3/22/06
"An
80 GPA is NOT what it used to be"
Changes in the HOPE Scholarship GPA Calculation
and Eligibility for 2007
1.
Changes apply to
2.
Changes in HOPE Scholarship eligibility were made by the Georgia General
Assembly in April 2004. The statute governing these changes is 20-2-157
O.C.G.A, and may be viewed at http://www.leqis.state.qa.us//cai-bin/alcodesdetail.pl?code=20-2-157
3. All
4. Graduates completing a College
Prep (CP) Diploma must have a 3.0 GPA on a TRUE 4.0 scale. (The numerical GPA
will no longer be considered)
5. Graduates completing other diploma
types (Le., Technology/Career Prep) must have a 3.2
GPA on a TRUE 4.0 scale. (The numerical
GPA will not be considered). .
6. The following scale will be used to convert numerical
grades to a TRUE 4.0 scale:
A = 4.0 (for most schools: 90-100, but your
school's scale will be used to convert)
B = 3.0 (for most
schools: 80-89, but your school's scale will be used to convert)
C = 2.0 (for most
schools: 70-79, but your school's scale will be used to convert)
D = 1.0 (for schools who
use a D in their grading scale)
F =
0 (for most schools this is a failing
grade of 69 or below)
7.
The grades for ALL attempted (passed and failed) academic courses will be
converted to a TRUE 4.0 scale for calculation of the HOPE GPA. The following
academic courses will be counted in the HOPE GPA calculation:
> ALL English courses with course
numbers beginning with 23.
> ALL Mathematics courses with
course numbers beginning with 27.
> ALL Science
courses beginning with 26. and 40 plus Animal Sciences
(02.x210) and
Plant Sciences (02.x41 0).
> ALL Social Studies courses
beginning with 45.
> ALL Foreign Language courses
beginning with 60.-64. (College Prep diploma only).
8. Algebra I and other 8th grade
courses that students received credit for in Middle School will NOT
Be used to calculate the HOPE GPA.
9. All grades that are weighted at
the local high school level for honors, gifted, PreAP and Advanced
Placement and International Baccalaureate
will be stripped of their weights by GSFC. Weighting of grades will become
uniform across the State to calculate the HOPE GPA. However, local high schools
can continue to add weights to grades in specific courses to calculate rank in
class and determine honor graduates, valedictorian and salutatorian.
10.
GSFC will add a .5 quality point weight on a TRUE 4.0 scale for Advanced
Placement {AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses up to a maximum
grade value of 4.0 (A's are not weighted). No other courses will be weighted by
the GSFC unless authorized by the Georgia General Assembly.
11. The final HOPE GPA on a 4.0
scale will not be rounded up.
Sample
4.0 Conversions of Numerical Grades
Assumes Equal
Credit Values for All Courses
COLLEGE PREP DIPLOMA
Course Grade 4.0 Conversion
English
88 3.0
English
89 3.0
English
82 3.0
English
87 3.0
Math 85 3.0
Math
82 3.0
Math 80 3.0
Math
78 2.0
Science
89 3.0
Science
81 3.0
Science
80 3.0
Social Studies 85 3.0
Social Studies 89 3.0
Social Studies 88 3.0
Spanish
82 3.0
Spanish
88 3.0
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1343+16=84.56 47+16=2.9375
(HOPE eligible under old rule (Not HOPE eligible under new
rules-
Of minimum 80 GPA for CP diploma) Required minimum of 3.0 GPA for CP
diploma.
NO Rounding up.)
TECHNOLOGY CAREER PREP DIPLOMA
Course Grade 4.0 Conversion
English
80 3.0
English 69 0
English 92 4.0
English 85 3.0
English 91 4.0
Math 85 3.0
Math
88 3.0
Math 90 4.0
Science
88 3.0
Science
85 3.0
Science 87 3.0
Social Studies 78 2.0
Social Studies 82 3.0
Social Studies 90 4.0
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1190+14= 85.0 42+14 = 3.0
(HOPE eligible under old rule (Not eligible for HOPE under
new regulations--
of 85 min. numerical GPA Required
minimum 3.2 GPA for TCP diploma)
for a TCP diploma)
Modification of an original document prepared by Janice
Baker, Department Head