<p>^ No. My school transcripts don’t show A, A-, B+, B etc… It just shows A, B, C, etc… A B- is an 85 at my school but a B+ is a 92, but whether I get an 85 or 92, my transcript will say B regardless. I would just like some recognition for my multiple 90-92s, instead of just it being a flat B.</p>
<p>Same with my school. It’s soooo annoying. We don’t even have pluses and minuses</p>
<p>Mine has pluses and minuses but the annoying thing is that they factor those into your GPA. So if you had, say 92.5% in every class your GPA goes down as a 4.0 but 92.49% in every class drops you all the way to a 3.7.</p>
<p>A 92.49 in every class puts me at a 3.0, just like TinnyT</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t even mind that because, like Duke said, at our schools it will end up being a 3.0.</p>
<p>My school is trying to switch to the 5.0 scale but I don’t really get it; can someone explain it?</p>
<p>Well, that’s pretty awful. I figured that if they didn’t factor in grade thirds they would compute GPA by pure percentage (i.e. your overall average, say 90% → .9 times 4.0).</p>
<p>My school just requires some prerequisites, a teacher recommendation, and a parent’s approval for most AP classes. My school also weights GPA in a strange way. There is no weighted “scale.” You just get 0.4 points per semester added to your unweighted GPA for honors/Pre-AP/Pre-IB classes and 0.8 points per semester for AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes.</p>
<p>My school requires 94% to get an A. We don’t have pluses and minuses or weighting of any kind. They must have been trying to get rid of some of the grade inflation, but it sort of bothers me that some people go to schools where you can get a 90 in every class and have a 4.0.
Still, I guess they have to draw the line somewhere. If you can get a B+ in a class, it’s usually not too hard to get the A if you try a little harder.</p>
<p>Just took my AP math qualifying test. They took our calculators away, so it was significantly harder than it would have been with one. I think I did decent though, at least enough to put me in AP Stats.</p>
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<p>I think most schools will just look at the actual number grade number or convert it to the A: 90-100, B: 80-89, etc scale.</p>
<p>So no need to worry so much about that I suppose.</p>
<p>AP classes at my school, you just need to meet the prerequisite courses to take it “like you need Pr-Calc to take AP Calc AB…so kids can’t just go from Geometry to AP Calc AB”. Then, all you need is a teacher signature and they will enroll you.</p>
<p>No grade requirements or pre-tests.</p>
<p>We have to have a B or higher in the subject we want to take an AP in the previous year. AP English Lang is only for juniors and AP English Lit is only for senior, AP sciences are only for seniors, AP Calc is whenever you reach the class and all other APs are juniors and seniors only.</p>
<p>Usually, you need an 86 in a related course the previous year (ie. 86 in freshie World to take AP Euro, an 86 in precalc to take AP Calc) and a parental consent form and approvals from the principal, previous year’s teacher and guidance counselor to take an AP class. If you want to skip from Algebra 2 to AP Calc you need all of the above plus an 85+ on a qualifying precalc test.
They change the reqs at whim, though- this past semester, they put the entire grade into APUSH. After an unqualified disaster of a semester, we are now split up (but they let anyone who wanted to sign up take the AP course).</p>
<p>Hi everyone, I’ve been trolling for a while and finally made an account. I’m from the East Coast and currently enrolled in the hardest high school in my area. I am on the varsity track team and jv tennis team. I also am on the youth rotary club, best buddies, student government, and co-founder of my high school’s JSA. Anyways I’m currently enrolled in Honors Precalc, Honors Physics, APUSH, Spanish 4, Honors English, and 3D Design 2.</p>
<p>^ Hi Rashel 
How is honors physics? Is it hard?</p>
<p>FantasyVesperia- awfully hard but really fulfilling, my teacher is basically the epitome of a nerd, he knows everything but is super nice and really approachable. My text average is around a 75, but I still have a B average in the class. Every time I get a difficult problem correct I want to cry tears of joy.</p>
<p>^ Oh okay, the reason I asked because I’m taking AP Physics C Mech next year, and my dad wants me to take Honors Physics. I took AB Physics freshman year which mirrors Honors Physics and I’ve told my dad many times but he has no faith in me lol. AB Physics was pretty difficult and I never studied for that class so I got a C.</p>
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Same here…But teachers usually have their own requirements to their signiture. Like to get into Calc you need a B in the Pre-Calc class and B on the final. However to get in to AP Lit/LA (Senior and Junior year respectively), you need an A in the previous year’s Honors class (or B+ for AP LA students moving to AP Lit) to get in. For an AP science you need an A in that Honors class and a B in Algebra II. These aren’t written anywhere so that someone with an A- might get in if the teacher feels they are ready or visa versa. However that are pretty standard through out the school. Officially though all you need to get is a parent and teacher signiture as well as the proper prerequisite and your in.</p>
<p>How is everyone doing in physics? Everyone’s complaining, but I don’t see the difficulty. I took a practice physics subject test and got a 750, and passed the honors physics course at my school without ever getting below a 100. I wonder if difficulty/teaching ability of these courses varies intensely by area.</p>