<p>GPA vs. HPA question: Some people say they have a 4.2 and 4.5 GPA. Is it implied that it’s weighted? I don’t see how you can have a GPA above a 4.0</p>
<p>You could have an unweighted GPA above 4.0 if your teachers give crazy extra credit. (My school has a policy that unweighted grades can only be “100” or lower, but I think this varies by school.) </p>
<p>So if you had a 104 in a class, and 100 in all your other classes, then you would end up with a higher-than-4.0 “unweighted” GPA.</p>
<p>Well that’s pretty much impossible at my school, lol. When are your guys’ midterms? Mine are this week, so I’m going to get studying in a few mins.</p>
<p>Mine are too. I need to get off CC haha</p>
<p>I finished my semester finals this past weekend. It was a very easy week for me (only has to take my Precalc and Health Sciences exams). Now, I’m just waiting to be officially on winter break on Tuesday at 1pm EST.</p>
<p>At my school the best unweighted GPA possible is 4.33 because an A+ = 4.33 while an A = 4.0.</p>
<p>The only thing I like about my school is the fact that you don’t have to take any finals if you have all A’s and good attendance.</p>
<p>I have no ECs, unlike most of you. Next year I can finally do some though.</p>
<p>English: A-
Precalc: A-
History: A-
Latin: A
AP Bio: A</p>
<p>My New Year’s resolution…finish science fair. It’ll be a Christmas miracle if I can get it done by the end of January.</p>
<p>I’m applying to boarding school over the break as well. I’ve barely done anything! I’ve only asked for recs and I actually have to ask another teacher when I get back for a rec to a school.</p>
<p>In my area, weighted GPAs are dependent on the classes you take. Honors and AP classes have more academic “weight”, so they add to your GPA. We’re also on a 5 point scale instead of the typical 4 point scale, so my weighted GPA clocks out to be 5.73. It’s a genuinely weird system.</p>
<p>My proposed schedule for next year:
Honors English (Definitely)
AP Spanish
AP Calc AB ( If I take precalc in the spring/summer)
AP Chem ( I think I’m going to take AP Chem, instead of me taking honors physics)
AP MACRO (1 semester) Possibly AP micro online.
AP Government (2nd semester)
Student council or advanced marketing, if I don’t get elected.
and possible another AP or a physics class online, if the school will buy it for me.</p>
<p>@anaychi: I would die for a 5.73 but its impossible with my schools 4 point scale and low level of Honors/AP classes.</p>
<p>@helloel: Where are you applying to? I’m starting my app this coming Wednesday.</p>
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<p>They’re mostly up east like Deerfield and Berkshire, to name a couple, though I haven’t narrowed down yet. I have like 7 on my list and want to at least get it down to 5, hoping to make a visit soon. Also, I might apply to a Canadian school, but my parents wouldn’t really want me to go that far away if I got in.</p>
<p>Also what do you know about Asheville School? It says you are from NC so I though you might know something about it.</p>
<p>@studious, how’d wacfl go?</p>
<p>@helloel: I do not know much about the school since it is on the other side of the state. I have heard of the school, but nothing about academics or sports or anything. I’m applying to NCSSM, the state funded residential school here in NC. </p>
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<p>Finally got around to introducing myself. Hey guys 
North Carolina Catholic high school.</p>
<p>Freshman Schedule:</p>
<p>English 9 Honors
Biology
Algebra II/Trig Honors
Spanish I
Drama I
Theology (Required class, kill me now.)
Computer Skills
World Geography</p>
<p>Those last two were also required. -_- GPA 4.28 weighted.</p>
<p>Sophomore Schedule:</p>
<p>English 10 Honors
Pre-Calculus Honors
AP World History
Spanish II
Studio Conservatory (highest drama class, the name doesn’t really give anything away)
Chemistry Honors
Theology </p>
<p>Midterms were so killer. 
I was on the brink of a B for some classes, so if I made less than a 90.5 on Chemistry or Pre-Cal it brought my semester grade to a B+. Ugh. A really difficult Spanish midterm already brought me down from an A to a B+. Now just have to wait and see, and hope…</p>
<p>Sooooo frustrated. Anyhow.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Debate. Won national tournaments, compete regularly on both national and local circuit. Drama, assistant directed musicals at my school, member of a selective acting company outside of school. Piano for 6 years. A few clubs. Then silly clubs like Quidditch and The Office Marathon Club.</p>
<p>^I’m curious. What was your Spanish 2 midterm like? Ours is after break. What made it difficult? Was it translating a bunch of random words from English to Spanish?</p>
<p>I wish it was more translations. I went by how she had structured her tests, with essays and translations and fill in the blanks. I did a lot of studying vocabulary because that was my weakest point in the class previously.
But half her midterm was picking correct verb choices in the context of the sentence. Sounds easy, right? Well it isn’t, because every single one of them had answers with slight changes - like an accent mark on a different letter, no accent mark, preterite tense… </p>
<p>Basically it was a test of sly tricks. A very long test too. So with my preparation on the wrong concepts, I got a C+. For the first time in that class, ever. Go figure.</p>