Do self-studied APs count toward your final weighted GPA at your school?

grammargirl94
Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:31:51 +0000

The thing about self-studying is that you don’t get a grade at the end, so there’s no way for it to factor into your GPA, just like AP exam scores in graded classes don’t get factored into the GPA.

As a rising freshman, you should probably learn the ropes of high school before you start self-studying. What classes are you taking next year? Most people find that high school is a huge step from middle school. You should probably learn what an AP class is and what the exam entails before you decide to self-study.

Learn how to balance the more challenging courses with whatever other obligations you may have and discover extracurricular opportunities. Don’t spend your first year in high school stressing out trying to take on too much; it’s quite unnecessary. There’s plenty of time to take many AP exams, and you’ll just hate yourself if you miss out on everything else freshman year trying to self-study, and then you still only get a 1 or 2 (which colleges won’t accept) because you didn’t allow yourself a proper transition period.