Average college GPA

Applying to College
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<p>On colleges' websites and on sites such as collegeboard and princetonreview, when available, is the average high school GPA for incoming freshmen an average of the GPA calculated by the individual college (academic/specific courses only), or is it the GPA calculated by the high school with various arbitrary classes included?</p>

<p>I know the question seems insgnificant, but unfortunately, for me, the difference between the two measurements is quite drastic. </p>

<p>All responses appreciated.</p>

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<p>Anyone know?</p>

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<p>I think it's the average GPA for incoming freshman calculated by the HS unless the college recalculates it a certain way.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I think asdfjkl got it right. The UCs are an exception - I'm assuming they use their own method.</p>

<p>I should mention that average GPA is a pretty useless statistic, in my opinion. With variation in academic rigor and curriculum, it's so subjective it's hard to get much from it.</p>

<p>My two cents.</p>

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<p>I would assume that because it isn't a standardized calculation, it wouldn't really make sense for the statistic to exist. So what would explain sites like collegeboard.com's emphasis on the statistic? Would that mean that the statistic is generally inflated or deflated?</p>

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<p>inflated, for sure.
in fact, at most high schools, i'd hazard a guess that GPAs are almost always an inflated indicator of academic success</p>

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<p>whats the general ap bonus at most hs?</p>

<p>ours is 1.1 x grade from 0-100, so max 110</p>

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<p>no weighting at my school</p>

<p>for a college to avg incoming GPAs is boggus</p>

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<p>Are you saying that reported GPAs are weighted?</p>