How much will Dual Credit grades be bumped for high school GPA for UTK Admissions?

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My child has taken several Dual Credit classes, which are different than Dual Enrollment in that you get a high school grade for them (in addition to the possibility for your college to accept the credit hours). My question is only about the grades, not the acceptance of actual college class credits. For example, my kid got a 96, an A (4.0), in DC English 11, and her school adds .5 to her score, so she has a 4.5 on her transcript. I read that UTK adds a whole point, not .5 like my kid’s school, so does that mean UTK would consider her grade in that class a 5 instead of a 4.5? Thus improving her overall high school GPA in the eyes of UTK? If so, we’d be super happy about it.

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Here is what UTK’s website says, looks like they will add 1.0 quality points for DE (that are core academic subjects.) But I would call admissions to make sure, since this is DC.

UT calculates a weighted core GPA based on your grades in the courses listed below. Completion of all sixteen core courses is not required for admission but strongly encouraged.

In the core academic subjects, your GPA will be weighted by UT to reflect honors courses (0.5 quality points added), Advanced Placement (AP), Cambridge AS and A Level, International Baccalaureate (IB), and dual enrollment courses (1.0 quality points added). UT calculates your GPA on a 4-point scale. UT will use unweighted high school course grades as the basis for adding these weightings for the UT core GPA calculation. If you attend a high school that does not weigh courses, UT will also not weigh them. However, the academic rigor of your curriculum is important and will be valued by our admissions review team.

  • Core Academic Subjects*

  • 4 English

  • 4 Math (algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, statistics, or other advanced math)

  • 3 Science (biology, chemistry, physics, or other science)

  • 1 American history

  • 1 European history, world history, or world geography

  • 2 Single foreign language (or ASL)

  • 1 Visual or performing arts

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Thank you! I notice the text also includes: “UT calculates a weighted core GPA based on your grades in the courses listed below.” Do you know if this means UTK only uses grades from those classes for the core weighted GPA, not all the other classes from high school? Or are those added afterward? Feels like the description is not detailed enough. Does anyone know when UT lets students know their UT core GPA?

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I would double check with admissions though…were these college level classes taught by a prof from the local college, but taken at the HS?

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DC-level curriculum / syllabus taught by their high school teachers and accredited through a university in another state. More rigor for the DC level class.
So, they got high school credit and a grade that got a .5 weight added, and also the chance to get college credit if your college accepts DCs from this university, which UTK does.

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I would contact admissions and ask what weighting that class would get just to be sure.

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