Do high schools still use UW GPAs?

Marian
Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:17:28 +0000

True, orjr, that’s a problem.

But if you use weighted GPAs in class ranking, then kids near the top feel that they must fill their schedules entirely with weighted academic courses. This limits their opportunities to explore other areas and also keeps the best students out of the musical ensembles, journalism classes, etc. In schools that rank on the basis of weighted GPAs, nobody in the orchestra is ever valedictorian.