- Review your 5-year plan with your school counselor (high school and college).
- Maintaining your grades during your senior year is important.
- Colleges will consider how difficult your classes are.
- Stay involved in school and community activities.
- Continue to make a list of your awards, honors, paid or volunteer work and extracurricular activities.
- Begin taking the SAT and/or ACT. You need to take a college entrance test at least twice.
- Begin researching colleges you are interested in.
How to calculate your Grade Point Average (GPA)
Add your quality points and divide by the number of classes. Quality points are awarded to you based on the final grade you made in the class.
GPA Quality Points
|
Grade
|
Regular Class
|
Honors Class
|
AP Class
|
College Class
|
|
A
|
4
|
4.5
|
5
|
5
|
|
B
|
3
|
3.5
|
4
|
4
|
|
C
|
2
|
2.5
|
3
|
3
|
|
D
|
1
|
1.5
|
2
|
2
|
|
F
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Grading Scale
90 - 100: A
80 - 89: B
70 - 79: C
60 - 69: D
59 and below: F
Graduation Honors
| Weighted GPA |
Designation |
| 4.00 and Higher |
Summa Cum Laude |
| 3.75 to 3.99 |
Magna Cum Laude |
| 3.5 to 3.74 |
Cum Laude |
In 2019 - 2020, Anson County Schools moved towards the Latin Honors System used by colleges and universities to recognize students deserving academic honors for achieving academic excellence. Anson County Schools will no longer recognize Valedictorian or Salutatorian. Students will receive a class rank and honors will be recognized using the above chart.
