How does the weight system work for Advancement Placement classes, honors classes, gifted classes and Magnet classes work and how do colleges factor these classes into the admissions process?
At Kennesaw Mountain High School, students who elect to take more challenging coursework are rewarded with an extra .5 or 1 quality point which is added to the 4 point GPA scale. Any advanced placement class receives a full quality point. For instance, if a student receives a ‘B’ in AP Chemistry, a 4.0 is included in that student’s cumulative GPA for that class. Most, but not all, honors classes receive an extra .5 quality and therefore a ‘B’ in an honors class contributes 3.5 to the cumulative GPA. Magnet classes that are also an honors class receives an extra .5 quality point while Magnet classes that are not honors receive no quality points. Gifted classes are only available to students who qualify as gifted under Georgia law and therefore do not receive any quality points. Many colleges alter a student’s GPA to fit their admissions formula because of discrepancies from school district to school district. For instance, some school districts use a 4-point scale, some a 7-point, and s
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