Do honors courses raise your gpa, or do AP course, or both?
828067
It depends on how your school weighs classes. Check your student handbook or ask a teacher... As for getting a "B" in the class and recieving an "A" on your report card, I'd say that is very unlikely to happen.
316663
You spend your class time paying close attention, taking notes and doing the assignments to the best of your ability.  Then, you spend your AFTER school time studying.. even when you don't have homework.. you study the lesson ANYWAY..  You ask your teachers for extra credit work and then you do your VERY best on them.  You will not only raise your grades and your GPA, but you will impress the teachers which DOES make a difference, take my word for it.
694100
All a higher gpa will get you if you are already at the university level is honors.\n\nIts best to try an understand the material better then it is to strive for a high gpa. Pass your courses and do the best you can to understand everything you are learning.
699616
I don't think it's too wise to tell people that you went on the grading program and changed your grades. \n\nNot to mention that it's a reason to get expelled...\n\nSo I wouldn't worry too much about getting suspended for having poor grades. \n\nBut, if you must know, it depends on how your grades are averaged.\n\nDo tests and quizzes carry more weight than homework assigments?? (For example, are tests 50% of your grade, and homework and class participation another 50%)\n\nHowever, if everything is worth the same, just add everything up and divide it by the number of grades.
580045
Well, its better to get an "A" in a regular class than a "C" in an honors class.\n\nWhen colleges look at your resume, they skim a bit. First, they see if your application looks good (A's) , THEN they look at the classes.\n\nA lot of colleges do not look at your FRESHMAN year as much as the rest.\n\nIf its only one class, then thats fine, as long as you take at least 1-2 AP's Junior year and 1-3 AP's Senior year.\n\nIts good that you worry about your grades! Good luck :]
362112
Fewer and fewer these days since the continued trend of watered down AP/Honors courses have really undercut the acedemic value of any such courses.  Most places still let you use APs to skip out of certain courses, and some will still give you credit.\n\nYour best bet for having your APs count for credit will be with your local state instututes.  They generally will be more in touch with waht is going on in your APs and may still have state mandated X AP = X credit regulations.
45647
well it depends on how smart you are\nan A is worth 4 points\na B is worth 3 \na C is worth 2\nA D is worth 1\nand a F is 0\nif you add up all the #'s above for your grades and devide them by the # of classes you have then you get your GPA. \nAlso if your in Honnors classes you get an extra point for each grade\nEX. An a would = 5 instead of 4 and so on
41985
AP--Advanced Placement--was developed as a way to get bright and motivated high school students more challenging work. Taking the AP classes supposedly gives kids more academic work, greater challenges, and extends learning past the typical high school class. If you take the AP exams--standardized examinations--and get above a certain score then colleges accept this as "credits" toward college subjects. Its not uncommon for students to come to college with 3-12 AP credits that let them skip introductory level courses in college.
478324
it doesn't matter what subject.  what college care is that you're taking AP class & hopefully do very well in class & on the AP exam.\n\nAP courses get credited to college load, but it's good to take college courses.  Think of AP class as college preparing class instead of replacing college class.
830276
Universities don't look at the school as much as what classes you take in that school.  If you're doing well in AP and Honors classes, then you should be fine.  In some cases, such as prep schools, they look at classes you take and activities you are involved in based on the reputation of the school.  So if you're going to a school with a well-known educational system, and you're taking honors classes, they should realize that.  Its not as important to be in the top 10% as it is to take advanced classes and do well in them while involving yourself in other activities.
677001
Take Chem....it is class that is more typical when you get to college that you will probably take again...i took 4 years of honors in HS w/ Biology, Chemistry, Ana. and Phys. and Physics...i took Biology and Chem. in college and both were reviews basically...got a C in biology because i like to oversleep, but got an A in chem. when I took it again...
1158655
The GPA will be weighted per number of hours or credits a class was worth.\n\nExample:\nA chemistry lab is worth 4 credits.  You get a C which is a 2 on the GPA scale.\nA lecture is worth 2 credits:  You get an A which a 4 on the GPA scale.\n\nThe apparent average of your grades would be a B (3.0)\n\nBut you actually got a 2.67 GPA because the chem lab was worth more.
356055
god, I am not letting my brother join ib. its probably more convenient to just take Advanced Placement classes without the hooplah of the IB program. Its probably based on my experiences with friends who got stupid and missed one exam and was denied that stupid special diploma until they completed that final exam and passed. Better to just stay AP.
465584
It shouldn't matter as long as you don't fail anything. Some of the colleges might send you letters saying that your grades have to stay up otherwise they'll reconsider your admission or you have to take a special course (such schools include Boston Uni. Harvard, MIT, Boston College). The special course is frequent for English. They start you at English 1 if you get bad grades from H.S. intead of English 2 or something. hehehe I live in Boston and went to school there and I got one of those letters and some of my friends did too. You'll be fine so stop worrying. All that counts for them are AP credits.\nGood luck in college!
142067
It depends, if you take/took any adanced classes in middle school or junior high, they would probably be easy. That is not always true, for me I was in an at-risk program in tenth grade and am now in AP classes that are easy, and I have friends who took Honors classes and struggle with AP classes. So, i guess I'm saying that the answer is a very firm and definite maybe.
313172
Well, AP courses, while given in high school, are at college level. Your record certainly impresses me.
1180861
If you take AP chemistry (or other science) that will knock out part of your pre-reqs, but to get into med school you will need more than just one biology and one chemistry. Even if you AP all possible course that meet pre-med requirements, you will still have to take higher levels of the same course.\nBut if you don't AP those course, you will have to take those basic course PLUS the higher levels. So either way getting credit for AP classes will help you out.