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YOUR ACADEMIC RECORD

The most important factor in the applicant’s folder is the high school academic record. Many consider the academic record to be the best indication of later college success. The program of study, specific courses, credits earned, and the grades the student received are aspects of the record that admission officers will consider in evaluating the student’s transcript (the student’s official academic record). Colleges pay special attention to the challenging courses the student has successfully taken. Fortunately, the student has much control over his or her academic record. 
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​When a student’s record is compared with that of his or her classmates, he or she is assigned a class ranking relative to the others in the class. Class rank is important as a means of showing admission officers the level of competition the student has encountered and how well he or she has achieved compared to the competition. Not all high schools compute class rank.
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​Most high schools compute grade point average (GPA), which is a method of summarizing grades earned in academic subjects or all subjects. Some schools give extra weight to the GPA for honors, accelerated, Advanced Placement (AP), and/or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses and calculate a weighted GPA. The GPA can be determined for each year and/or cumulatively (e.g., an average of the GPAs earned in grades 9, 10, and 11 would yield a cumulative GPA for grades 9 through 11.)

Applying for College:
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    • OUR PROGRAM
    • MISSION
    • COMPONENTS
    • STANDARDS
    • MINDSETS & BEHAVIORS >
      • 1. Mindset Standards
      • 2. Behavior Standards
  • ACADEMIC
    • REGISTRATION >
      • 7th Grade >
        • 2021/2022 Course Requests (7th)
        • Academics 7
        • Electives 7
        • HONORS
      • 8th grade >
        • 2021/2022 Course Requests (8th)
        • Academics 8
        • Electives 8
        • HONORS
      • High School >
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        • GHS
        • HHS
        • MHS
      • 2021 Summer School
    • STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS >
      • AzM2 >
        • TOOLS: CONTEXT >
          • TOOLS: Special Symbols
          • TOOL: Text to Speech
        • TOOLS: GLOBAL >
          • TOOL: Calculator/Scientific
          • TOOL: Equation Response Editor
        • TOOLS: TEI's >
          • Constructed Response
          • Editing Task Items
          • Equation Response Item
          • Evidenced Based Selected Response
          • Grid Item
          • Hot Text Items
          • Matching Item
          • Multiple Choice Items
          • Multi-Select
          • Open Response Items
          • Short Answer/Extended Response
          • Simulation Item
        • AzM2 Portal Practice >
          • AzM2 Test Portal MATH Practice Site
          • AzM2 Test Portal READING Practice Site
          • AzM2 Test Portal WRITING Practice Site
      • LEARNING INVENTORIES >
        • Barsch Inventory
        • Gardner Inventory of Multiple Intelligence
      • Motivation & Goal Setting
      • Memory
      • Note Taking
      • Organization and Management
      • Test-Taking
  • SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL
    • ANXIETY >
      • Anxiety Disorder >
        • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
        • OCD
        • Panic Disorder
        • PTSD
        • Separation Anxiety
        • Social Anxiety
        • Specific Phobias
      • Diagnosis & Treatment
    • BODY IMAGE >
      • Eating Disorders
    • BULLY PREVENTION >
      • Bully Prevention >
        • Reporting
    • DEPRESSION >
      • Management & Treatment
    • DIVORCE >
      • Divorce & Changing Families
    • GRIEF AND LOSS >
      • Grief & Loss >
        • Complicated Grief
        • How to Help
        • Healing
    • STRESS >
      • Managing Stress >
        • Developing a Stress Management Plan
      • Stress Overload
    • SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
    • SUICIDE AWARENESS & PREVENTION >
      • Awareness >
        • Risk Factors
        • Warning Signs
      • Intervention >
        • Help for Self
        • Help for a Friend
      • Management & Treatment
      • Grief >
        • Newly Bereaved
      • Healing >
        • Toward Recovery
  • COLLEGE/CAREER
    • COLLEGE PLANNING >
      • THRIVE! @ GPS
      • Applying to College
      • Academic Record
      • Accreditation
      • Admissions, Retentions, Placements
      • Campus Life
      • Choosing the Right School
      • School Costs
    • CAREER PLANNING >
      • AzCIS
      • Skills Profiler
      • CAREER CLUSTERS
      • JOB SEARCH
      • SALARY FINDER
  • Resources
    • COMMUNITY >
      • Community Info and Referral
      • Crisis Counseling
      • Crisis Line
      • Domestic Violence & Human Trafficking >
        • Hotlines/Reporting
      • Health and Dental >
        • Support Groups
      • Housing & Shelter >
        • Emergency Shelter
      • Mental Health & Support Groups >
        • Counseling
        • Support Groups
      • Peer to Peer
      • Substance Use
      • Suicide
    • DISTRICT >
      • Buses and Transportation
      • District Policies, Handbooks & Awareness Videos
      • Enrollment Information
      • Health Services
      • Parent University
      • RISE
      • Safety & Security Updates
      • Tech Support
  • CONTACT INFO
    • Schedule Change Requests
  • [STUDENT LESSONS]