About GPA

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<p>Hello guys, I am new here, and I have some questions about GPA </p>

<p>I am from Colombia, and I am going to apply for some colleges in the US, and they ask me for my GPA of years 9,10 and 11, the SAT score and TOEFL</p>

<p>Well, the point is that here in Colombia, the schools qualify the students with letters and number between 0,1 and 10, just like this
0,1-5,9 = I = Bajo = Low
6,0-7,4 = B = Basico = Basic
7,5-8,9 = A = Alto = High
9,0-10 = S = Superior = Excellent</p>

<p>And in those years (9,10 and 11) a think that my average grades of all my subjjects are kind of 7,6/10, so like 3,8/5</p>

<p>But i was searching about GPA and I found that there are "Normal" courses and Honors/AP courses, the first ones are from 0 to 5, and the second ones, from 0 to 4, and I dont know which of them to take in count</p>

<p>Also, my in my High School transcrips appears only the letter, I, B, A or S, not the number, so I dont know how will the colleges take the letter without the number</p>

<p>Thank you very much and I will be waiting for you answers</p>

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<p>In terms of how high schools in the US calculate GPA, that varies too. Some high schools are like you describe, many (most?) aren’t. </p>

<p>Adcoms may be familiar with how to reasonably translate Colombian grades to US grades, but most of us aren’t. Your best bet would be to do something like this I think:</p>

<p>If you were in the top 1/3 of the class, give yourself 4 points for that class. The next 1/3, give yourself 3 points, bottom 1/3, give yourself 2 points. Average the numbers for each class and take that as your GPA. </p>

<p>Others may tell you to count S as a 4, A as a 3, B as a 2, and I as a 1 or 0, but if the frequencies of those letters are different from the typical frequency in the US then it won’t make much sense.</p>