<p>Am I the only one who's school has a GPA scale that goes up to 6 w/ APs? Weighted an AP A+=6, and our best students have GPAs barely over 5. The problem with this is I have nobody to really compare with outside of my own school, and I was wondering if anyone else has that kind of scale, what their weighted/unweighted GPAs were... and where they are looking/got in</p>
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<p>I have a 6.0 scale... idk my 4.0, but last I checked was 6.007, though it's probably gone up!</p>
<p>We have 5.0 scale. Top student in the hidtory of our school: 4.6ish.</p>
<p>D's school had a 6.0 scale, but the highest one could get was 5.8, because there were no honors English or history classes in 9th grade.</p>
<p>Phillips Academy Andover uses a 6 point scale for all classes.</p>
<p>Phillips Academy is also not for mere mortals.</p>
<p>The Phillips Academy scale is roughly (can change based on department/teacher):
6 (93-100) *these are rarely given; some teachers do not give any 6's
5 (84-92)
4 (75-83)
3 (67-74)
2 (60-66)
1 (40-59)
0 (<40)</p>
<p>The average GPA at Andover is 4.5</p>
<p>My kids' hs is 4.0 scale unweighted, but gives 2 extra points for AP classes, and 1 add'l point for honors.<br>
A is 93-100
B is 84-92
C is 75-83
D is 67-74
F is 66 and below.</p>
<p>D was val of her class (graduated last week) out of class of 566 kids. I think the top 10 or so kids all had 4.0 unweighted GPA's--the only differentiation between them all was the number of AP classes and honors classes. D's weighted GPA was 5.07. You'll find there are about as many ways to figure weighted GPA's as there are high schools.....that's why when transcripts go to colleges, they show the high school's grading scales. I think weighted GPA's work when comparing kids from the same school (or, in our state, all public high schools use the same method, so it's helpful in state Univ admissions), but is not all that meaningful in comparing students from across the country.</p>