Graduation Requirement Quiz Question 1 How many credits do students earn per course per quarter assuming they pass Answer 25 credits per course per quarter Graduation Requirement Quiz ID: 633950
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Freshman Terminology: Graduation Requirements, Credits, Grade Point Average, TranscriptsSlide2
Graduation Requirement Quiz
Question #1
How many credits do students earn per course
per quarter (assuming they pass)?Answer: .25 credits per course, per quarter Slide3
Graduation Requirement QuizQuestion #2:
Assuming a student passes all of his/her classes in a quarter, how many credits will he/she earn?
Answer: 1.75 total credits per quarter Slide4
Graduation Requirement QuizQuestion #3
How many credits per year can a student earn (not counting additional on-line courses)?Answer: 7 Slide5
Graduation Requirements QuizQuestion #3a
How many credits can a student earn in in 4 years of high school?
Answer: 28
Question #3bHow many credits does at student at WHS need to graduate?Answer: 21.5Slide6
Graduation Requirement Quiz
Question #4a
Is it possible to graduate with less than 21.5 credits?
Answer: NoQuestion #4bIs it possible to NOT graduate with more than 21.5 credits?Answer: Yes Slide7
Course Requirements
Where your credits come from matters!
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inimum 21.5 total credits needed from the Following subject areas:English 4 credits (16 quarters)Social Studies 3.5 credits (14 quarters)Math 3 credits (12 quarters)Science 3 credits (12 quarters)Physical Ed .5 credits (2 quarters)Health .5 credits (2 quarters)Fine Arts 1 credit (4 quarters)Electives 6 credits (24 quarters) Slide8
Graduation Requirement Quiz
Question #5a
Are WHS graduation requirements and four-year college entry requirements the same?
Answer: No Question #5bName 3 possible differences.Answer: World Languages, Math, Science Slide9
Graduation Requirements QuizQuestion #6a
You will impress colleges if you earn as many credits as possible and therefore be more likely to be admitted to the college of your choice (True or False).
Answer: False. Better to have 22 credits and a 3.5 GPA than 28 credits and a 1.9 GPA.
Question #6bWhat is the minimum grade needed to pass a class and earn a credit?Answer: D- Slide10
Credit ReviewSeven classes each quarterFour quarters per year
Each class is worth .25 credits/quarter
If you pass all your classes:7 classes x .25 credits = 1.75 credits per quarter1.75 credits each quarter X 4 quarters = 7 credits per year7 credits each year x 4 years = 28 possible credits to earn21. 5 specific credits needed to graduateSlide11
Credits and GPACredits are only an indicator of progress toward graduation.Grade Point Average (GPA) is an indicator as to how well you are performing in school.
Credits and GPA are re-calculated 4 times per year and reported on a document called a “transcript”Slide12
Who Cares about GPA?College Admissions CommitteesScholarship Committees
Washburn Athletic Department
Post Secondary Options
NCAAAuto Insurance CompaniesSlide13
GPA CalculationA 4.00 points C 2.00 points
A- 3.67 points C- 1.67 points
B+ 3.33 points D+ 1.33 points
B 3.00 points D 1.00 pointsB- 2.67 points D- 0.67 pointsC+ 2.33 points F 0.00 points To calculate GPA, simply add the number of points you earned and divide by the number of classes you had. Your GPA is cumulative. This means that you add and divide to the total from each preceding quarter. Slide14
Can I raise my GPA?Yes….but easier to do earlier in your high school career.
Fiona Freshman has a 2.0 GPA after Semester 1 (28 points, 14 classes). She earns straight A’s third quarter. Her new GPA is:
3.0 Johnny Junior has a 2.0 GPA after Semester 1 (140 points, 70 classes). He earns straight A’s third quarter. His new GPA is: 2.18 Slide15
Current
9th grade transcriptSlide16
Current12th
grade transcriptSlide17
GPA: What Does It Mean?> 2.0 GPA* 2.50 - 3.00 GPA*3.00 – 3.25 GPA3.25 – 3.50 GPA3.50 – 3.75 GPA3.75- 4.00 GPA*Slide18
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