HOPE scholarship info
Be sure to keep up your GPA and take rigorous classes
Grade-point average matters- they don't count the extra points added by
Be careful about which classes you take. As well as taking rigorous classes, please be careful that you keep your grade-point average high. You must have a 3.0 to be eligible. The extra points added to AP classes will not count towards HOPE calculation.
Example: A student earns an 88 in AP Biology, and has a weighted numerical average of 98
with the 10 points. For determining class rank and GPA for college applications, the grade
would be considered an “A” with a 98 numerical average and a 4.0 on the GCPS grading
scale. For HOPE Scholarship eligibility only, the unweighted numerical average of 88,
considered a “B,” would be converted to a 3.0, then .5 would be added back for a 3.5.
If the student had a 92 unweighted average (102 with the 10 points), the converted score
would be a 4.0 both for class rank purposes and for HOPE purposes.
You must take 4 "rigorous" courses
See the list below to make sure that you'll have enough classes to count. AP courses always count and so do many of the upper level math and sciences.
https://www.gafutures.org/media/187520/rigor-course-list-september-2017.pdf