new PNM has some questions

[nolegirl88]

Thanks everybody!! That's really comforting to know, and I'm sure my boyfriend will appreciate this information too .

And about the GPA thing..on the form, it won't let me type more than 4 characters..and only numbers, so there's no way for me to specify if my GPA is weighted or not.

[adpiucf]

Don't stress-- You can call the office of Greek Life at FSU. I'm sure they can give you the best answer about GPA.

[texgal]

To indicated 3.8 weighted - easy: 3.8W The girls should understand that it means weighted, and it's better to put your weighted GPA over your unweighted. It shows that you took honors/AP classes and you obviously have a higher GPA that way.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by ariesrising

Sorry to crash, but what is weighted vs unweighted GPA? I've never heard of it before.

At my high school, if you were in the regular classes, the scale was:
93-100 = A = 4.0
85-92 = B = 3.0
78-85 = C = 2.0
70-77 = D = 1.0
Below 70 = F = 0.0

For high classes:
93-100 = A = 5.0
85-92 = B = 4.0
78-85 = C = 3.0
70-77 = D = 2.0
Below 70 = F = 0.0

For honors classes (there weren't very many of them):
93-100 = A = 6.0
85-92 = B = 5.0
78-85 = C = 4.0
70-77 = D = 3.0
Below 70 = F = 0.0

There were remedial classes too:
90-100 = A = 4.0
80-89 = B = 3.0
70-79 = C = 2.0
60-69 = D = 1.0

Some classes were only available at the regular level: religion, music, civics, foreign language, P.E., etc.
All of the core academic classes were divided by ability: math, science, English, literature, writing, history, etc.
A few random classes were avaible as honors: physics, AP biology, advanced calculus, etc.

So, everybody had at least some regular classes included in their GPAs, but only some students got the weighted grades in addition.

[tcsparky]

Ariesrising, using Irishpipes' explanation, "weighted" GPA uses the weighted values (5 or 6 for an A) when calculating GPA, and "unweighted" GPA means all A's are worth 4 pts, regardless of the type of class. All B's, C's, D's etc....would be worth the lesser value, and the two GPAs would be quite different. Some colleges will list your unweighted high school GPA on your college transcript, sometimes saying it is a way of making it "fair" for everyone, but those who take the heavy classes know that those extra quality points are earned.

If a PNM lists the weighted GPA for Recruitment, and the college doens't recognize that, then the "corrected", or unweighted GPA will be written in.

[ADPi Conniebama]

Ok about the GPA thing - if you are an incoming freshman then you should put your graduating "weighted" gpa.

I think this because at the university that I advise, the incoming freshman do this, and then the panhellenic advisor checks the "unweighted" and puts them both the "weighted" as HS gpa and the "unweighted" as the college gpa - we know the difference because and incoming freshman will have 0 completed college credits.

An upper classman will have 20 or more completed college credits and then their college gpa would be just that.

I assume that sororities will put more "weight" on the "weighted" hsgpa because that . . . well personally it shows me that the pnm in question, did what it took to keep her gpa up; whether or not she made a C in 9th grade algebra I and then took typing to bring up her average is proof.

BUT THAT IS JUST MY OPINION

oh and about the boy stuff - don't forget about mixers - "independant" boyfriends usually don't understand about mixers (swaps whatever) I have seen it work and I have seen it not work. So, just have fun and do what you want.

edited cause I got weighted and unweighted mixed up.

[Buttonz]

My ex was, and still is, very anti-greek after a few bad expriences while he was rushing.

When we got together, he was aware of how committed I was and how much time and effort I put into SDT, and he never had a problem iwth it, instead, encoraged it. He was the type of guy that would never have made me choose, because he saw how happy he made me....and then through the bad times he was there for me when I needed it.

As long as your guy undertsands that this is something that you want to do, and it makes you happy, he should understand.