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When you transfer schools, the courses you took in your previous school could be included in the new school transcript (with the note that you took them in school X), or you just have to submit two separate transcripts for scholarships and college applications. Anyway, if some of the courses that will count towards academic course requirements come from your previous high school transcript, then those grades will be included in the GPA calculations for Hope.A student who graduates from an eligible high school must earn a 3.00 cumulative grade point average on all core coursework. The grade point average calculation for the HOPE Scholarship is unique. Reference this page to see how a student's GPA is calculated for HOPE purposes.If you graduate from an eligible high school located in Georgia, your high school should automatically send your transcript data to the Georgia Student Finance Commission (GSFC) for calculation of your HOPE grade point average. This process is electronic. Once your grade point average is calculated, finalized, and verified by your high school, you can view from My GAfutures.If you graduate from an eligible high school located outside the state of Georgia, you must complete and submit the Request for Out-of-State High School Transcript Evaluation for HOPE and Zell Miller Scholarships form and required documents as one package to the following address…Georgia Student Finance CommissionHOPE GPA CalculationA student's High School HOPE Scholarship GPA is not the same as his or her high school GPA. The major difference in the two calculations is that the High School HOPE Scholarship GPA includes only grades earned in the core subjects of English, mathematics, science, social studies and foreign language.Georgia Department of Education’s (GA DoE) high school core and foreign language courses that begin with the following prefixes will be included in the HOPE GPA calculation: 23 (English), 26 (Life Sciences), 27 (Mathematics), 40 (Physical Sciences), 45 (Social Sciences), 60-64, 66 (Foreign Language). There are some specific courses, as indicated on GA DoE’s Fourth Science List, that may also be included in the HOPE GPA calculation.All grades earned for attempted coursework in the core subjects during the student's 9th through 12th grade years that could be used to satisfy a core curriculum graduation requirement, according to the GA DoE, is equated to a grade on a 4.0 scale, where an "A" equals 4.0, "B" equals 3.0, "C" equals 2.0, "D" equals 1.0, and "F" equals 0.From that core coursework, any weighting added by the high school is removed, then half a point (0.5) is added back to Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), and Dual Enrollment (DE) degree-level core course grades of B,C,D, and F only (maximum of four points per grade).Honors coursework is not weighted. The High School HOPE Scholarship GPA calculation will count all attempts of the same course, if taken more than once.A student's final High School HOPE Scholarship GPA will only be calculated if he or she has first met the Academic Rigor Requirements applicable to his or her high school graduating class.Academic Rigor Requirements information for the HOPE Scholarship.