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Chronic Diarrhea · 11-01-2006, 09:50 PM

How the fuck can you get a 4.6 on a 4.0 scale? I took AP English my Senior year, which counts as college credit and also counts as a 5.0 if you make an A+ in it (97 or better). Our Valedictorian only graduated with a 4.125, because although he had taken 4 AP courses and gotten the 5.0, the other 28 courses only counted for a maximum of 4.0, thus bringing down his GPA closer to 4.0 in any situation. Let's do some math:

4 classes per semester

2 semesters per year

32 classes total

4.0 x 28 = 112

5.0 x 4 = 20

total # = 132

132 / 32 = 4.125

Because you're only a sophomore (I think) and thus probably can't qualify for AP credit because you haven't met the prerequisites yet (earliest typical year for AP is junior year), I'm calling bullshit on you. You would have to be the Jesus of academia and already have went through 4 AP classes through your first 2 years to get a 4.6. Even then, AP courses are tough, not to mention the 4 hour AP exams. I graduated with a 4.0 in high school and have a 3.78 in college right now, and I know how ludicrously impossible it would be for a 15 year old to make a 97 or better (Even a 90 or better if that's all it takes in your state, because that's hard enough) to get the 5.0 in an AP course. My English course we were reading about 80 pages per night. Seems like a small amount now compared to the 100 per class per night now, but for a teenager that's a fuckload of reading.

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Chronic Diarrhea is Offline 1st Lieutenant Posts: 4,318 Join Date: Jun 2002	11-01-2006, 09:50 PM How the fuck can you get a 4.6 on a 4.0 scale? I took AP English my Senior year, which counts as college credit and also counts as a 5.0 if you make an A+ in it (97 or better). Our Valedictorian only graduated with a 4.125, because although he had taken 4 AP courses and gotten the 5.0, the other 28 courses only counted for a maximum of 4.0, thus bringing down his GPA closer to 4.0 in any situation. Let's do some math: 4 classes per semester 2 semesters per year 32 classes total 4.0 x 28 = 112 5.0 x 4 = 20 total # = 132 132 / 32 = 4.125 Because you're only a sophomore (I think) and thus probably can't qualify for AP credit because you haven't met the prerequisites yet (earliest typical year for AP is junior year), I'm calling bullshit on you. You would have to be the Jesus of academia and already have went through 4 AP classes through your first 2 years to get a 4.6. Even then, AP courses are tough, not to mention the 4 hour AP exams. I graduated with a 4.0 in high school and have a 3.78 in college right now, and I know how ludicrously impossible it would be for a 15 year old to make a 97 or better (Even a 90 or better if that's all it takes in your state, because that's hard enough) to get the 5.0 in an AP course. My English course we were reading about 80 pages per night. Seems like a small amount now compared to the 100 per class per night now, but for a teenager that's a fuckload of reading.