This may be a stupid question, but I’m a little confused. I’m considering applying to rutgers, and on their website there is an admissions profile. Here you can find average GPA, SAT Scores etc. but at the bottom it says “ Grade-point average is on a weighted scale from 0 (“F”) to 4.5 (“A+”).” I was only aware of a 4.0 scale and a 5.0 scale. What is this 4.5 scale?
There are all kinds of scales. My daughter’s valedictorian had something like a 5.63.
“Weighted” 4.5 is a strange one. I guess they give .5 weighting for honors/AP/etc., so all As in all honors courses would be a 4.5. Given you probably can’t take Honors Gym, the max is probably lower.
Are there.no instructions? Maybe email them and ask? Regardless, they are going to look at your transcript and use that to compare - what you put on the Application probably won’t matter that much. But make an effort to find out.
Rutgers seems to count a + grade as plus .5 over just the letter grade. Eg, A+ is 4.5. B+ is 3.5.
Doesn’t sound typical for NJhigh schools, maybe they recalculate. Agree, maybe you need to call and ask.