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CLASS RANK
For the purposes of class ranking, which begins in the student’s 9th grade year, each student receives an overall numeric average which includes all courses attempted. A student moving into the Wilson School District becomes eligible for class ranking only after he or she has been a student in the District for 91 days, or more than one semester.
Class rank is only recalculated after a final grade has been submitted at the end of the school year. GPA and class rank is calculated based off of courses taken at Wilson High School.
LATIN HONOR DESIGNATION
Students will be recognized based upon their cumulative GPA in the following fashion:
WEIGHTED GPA
The 4.0 grading scale is for weighted courses only. To calculate weighted GPA, you must divide GPA credits by GPA points. Thus, this scale will not be an equivalent for overall GPA due to the various weighting assigned to courses (AP, Honors, and CP courses).
The numeric average for class rank is adjusted for weighted courses (honors and AP) as follows on the next page.
4.00
Summa Cum Laude
3.75-3.999
Magna Cum Laude
3.50-3.749
Cum Laude
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