an A, but what if the course is an honors course. Do you give higher gpa's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 No, I do not weight grades. I explain this on the transcript. Many colleges unweight the grades anyway and calculate their own GPA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candid Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Many colleges do not use the GPA at all. Instead the give a score to the overall transcript based on how challenging the course load has been, and they use class rank as a the score indicating how well the student did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa B Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I just list both weighted and unweighted GPA on the transcript. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Here is how our local PS calculates weighted grades. Honors A = 5.0. I list both weighted and unweighted on ds's transcript. That way, whoever looks at it can do what they will with the information. In our county, they recognize student athletes with high GPAs: Pinellas County all-academic teams As an official homeschooler, it is more difficult to collect various awards and recognitions for college applications. This is the reason I show both GPAs. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I know 4.0 is an A, but what if the course is an honors course. Do you give higher gpa's? Isn't "gpa" the average of *all* the courses, not just one? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle My Bell Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 Isn't "gpa" the average of *all* the courses, not just one? :confused: From what I am seeing, (and I could be wrong) each course has it's own gpa and then you add those together and multiply by the number of courses for a cumulative gpa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 From what I am seeing, (and I could be wrong) each course has it's own gpa and then you add those together and multiply by the number of courses for a cumulative gpa. No, each course has its own course grade, typically a letter grade, which can be converted to a corresponding number grade. GPA means grade point average - to average, you need more than one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 No, each course has its own course grade, typically a letter grade, which can be converted to a corresponding number grade. GPA means grade point average - to average, you need more than one. Exactly, although typically, an A=4 points, B=3 points, C=2 points, D=1 point. I guess an A in an honor course could be 5 points. Those points are added up and then averaged: Grade Point Average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle My Bell Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 No, each course has its own course grade, typically a letter grade, which can be converted to a corresponding number grade. GPA means grade point average - to average, you need more than one. While I didn't word it this way, this is what I meant. I assigned letter grades and then converted them on my daughters transcripts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I didn't, because different colleges weight differently. Dd's transcript stated her unweighted GPA only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I didn't, either. From the reading list provided, they could figure out which courses were honors level pretty well. I did provide a grading scale for clarity, but didn't weight courses differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigid in NC Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 We put a weighted GPA and an unweighted GPA on our transcripts (by year and cumulative)--with a small box that indicated the grading and weighting scales. Our weighting of honors/AP/CC courses followed the weighting parameters of the schools in our area. Good luck! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I was just mucking about with my son's transcript a couple of days ago, and pondering this question (again). I've decided to list just the unweighted GPA, labelled as such, but to emphasize which classes are honors level. (Note: I'm calling things "honors" only when there's clear, outside verification of that. If it's an FLVS course, for example, and he completed the official honors track.) So, the English section lists: English I, Honors English III, Creative Writing, Shakespeare, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I didn't weigh grades. I explained what made it "honors" in my course descriptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I elected not to weight any of my daughter's grades. She had a variety of AP (online and out of the home) and community college classes in addition to those classes she took at home; in each case I valued each A as 4.0 in calculating her grade point average. I stated on the transcript that her GPA was unweighted. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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