[peachiez89]

okay- so apparently from my counselor, i found out i was no. 1 in my class rank. (i'm a senior) and i don't think i got a 4.0 this semester- ALL THANKS TO MY AP GOV'T AND PHYSICS Teacher- I HAVE 2 A- in that classs! AND A-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! why can't they just be nice and round it to an A???! UGHHHH sorry if i sound like a perfectionist...well i am...but for a person who's never gotten like a gpa lower than 4.0- its hard...i have a question..will ur class rank go down then? lol.

[sailormei]

Errrr.
I think it mighttt, but our school doesn't calculate the points by +/-, just straight up A, B, C, D, or F. So you might wanna check with your counselor?
I think it might also depend on by how much you lead no. 2 & 3, so if your GPA is super higher than theirs, I'm sure your GPA won`t drop too much.
Just check with your counselor! I'm sure they'd be happy to help you

[flyaway01]

wow congratulations!!!
what's an A-? anyway, if it's still an "A" then that shouldn't affect your gpa... if they go by the way i think they're going by which is...
A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1... F = 0?? (hmm well i don't go that low so i don't know lol)
so an A is an A... still 4.0 i guess
yay if you end up valedictorian!

[K-popMiko]

An A- is still an A with a + or -, but in the race for valedictorian I think they look at the percentages and whatnot so the +/- would count then.

[thelivinlegend21]

An A- is still an A with a + or -, but in the race for valedictorian I think they look at the percentages and whatnot so the +/- would count then.

Not so in some cases. Maybe her school bases their grading system on a variation of the ones they use in Universities. An A- drops your GPA, about 0.1 or maybe a tad bit more, or less. I'm not quite sure, but 0.1 is approximately there.

@peachiez89
Depending on the lead you built over the other ranks (2nd, 3rd, etc.), that's a factor to consider. Hopefully, you have a buffer in between, so the A- won't affect you that much. Next, that means ranks 2 & 3 had no room for mistakes either, so if they earned similar grades, it could work in your favor. I wouldn't sweat about it too much personally. Good luck in your endeavors of becoming Valedictorian!

[peachiez89]

reallly? well my gpa goes down if i get an A-....sad huh? im really depressed...i talked with my ap gov't teacher about any supplemental things i could do (grade changes could still be made) but im so pissed off...i cried in front of my counselor...but all my friends said that i should talk with those teachers and that i worked hard for 3 years and i never got a gpa lower than a 4.0 since middle skool. They said that this is something that they might reconsider...but i dunno...*sigh*...im so sad...

sry i sound like a psycho in this post...i know im a freak.

[K-popMiko]

Not so in some cases. Maybe her school bases their grading system on a variation of the ones they use in Universities. An A- drops your GPA, about 0.1 or maybe a tad bit more, or less. I'm not quite sure, but 0.1 is approximately there.

I never knew that O-o
I've had A- in my 4.0 total GPA so I didn't know your GPA could drop with A-.

[josebiwasabi]

a high school A- was a 3.7 for me

[Kazen88]

My high school had an A- the same as an A. 4.0. The A- just looked uglier on your transcript. XD

So... What does an A- count for at your school? 4.0 or 3.7? If it's 3.7, then, depending on how your school calculates AP grades (some schools give extra points for AP... mine gave a .2 boost for every one taken) and how far ahead you are in the rankings, your rank may or may not change. If the top 10 people at your school all have pretty much the same grade then every little point counts for a lot.

[thelivinlegend21]

I never knew that O-o
I've had A- in my 4.0 total GPA so I didn't know your GPA could drop with A-.

I have a friend at Duke, and another at UCLA, both of whom said that their GPAs dropped because of an A-. I think that's proof enough. Maybe not so much in other schools, but those..yeah.

[ronmexico]

Well, since you had a 4.0, this is presumably going to lower it, at least by a little. How that will affect your class rank nobody can tell you, since we have no idea if any of your classmates also had a 4.0.

[supa'Wanki]

It's a law that if you're top 5% of the class, Universtities MUST accept you. Might be a California state law.

[sailormei]

It's a law that if you're top 5% of the class, Universtities MUST accept you. Might be a California state law.

Really? I've never heard about that before! Besides like, UCs "holding your place" for one of the UCs in their system if you`re top 4%... which I was sooooooo close to... *twitch* ... O_O! HaHAH. If that top 5% thing is true, woohoo, I'm going to college!
But yeah, I've never heard about that before.. esp. in CA..? & I live in CA, too... :T

[babygrace]

my counselor wouldn't tell me what my class rank is for the class in my school but only my class rank in the district ... does that count for anything?

[sailormei]

my counselor wouldn't tell me what my class rank is for the class in my school but only my class rank in the district ... does that count for anything?

I don't think class ranks mean much.. I mean, look. You don't even say anything about it on your app. & unless schools ask for it, as far as I know, they don't really care for it..?
Correct me if I'm wrong, lol

[thelivinlegend21]

I don't think class ranks mean much.. I mean, look. You don't even say anything about it on your app. & unless schools ask for it, as far as I know, they don't really care for it..?
Correct me if I'm wrong, lol

Your class rank tells a lot! Haha, it allows the colleges and Universities to know whether you're in the top 5-10% of your high school. It also determines your eligibility for the ELC program, which for the people in California (and maybe other states?) to have a guaranteed spot in a random UC.

[flyaway]

i dont even think we have class ranks here...
im sure it doesnt realy matter that much to colleges if you're #2 instaed of #1

[[.Gigi.]]

i dont even think we have class ranks here...
im sure it doesnt realy matter that much to colleges if you're #2 instaed of #1

I don't know what class rank I am either. x]
It actually does matter if you're 1 or 2 because there's those crazy kids who strive to be the valedictorian. ahaha..

[supa'Wanki]

Really? I've never heard about that before! Besides like, UCs "holding your place" for one of the UCs in their system if you`re top 4%... which I was sooooooo close to... *twitch* ... O_O! HaHAH. If that top 5% thing is true, woohoo, I'm going to college!
But yeah, I've never heard about that before.. esp. in CA..? & I live in CA, too... :T

My english teacher told me that... I was like... WTF?!?! I mean.. even though that state law is true, the top 5% are usually getting into a UC anyways.

[peachiez89]

oh..thanks guys..im still very sad..but see im manager of my skool newspaper . and i sacrificed my time there SO MUCH. i sacrificed my perfect 4.0 GPA by being in there...i don't know. i regret it now..