question about grades

[naturalmom]

I always thought weighted grades meant giving more credit for honors courses than for regular ones.

But I just read something on Donna Young's site that shows weighted grades giving varying amounts of weight to different parts of a course (different percentages for homework, labs, and tests) in order to determine the grade.

I know some colleges ask if the grades are weighted - do they mean my first example or my second?

[Pamela H in Texas]

They mean giving more credit for honors, ap, etc. They need everyone to be on the same page to accurately judge one applicant against another.

[Grace is Sufficient]

It can mean both: In terms of a transcript, it does mean giving more credit for honors courses. However, within the grading of an individual course, it means counting test grades more than daily work, for example.

HTH

[Janet in Toronto]

I know some colleges ask if the grades are weighted - do they mean my first example or my second?

I would think they're talking about different weighting for honours vs. other classes. Pretty much all individual course grades have internal weighting as per their syllabus (e.g., 50% exam, 20% tests, 20% labs, 10% homework, or whatever).