>>while his high school GPA is 5.45.
Extra credit?
Honors course count higher?
How do you exceed 4.0?
A GPA > 4.0 is achieved by doing lots of extra credit work.
AP courses.
But I’m not sure how to exceed 5.
Yes, I thought AP classes will get you to 5.0 but not sure how you get >5.0?
> Honors course count higher? <
In the high school where I taught honors courses were given extra weight. But that bump was not applied when it came to choosing the class valedictorian. Only the unweighed GPA counted.
And it was disappointing to see how many of the good students avoided the more challenging honors classes. They didn’t want to mess up their chance to be valedictorian.
Yes, AP (Advanced Placement) courses. They go to 5 on the grade scale. And then you take a test and if you score a 3 or higher, you can skip that course in college.
GPA above 5, I never heard of before. Never heard of one even close to 5 since not every class has an AP level course in high school.
In my senior year of HS I enrolled in a couple community college courses. One of them was taught by my 10th grade math teacher. We had a mutual disdain for each other. We both earned it too :-). He said “what the H are you doing here” knowing I was just a HS kid. I told him I wanted to learn. I ended up attending just to annoy him. The grades and course credit were not an issue for me and I was already headed to university in the fall.
Not sure how I feel about a 12 year old graduating. I am sure he is quite intelligent but IMO he really shouldn’t be hanging out with 20-somethings. Unless they are nerds. Good thing he’s into robotics.
It’s called a “weighted” GPA with certain courses being given more weight for being advanced, etc.
College prep classes and honors are weighted higher than standard HS classes. So an A in one of those is worth a 5 vs 4.
Honors and AP classes count for extra points because they are more advanced.