<p>DS attended a very good yet small public HS. He took all the AP/H classes available, and filled every remaining minute with EC/sports, etc. He scored very well on the ACT. I have no doubt that he can compete with the students at his new HS, especially after seeing his first trimester report card. I believe what hurt his GPA here is the amount of standard classes he has. Even when he received an A, it will only translate to a 4.0 here. An A in honors is a 4.5 and 5.0 in AP. Students here that are concerned about their GPA will not take a class unless it is honors or AP. How sad is that? Now do I discourage my 10th grader not to take art class or dabble in computer graphics or other non required class because it may pull down his GPA? </p>
<p>I like the comparison of apples to oranges.</p>