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Calculating GPA
Calculating GPA
Things To Know:
GPA is cumulative. All of the courses you have taken in high school are included (there is no single semester GPA).
Most colleges are looking at your weighted GPA. This takes into account and gives you credit for taking honors and AP courses.
A grade becomes part of your GPA when the course is over (not mid-year for Aday Bday classes).
For each final grade you earn, there is a point value associated with it (see chart below).
Earned points are added together and divided by the number of total classes you've taken. This is your GPA.
Earned GPA points (weighed and unweighted) and total number of classes taken can be found on the second page of your transcript. Your weighed and unweighted GPA is listed there as well. (See below)
In the above example, the student has earned 105 weighted points based on their grades. The student has taken 25 classes in high school. (26.5 courses towards graduation, middle school courses do not get calculated into GPA, just into graduation requirements)
Therefore: 105 points/25 classes = 4.22 weighted GPA
94 unweighted points/25 classes = 3.76 unweighted GPA
You can use the points you've earned to calculate expected GPA. Add the number of points you think you'll earn to the number you have and divide by the number of classes.
The following courses are included in calculation of GPA:
Course work attempted in CMS in grades 9 through 12, unless the course is one that is specifically exempted from inclusion in GPA (see #2, below). The course work may be taken during the regular or extended year term, or at an alternative school site.
Courses that a CMS student takes and fails at a CMS school and repeats at a non-CMS institution in grades 9-12.
Courses taken in accredited educational institutions in grades 9-12 before the student enrolled in CMS.
New course work taken at accredited non-CMS educational institutions in grades 9-12 that is necessary for the student to satisfy a graduation requirement and is not reasonably available to the student within CMS (see IKF-R for additional information on this requirement).
New course work taken in grades 9-12 at accredited non-CMS educational institutions that the principal and the superintendent’s designee approve for inclusion as a graduation requirement, as set forth in IKF-R;
Courses taken at institutions of higher education that are included in an articulation agreement or memorandum of understanding between the institution and CMS regarding courses for which students may receive credits towards graduation.
The following courses are not included in calculation of GPA:
Courses transferred from home schools (effective with the 2003 – 2004 school year);
Courses transferred from non-accredited schools (effective with the 2003 – 2004 school year);
New course work taken by CMS students at accredited non-CMS institutions that does not meet the criteria set forth above for inclusion in graduation requirements;
Courses for which grades are awarded pass/fail, such as courses taken through the Credit by Demonstrated Mastery (CDM) process and Credit Recovery; and
CMS courses noted as not being included in the GPA calculation in the current year’s “High School Planning Guide.”
Class Rank
Class Rank
All students enrolled in a school at the time class ranks are calculated will be included in the class ranking.
In order to be eligible to be Valedictorian or Salutatorian at a paricular high school, a student must have been enrolled at that school and have been a member of the class with which he or she is being ranked from the beginning of second semester of the school year preceding the student's senior year. If a student is graduating early, the student must have been enrolled at the school from the beginning of second semester of his or her tenth grade year.
Computation
Class rank will be determined by ranking all students numerically by weighted GPA. The student(s) with the highest average will be assigned a rank of number one (1) in the class. The student(s) with the second hightest average will be assigned with the next highest rank. Students who have the same GPA will have the same rank in the class.
Junior Marshals
Junior Marshals are determined by ranking students according to the weighted GPA's calculated at the beginning of first semester of the students' junior year.
Valedictorian and Salutatorian
Valedictorian and Salutatorian are determined by ranking seniors according to the weighted GPAs calculated at the end of second semester of the students' senior year.
Class Rank Schedule
Grade 9: End of 1st Semester
Grade 10: On the 15th School Day
Grade 11: On the 15th School day & the End of 1st Semester
Grade 12: On the 15th School Day, End of 1st Semester, & End of 2nd Semester
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