If I graduate with a 3.969 unweighted GPA will this round up to a 4.0?
Depends on which college you have and to what place they round (tenth, hundredth, thousandth, etc.).
It probably won’t round up as most schools use two or more decimal places. That said, it’s close enough to a 4.0 that no school will care about the difference.
Generally GPAs get rounded to the hundredths so 3.97 is probably how it should/will be reported. But it won’t make much of a difference.
Just use whatever it shows on the transcript. There is no need to change the value. It may raise a red flag if the number does not match up with your transcript.
Not quite sure how you arrived at 3.969. On another thread you indicated you were homeschooled this past year for 10th grade, and are hoping to attend a private school this year for 11th. If indeed that is the case, it is way too early to predict a 3.969.
Just study hard and do the best that you can. Introduce yourself to your teachers. Tell them what your personal goals are for the year. And ask them to let you know if they have any specific suggestions for how you can best meet those goals as the year goes forward.
Good luck. Grades are important, but remember there is a lot more to high school than just getting good grades.
EDIT: Sorry, there are a couple of threads that seem to conflict. It looks like maybe you have skipped junior year and are now doing senior year at home? Just having trouble reconciling an April '15 post and a recent post. In any event, since the majority of your work appears to be at home, you’ll have to check with each college to see what they require from those applicants. I doubt that a 3.969 versus a 4.0 will have any impact under your circumstances.
3.969 is a 3.97, I don’t know any schools that round to the tenth.
Good job on a near perfect record in school.
I attended a private school in 9th grade, was homeschooled in 10th, attended private school in 11th, and am now in 12th being homeschooled. Sorry for any confusion
Do your home-school grades pretty much match your private school grades, or is there a significant disparity?