Admission Chances (+ some questions regarding GPA)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Washington
1

<p>Hi! Could any of you guys chance me for UW?</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.32
ACT Composite Score: 32
Honor Classes: 4
AP Classes: 3 (Senior Year)
Ethnicity: Asian American (Male)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Band (3 years)
Video Production Team (Produced stories and news snippets for local stations)
Air Riflery: Freshman/Sophomore
Community Service: 112 hours
IT: Supported school networks and installed routers/wires throughout high school.
Robotics: 2 years.
National Honor Society Member
Treasurer of Chinese National Honor Society</p>

<p>Thing about GPA is that for the first 2 years it was graded on a weird system. </p>

<p>A = 98-100
A- = 94-97
B+ = 90-93
B = 87-89
B- = 83-86
C+ = 80-82
C= 76-79
C- = 73-75</p>

<p>And so on. Does this mean that my grades/GPA are effected negatively by this system? It seems lower, but I'm not sure what effect it actually has on my grades. </p>

2

<p>In regards to your GPA…I personally don’t think it’ll matter.</p>

<p>According to the UW Grading System, 3.32 is a B+ average.
While it varies on the specific class, 3.3 for most of my classes ranged from 89-92%.</p>

<p>Most of the courses here have a certain percentage set for 4.0., and they make it so that a drop in 1% equals a drop in 0.1 GPA. </p>

<p>So if a class sets 95% as 4.0., then 94%=3.9, 93%=3.8…
If a class sets 98% as 4.0., then 97%=3.9, 96%=3.8…</p>

<p>It really depends on the professor, but I haven’t seen anything too extreme. That being said, I think that your 3.3 and 90% range isn’t too far off (wouldn’t call that too weird). Also, you probably weren’t the only student graded that way…</p>