Some people say the GPA system needs to be changed from the current system which allows every AP class taken to count as a 5.0 to a new system that would only allow four classes to count as 5.0’s. It is a fact that the current system is fine as is.
One may argue that a person shouldn’t be hurt gradewise for doing an extra-curricular activity; however, a person who’s taking more than four AP classes most definitely should be awarded the extra grade points.
Currently AP and pre-AP classes count five points whereas most extra-curricular classes count four points. The students in multiple AP classes make a choice that they want to be the top of their class even if it means they can’t be involved in many extra-curricular activities. The students who are involved in many extra-curricular activites make a choice that they are going to be more well-rounded students rather than being at the top of their class. Everyone has to make important choices in life. You can’t be a touring musician and be a full-time employee at a business. They contradict each other.
Some students think that they can’t be involved in extra-curriculars without it hurting their GPA, but students can actually be involved in many extra-curriculars that won’t take away from their AP classes’ GPA boost. Besides, there are numerous extra-curricular activities that aren’t connected to school at all like the Wichita Theatre and Pink Darlings.
If the “GPA race” is eliminated, then students won’t have the motivation to have the best grades they possibly can. Students would only focus on four of their classes instead of pushing themselves to have the best grades they can get in all of their classes. Students’ grades will drop and they will suffer for it in college because they won’t be used to studying vigorously in all of their classes.
Students need to learn to make choices and the current system needs to stand as is.