The single most important piece of information that colleges and universities evaluate is your high school grade point average (GPA). Here's the kicker - you only get one chance to earn your high school GPA. You can always take more college courses to better your "college" GPA, but you only have one shot at your high school GPA.
There are two types of GPAs. There is "weighted" and "unweighted." Grades in honors level and advanced placement level courses earn extra quality points as compared to standard or regular level courses. For instance, an "A" in a standard or regular level course earns 4.0 quality points. An "A" in an honors level course earns 5.0 quality points. An "A" in an advanced placement level course earns 6.0 QPs. The grade of a "B" in each of the three levels of courses earns 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 QPs respectively and so on for Cs and Ds. The letter grade of an "F" earns no QPs at all, ever!
In calculating either the weighted or unweighted GPA, you must include any course grades of an "F." The formula to calculate either GPA is total quality points divided by the total number of courses "attempted." The word "attempted" is used here to clarify that all courses that were taken, regardless of whether they were passed or failed, must be included in your calculation.
GPAs are cumulative in that they include all courses taken in high school. You cannot pick and choose which courses you use to calculate your GPAs. They are all included.
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