<p>do most schools calculate gpas on a 4.0 scale where
A+=4.0 (97-100)
A=3.8 (94-46)
A-=3.6(90-93)
etc.</p>
<p>because ive seen some threads saying a 4.0 is an A not an A+</p>
<p>all schools do it slightly differently</p>
<p>at my school we dont have A-s....an A+ is a 4.0 and an A is a 3.25</p>
<p>im guessing most colleges recalculate those grades.</p>
<p>btw how did ur post go on top of mine</p>
<p>glitch...?</p>
<p>Do colleges completely unweight all grades or do they sometimes (depending on college of course) re-weight AP/IB type courses? My daughter's school gives a slight weight to those courses, but nothing in the neighborhood of what I've seen mentioned on CC.</p>
<p>Colleges differ as to what they do. As a beginning point most consider only grades in core college prep courses -- English, math, lab science, language, and social studies -- and ignore all others (those A's in health, PE, vocational studies, etc. don't get counted). A number unweight the grades and then apply their own weighting system to AP's or honors. Some, like the UCs, use only sophomore and junior grades and they allow additional weight only for a limited number of APs and honors and use their own weighting system (they publish what they do on-line). Some go by class rank rather than GPA and estimate rank if high school does not based on what they know about the school and some use both GPA and rank to evaluate. Still others use the weighted GPA submitted but base comparisons on a factor that they appy to each high school to account for differences. In any event, that one high school weights differently than others generally does not result in any unfairness in the admission process.</p>