| Grade Point Average (GPA):
Important? |
| * | GPA is one of the criteria college
admission | | * | GPA is one
of the basis for earning scholarships | | * | GPA
is the determining factor for class rank | | | |
|
| Grade
Point Average (GPA): How is it figured? | | | First: | Florida’s
public schools award letter grades
A, B, C, D, F |
| | Second: |
Each letter is given a numeric value
A = 4
B = 3
C = 2
D = 1
F = 0 | | | Third: | The
grades are averaged (added together and divided by the number of credits attempted
– not all courses are worth the same number of credits) |
| | NOTE
1: | Individual
districts award added value for academically challenging courses. The table below
shows the differences. | | | NOTE
2: | The “weighted” (added value)
GPA is generally not used by scholarships or colleges, which look at transcripts
and make their own determinations | | |
Table of weights: by county and by course type
|
| Type of
Course |
Charlotte |
Collier** |
Glades*** |
Hendry |
Lee**** | |
Advanced Placement (per 1 credit) |
+ 1 | + .08 |
+ 1 | n/a |
+ .08 | | College
Dual Enrollment ( per 1 credit) |
+ 1 | + .04 |
+ 1 | n/a |
+ .08 | | Honors
Course ( per 1 credit) | +
1 | + .04 |
+ 1 | n/a |
+ .04 | | Pre –
International Baccalaureate | n/a |
n/a | n/a |
n/a | + .04 |
| International Baccalaureate |
n/a | n/a |
n/a | n/a |
+ .08 | | 3rd
and 4th year Foreign Language |
n/a | n/a |
n/a | n/a |
+ .04 | | Other
identified courses (per 1 credit) such as Executive Internships |
n/a | .08 |
n/a | n/a |
n/a | |
| ** | Collier adds points to GPA for each
weighted course in which a “C” or better is earned by the ˝ credit (e.g., AP
or Advanced Placement is weighted .04 per each ˝ credit |
| *** | Glades adds 1 point to each course [A = 5; B = 4; C
= 3; D = 2] | | **** | Lee adds
value in ˝ credit increments (e.g., AP is weighted .04 per ˝ credit); and is studying
the possibility of awarding honors credit to addition “Level 3”
(upper level) courses | |
 |
| Example: The chart
below shows a comparison of grade values in the region using the weights
given in each district. The student's grades are indicated in the chart. The shaded
area reflects the differences in GPAs by county. |
| Courses
| Charlotte |
Collier |
Glades |
Hendry |
Lee | | AP
(Advanced Placement) English | A |
A | A |
A | A | |
Honors Math | B |
B | B |
B | B | |
Dual Enrollment Science | A |
A | A |
A | A | |
AP Social Studies | B |
B | B |
B | B | |
| |
| |
| | |
Unweighted Grade Point Average (GPA) |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.5 | |
Weighted GPA (WGPA) |
4.5 |
3.78 |
4.5 |
3.5 |
3.78 | |
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