<p>i noticed on the act scores, they show ur gpa but taking out ec, and other stuff...
so ur gpa is fairly lower than the gpa as a whole.
do they really judge through the gpa too? i thought it was only the act score, otherwise, please help out</p>
<p>I think that is your estimated GPA, because you decided accordingly the courses taken and the grades that you recieved. From that they calculated the estimated GPA, from just the information that you provided.</p>
<p>I can barely figure out what the hell either of you are talking about, but here goes:</p>
<p>The GPA on your score report is calculated like this: they come up with a GPA in each of four subject areas--math, English, social studies, and science--by averaging the course grades you reported in each area, which, if you followed directions, are just the LAST grades you received in each class. Then they take those four subject GPAs and average them together. That's what they put on your score report. It may be lower or higher than your actual GPA. Besides not counting other subjects, it gives equal weight to those four subjects. So, for example, if you've only had a couple social studies classes but got good grades in them, that could raise your ACT-calculated GPA. If you had better grades in the subjects they don't count than in those they do, it will probably be lower.</p>
<p>I think this GPA calculation is based on some sort of research about how to predict success in college. They do report this GPA to colleges, but what do colleges do with it? They get your transcript; I'm sure they each have their own idea about what to do with your grades.</p>
<p>if the gpa is low, is that bad? the act-calculated gpa i mean</p>
<p>Yes, it's bad.</p>
<p>But I very strongly doubt it will affect your admissions chances or anything else.</p>
<p>I had no idea how they got the gpa calculation, so thanks mrs. ferguson. I'm kinda surprised that they take the liberty of doing that in the first place, though.. it seems kind of time consuming..</p>
<p>St. Paul,
They don't do it by hand--I'm sure it's a program that runs along with the scoring and everything--so it doesn't take any time. I think one of the reasons for it might be to either measure or improve the predictive value of the data they give to colleges.</p>
<p>Okay, that makes much more sense. It did seem pretty impractical for doing it by hand..</p>