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CALCULATING YOUR GPA
FOR H.O.P.E. ELIGIBILITY |
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1. Graduates completing a
College Prep (CP) Diploma must have a 3.0 GPA on a
TRUE 4.0 scale. (The
numerical GPA is no longer considered.)
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2. The following
scale will be used to convert numerical grades to a TRUE 4.0 scale:
A = 4.0 (numeric grade of 90-100)
B = 3.0 (numeric grade of 80-89)
C = 2.0 (numeric grade of 70-79)
F = 0 (numeric grade 69 or below)
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3. The grades for ALL attempted (passed and failed) academic
courses will be
converted
to a TRUE 4.0 scale for calculation of the HOPE GPA. The
following
academic
courses will be counted in the HOPE GPA calculation: |
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> ALL English courses with course
numbers beginning with 23.
> ALL Mathematics courses with
course numbers beginning with 27.
> ALL Science courses beginning
with 26. and 40 plus Animal
Sciences (02.X210) and Plant
Sciences (02.X410).
> ALL Social Studies courses
beginning with 45.
> ALL Foreign Language courses
beginning with 60.-64. (College Prep
diploma only).
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4. Algebra I and
other 8th
grade courses that students received credit
for in Middle
School, will NOT be used to calculate the
HOPE GPA.
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5. All grades
that are weighted at the local high school level for honors, gifted,
PreAP and Advanced Placement and
International Baccalaureate will be stripped
of their weights by GSFC.
Weighting of grades will become uniform across
the
State to calculate the HOPE GPA. However, local high schools can
continue to
add weights to grades in
specific courses to calculate rank in class and
determine honor graduates, valedictorian, and salutatorian.
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6. GSFC will add
a 1.0 quality point weight to a TRUE 4.0 scale for Advanced
Placement (AP) courses completed before June 15, 2006,
up to a maximum
grade of 4.0 (A’s
are not weighted). GSFC will add a 0.5 quality point weight on a
TRUE
4.0 scale for Advanced Placement (AP) completed June 15, 2006 or
later,
up to a maximum grade value of
4.0 (A’s are not weighted).
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| 7. The final HOPE GPA on a 4.0 scale
will not be rounded up. |
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| Modification of an original document
prepared by Janice Baker, Department Head, Lowndes High School Guidance
and Counseling Department |
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