<p>Somehow I didn't really catch this until this grading period (DD just finished her junior year), but not only does her school only count an A as 94% and above (and then on down from there), but only an A+ is a 4.0, an A counts as a 3.7, and so on. My younger DD who goes to another high school - our standard local high school (not claiming to be college prep) got 2 A+ and 4 "only" As, but her GPA is still 4.0. </p>
<p>Is the "college prep" grading scale common?</p>
<p>I'm not sure how common it is, but it's the same way at all of our high schools. Personally, I hate it :(</p>
<p>I don't think its common. we have A+ is 4.3, A is 4.0, A- is 3.7, etc.</p>
<p>We have A=4. -1 per grade down, +.5 for honors, +1 for ap, f=0, +/- is irellavent</p>
<p>^same at my school</p>
<p>then where you from? i'm from atl, ga [walton]</p>
<p>acworth ga( north cobb)</p>
<p>Well I sure hope there's a way she can highlight this grading scale on her college apps, since a GPA from her school can be quite a bit different other schools. I wish her school wouldn't do it this way.</p>
<p>I think colleges recalculate GPA using their own method so that it's fair. Not sure though...</p>