Is GPA affected by classes taken outside of school?

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<p>I have a question about GPA’s. I’m a student from California and I have taken 4 semester/20 credits of classes outside of school (2 semesters/10 credits of Chinese Lvl 4 and 2 semesters/10 credits Graphic Design II) at a community college and got A’s for all the semesters. These classes were preapproved by my high school for high school credit for Foreign Language and Visual/Performing Arts, respectively, and are on my high school transcript. And they are apparently academic classes because they are factored into my school’s academic GPA. </p>

<p>Would these classes count on my GPA for UC’s or private schools? Because if they do, they would lower my weighted GPA because they aren’t weighted classes. </p>

<p>If so, wouldn’t a student that took 7 AP classes at my school (the max number of classes possible a semester) and got A’s in all of them have a higher weighted GPA than a person that took let’s say Graphic Design I (after school) in addition to the same 7 AP classes and got A’s in all of them. So basically the latter person is being punished for taking an extra class and getting an A in it? I don’t see how this makes sense.</p>

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<p>I didn’t read everything, but I think this will answer it. Generally, for a community college stint, you have a separate transcript, so it will be supplemental and transferable to the college system? Someone correct me if I’m wrong.</p>

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<p>That is correct for most college classes taken but these classes were taken specifically for high school credit (Graphic Design for the required VPA credit for UC’s) and are on my high school transcript as well as a separate transcript. So I am not sure if they will be calculated for UC/private school GPA’s.</p>