Hi Madison,

Taking AP or Honors courses can boost a GPA. Read my blog post on this topic and watch my video on it, too. Repeating courses can boost a GPA, but the most important thing is to get the best grades you can.

You can only get a 4.0 if you start out with one as a freshman and keep it, but you do not need a 4.0 to be accepted to the vast majority of excellent colleges, so please don’t idealize something that is not really necessary at all!  🙂

Yay, college!
Susanna

PS–Download my new phone app and that will show you each task you need to do each year of HS to get into the best possible college. There are quite a few mentions of GPA in the phone app! 
app.collegemapper.com