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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We do the weighted grade for AP classes but we allow per semester and don't require that they complete two semesters.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Kay Gilchrist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">PreK-12 Counselor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Deer Creek - Lamont Schools<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We offer a 5 per semester and bump it to a 6 if they pass the AP exam...(which only helps 10th and 11th grade)...<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gore High School weights AP courses.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Yes, we do.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mid-Del does, but they also have to take the AP test. If they don't take the AP test, the weighting would be a 4.5 for an A and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Becky Worth, M. Ed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">School Counselor H-P<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Carl Albert High School<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">2009 S. Post Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Midwest City, OK 73130<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">405-739-1726 ext. 3004<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">At Mount St. Mary, we add a bonus of .018 to every semester of a weighted course (Pre-AP; Honors; AP or dual credit college course). We
arrived at it by taking the number of required credits (28) for graduation times 2 (56 sem. courses) and divided the 1 extra point value given by 56.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">28 Credits X 2 = 56 semesters courses 1 extra value / 56 = .018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We did this because we saw students with the same number of weighted classes graduating with just 28 credits having a higher weighted GPA than<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">students who graduated with the same number of weighted classes but took more than 28 credits. This was because the extra point value given to a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">weighted course was being divided by a greater number of total credits which penalized the student taking more classes. Simply put, you have the unweighted gpa plus (the
total number of weighted semester classes times .018) Here is an example of the difference in how the weighted gpa is calculated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hope it makes sense.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Student A 4.0 unweighted gpa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> student A 4.0 unweighted gpa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">28 total credits with 10 semesters of a weighted course<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 28 total credits with 10 semesters of weighted classes given 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">extra value (A= 5)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4.0 unwtd gpa + (10 x .018)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 56 x 4 + (10x 1) /56<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4.0 + .18 = 4.18 weighted gpa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 224+10 / 56<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 234 / 56 semester classes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 4.178857 wtd gpa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Student B 4.0 unweighted gpa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Student B 4.0 unweighted gpa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">30 total credits<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 30 total credits with 10 semesters of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">weighted courses given 1 extra value (A=5)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4.0 unwtd gpa + (10 x .018)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 60 x 4 + (10 x 1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4.0 + .18 = 4.18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 240 + 10 / 60<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 250/60 = 4.16666 wtd gpa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are looking at revamping our weighted grade for AP courses and wondering what other school do. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone only award a 5.0 to an AP course if the student completes both semesters? <o:p></o:p></p>
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