Avoiding unweighted electives to keep the GPA up

FindAPlace
Wed, 06 May 2009 11:17:35 +0000

Hmm, I live in CA but don’t know how the UC system would view an on line class in fine arts.

I can tell you that both our HS and UC are fine with credit for the accelerated math classes that S in taking online with a well known entity, JHU CTY. The classes are linear algebra and multivariable calculus. We could have opted for him to take them at a CC but the logistics were just a nightmare, so we ponied up the $$ for CTY.

As I wrote on another thread, he’s busted his butt with the linear algebra but is carrying an A. This week he got to find out the positive side of doing this. He interviewed with a USC prof, who was impressed that he was doing this as a junior, and will now be working for him over the summer doing climate modeling. He’ll learn matlab and a whole lot of other things assisting with the reserach, and even help with a paper and get his name on it.

He and I are now thinking this is worth WAY beyond the weighted GPA that the HS will not be giving him for attempting this.