<p>I have a question about an AP class that I am taking. My school adds 5 points to our final average. Our GPA scale for A's is:</p>
<p>100-95: 4.0
90-94: 3.5</p>
<p>I have a 92 in my APUSH class (before the curve). When colleges view my transcript, will they only see the 4.0, or will they also see the unweighted 3.5? Or are all A's considered 4.0s?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>They will see the GPA on your transcipt, and they will see letter grades. But they may calculate a new GPA, possibly unweighted, in determining your eligibility for scholarships.</p>
<p>Usually a weighted GPA (which is what an AP or honors class gets) means that you got a 5.0 instead of a 4.0 if you got an A. So if I have 2 non AP classes and 2 AP classes with all As then my math would look like this:
4.0 + 4.0 + 5.0+ 5.0 = 18
You then divide this by the regular 4.0 to get a weighted GPA of 4.5 and an unweighted of 4.0. Basically what most colleges do is ask you for both your weighted GPA and your unweighted GPA. So, you would have to get it from your school or figure it out yourself. </p>
<p>And colleges will look at both since one shows the difficulty of your classes (if your weighted is over 4.0 that means you took at least a few, or a lot depending on how much above 4.0 it is, of harder classes) and one is used to determine your overall performance (if you got a bunch of Bs or a bunch of Cs, regardless of class difficulty, it shows your overall performance in high school)</p>
<p>Also, some schools usually send a report to the college, telling them about their system of grading, with statistics - because of this, the college admissions usually get a very good look of your standing based on the statistics of other students as well.</p>
<p>However, some schools, might not do this.</p>