In high school, you are judged by how well you perform academically, especially for those that aspire to go to college. At graduation you are gifted a piece of paper that denotes competent completion, as well as a number. That number is your GPA, and your GPA is the most important asset in gaining access to a good college education. However, would it bother you, if in high school, you took the most advanced and difficult classes offered to further your education and received a 92.5 GPA while your colleague took the easiest classes offered and did better than you? If so, then there is no need to worry. Schools around the nation have a system of weighting GPA’s in such a way, that the difficulty of classes you take will affect the quality of your GPA, and subsequently your class rank. Simply put, those who worked harder will be rewarded more, even if the raw numbers show you scored lower than another student who took easier classes. This system of weighting GPA’s is not only fair, but widely …show more content…
Subsequently, those who work just as hard should be entitled to high class ranks just like any other student. This argument, although seemingly valid at first glance, is in fact false. When you analyze the facts, taking an AP class will still entail harder subject matter than an average class. Those talented enough to pass such a course should be rewarded more than someone who under-performed them. That’s not to say someone who takes an easier class shouldn’t be honored for their hard work, but the end result means more academically than the process used to get there. In addition to this, typically those who struggle in high school don’t go on to college. This makes their GPA much less important as compared to someone who was counting on their class rank and GPA for collegiate