<p>I read somewhere that when calculating your GPA, you may count an A in an AP course as a 5 and not a 4…Is that correct? Or do As in AP courses retain the same numerical GPA value (4) ?</p>
<p>That’s weighting. Normal GPA calculation is straight scores. Don’t worry, though, most colleges have their own form of weighting since they know Honors/AP/IB-heavy kids can be left behind GPA-wise.</p>
<p>it depends on how the high school calculates it. but that doesn’t matter, because the college never looks at the weighted score. they just look over and examine your transcript to see which classes you’ve taken, and what grades, and if you took the hardest classes possible.</p>
<p>Does this kind of senior schedule seem okay? Please keep in mind that my school only offers the following APs: AP Literature, AP Spanish, AP Calculus, AP Art, AP Bio. There are also advanced physics, chemistry, and art courses</p>
<p>Precalculus
AP Spanish
Journalism
Creative Writing
Connections (a philosophy course)
AP Literature and Writing
Advanced Art
Masterwork (an optional course for seniors in which seniors may pursue a passion they have by combining academic interests with extracurricular interests. Past masterworks projects have been students writing 2 act plays, writing symphonies, novels, designing clothes, etc. I would create a 100-200 page graphic novel)</p>
<p>self study AP Spanish (language, I assume)
take AP bio instead.
try to take precalc in the summer.
take AP calc instead.</p>
<p>Love the Masterwork course. Try the writing approach since you are loaded with writing classes.</p>
<p>you might take art at a community college and take AP art during the year. Up to you, always. </p>
<p>Just show that you got enough prep during your summer to approach your senior year. Colleges love students who take the initiative.</p>
<p>Hmm, I would gladly do summer courses and thus bolster my senior year schedule, but I’m studying abroad in Tokyo and taking langauge courses there.</p>
<p>Speaking of which, I would also be taking more Japanese language courses during the school year at the community college…</p>
<p>I guess my suggestions are thus not feasible. Hmmm. </p>
<p>Still self study AP Spanish Lang (easy if you’ve taken some spanish classes before)</p>
<p>Still take AP Bio, if possible. </p>
<p>The rest is up to the college choices you are looking at. If it’s a liberal arts college you want to attend. Then, add more art into your schedule.</p>
<p>I’ll be applying to artsy liberal arts colleges…Vassar, Bard, Skidmore, Grinnell, Middlebury, Lewis and Clark, Connecticut, Trinity, etc…</p>
<p>Vassar is a clear top choice though. And I would take AP Bio, but it requires two periods of me and would eliminate some other classes I’ve been wanting to take…I’d rather stick to my passions and interests than just having a showy transcript, you know?</p>
<p>yeah, i see your point and I do agree. Follow your current schedule then. My suggestions were to balance off quantitaive with language. That’s all.</p>
<p>It might matter for the purposes of class rank calculations, which your college can’t recalculate.</p>